8 Hytten Place, Bruce ACT 2617, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Mar 2013 | $1,256,000 | $1,038 |
| Sold | May 1990 | $106,000 | $87 |
Price per m² based on land size of 1209 m².
It is a house with four bedrooms and four bathrooms, sits on a 1,209 m² block, and includes one parking space. The property offers ample space for a family.
It is located about 0.5 km away, roughly a short walk or a few minutes by car. The centre provides swimming pools and sports facilities for residents.
Routes R2, R3 and R4 run through Bruce via the Calvary Hospital and the University of Canberra, while route R9 connects to the Gungahlin light rail at Dickson. These services make commuting to the rest of Canberra convenient.
Within about 1 km you’ll find the University of Canberra, its library, the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature, a skate‑board park, John Knight Memorial Park, and hotels such as Abode Belconnen and Mercure Canberra Belconnen. Several cafés, a radio station (UCFM) and the Centre for Invasive Species Solution are also close by.
Bruce was gazetted on 6 June 1968 and named for The Viscount Bruce of Melbourne (1883–1967), who was the eighth Prime Minister of Australia and the first Chancellor of the Australian National University.
In 2021 Bruce had 7,520 residents, with 58.1 % born in Australia; the most common overseas birthplaces were China, India and Nepal. English is the sole language at home for 62.7 % of households, and the largest religious affiliations are No Religion (44.1 %) and Catholic (15.3 %).
The suburb is dominated by greywacke from the Ordovician Pittman Formation, with bands of black Acton Shale under the University of Canberra and Calvary Hospital. Additional intrusions include Silurian Glebe Farm Adamellite and a triangle of calcareous shale from the Canberra formation in the north‑east.
