The ACT has received a promising report card in the form of the Heart Foundation's Heart Maps data, yet more than half of Canberrans are inactive.
The Heart Maps illustrate heart health data from across Australia, with the aim of identifying areas which need more support.
While the ACT is doing better than the national average, a whopping 61 per cent of Canberrans are not meeting physical activity guidelines. The nationwide number is even higher, at 66 percent.
In the ACT, 54 people in 100,000 die from heart disease, 18 per cent below the national average. The capital has the lowest rate of hospitalisation from coronary heart disease, with 24.8 per 10,000 - 44.1 per cent lower than the national average.
The ACT also has the lowest obesity rate in the country, at 29 per cent
The Heart Foundation Group's chief executive, Adjunct Professor John Kelly, said heart health data illustrates the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged communities.
"It's no coincidence that regions with the highest rates of heart disease are also the ones likely to be the most disadvantaged areas," Professor Kelly said.
"People in regional, rural and remote areas are faring worse than big city-dwellers
"We are also seeing alarming rates of risk factors in these hotspots, which has huge implications for residents' future heart health."
