1 Edkins Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Feb 2013 | $7,000 | $7 |
| Sold | Aug 1999 | $162,000 | $176 |
Price per m² based on land size of 920 m².
The property at 1 Edkins Street is a unit featuring one bedroom and one bathroom. It offers a compact, self‑contained living space suitable for a single resident or couple.
The unit sits on a 920 m² land parcel. This provides a generous amount of outdoor space relative to the size of the unit.
Within roughly 1 km you’ll find the Dickson Centre shopping precinct, Exhibition Park in Canberra, and the Dickson Library. The local oval and Dickson Wetland are also close by, offering recreational options.
The Swinden Street Canberra Metro station is about 0.9 km away, and the larger Dickson Interchange, serving additional Metro lines, is approximately 1.3 km from the unit.
Downer originated as a CSIRO agricultural research facility in the 1930s, later used for opium poppy cultivation during World War II. The area’s historic buildings and tree plantings reflect this legacy, with recent refurbishments adding a café and veterinary clinic to the local shopping centre.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This limestone‑based geology gave Canberra its original name, “Limestone Plains.”
Downer is part of the federal electorate of Canberra, represented by Alicia Payne of the Labor Party. In the ACT Legislative Assembly it falls within the Kurrajong electorate, which elects five members proportionally.
