16 Garrad Court, Charnwood ACT 2615, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Dec 2018 | $420,000 | $743 |
| Sold | Mar 2000 | $116,000 | $205 |
Price per m² based on land size of 565 m².
The residence is a three‑bedroom house with one bathroom, situated on a 565 m² block of land.
Charnwood was designed using the Radburn principle, where homes were intended to face shared parkland and streets were meant to service rear garages. In practice, many owners erected fences, creating narrow walkways with limited lighting and neighbourhood surveillance, while the original pathway network aimed to allow pedestrians to move across the suburb without crossing roads.
The Charnwood centre shopping area is nearby and includes a Woolworths supermarket, several fast‑food outlets, a Labor Club branch, and a Shell service station.
The Boslem and Harte Park lies roughly 1 km away and George Simpson Park is about 1.1 km from the residence, both providing green space and recreational options.
The Charnwood District Playing Fields are close by and serve as the home ground for the Ginninderra ‘The Tigers’ athletics club during the track season (October – March).
For Australian federal elections the suburb is in the Division of Fenner, and for ACT Legislative Assembly elections it is part of the Ginninderra electorate.
Charnwood sits on Silurian‑age volcanic rocks, predominantly Deakin Volcanics purple rhyodacite, with the Deakin Fault marking a boundary. To the north‑east, Hawkins Volcanics green‑grey dacite and quartz‑andesite are present.
