12 Padbury Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Jan 2005 | $405,000 | $555 |
| Sold | Jun 1998 | $167,500 | $229 |
| Sold | May 1997 | $83,500 | $114 |
| Sold | Dec 1992 | $182,000 | $249 |
Price per m² based on land size of 729 m².
The house sits on a 729 m² block, offering a generous lot size for the suburb.
The property features three bedrooms and two bathrooms, providing ample accommodation for a family.
Swinden Street metro station is only about 0.3 km away, and the Dickson Interchange is roughly 0.6 km distant, giving easy access to Canberra’s Metro network.
The Dickson Centre, a retail precinct, is about 0.5 km away, and the refurbished Downer shopping centre nearby includes a new café and veterinary clinic.
Yes, the local Downer oval is within the suburb, and the National Hockey Centre is about 0.8 km away. In addition, the Dickson District Playing Fields (≈1.1 km) and Dickson Wetland (≈1.2 km) provide outdoor options.
Downer was originally a CSIRO agricultural research site in the 1930s and even grew opium poppies during World War II. Many of the large pine and gum trees around the former CSIRO buildings were planted as windbreaks and remain a characteristic part of the suburb’s heritage.
The area sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, reflecting the limestone foundations that gave Canberra its original name, ‘Limestone Plains’.
