16 Fenner Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Sep 2018 | $735,000 | $894 |
Price per m² based on land size of 822 m².
The property sits on a block of land measuring 822 m². This provides ample space for the house and any outdoor amenities.
The address is a stand‑alone house. It is positioned within the residential fabric of Downer.
Swinden Street Metro station is about 1 km away, and the larger Dickson Interchange is roughly 1.4 km distant, offering convenient rail connections.
The Downer shopping centre, recently refurbished with a new café and veterinary clinic, is nearby. Within 1–2 km you’ll also find the Dickson Centre, Dickson District Playing Fields, Dickson Wetland and Exhibition Park.
Downer was originally a CSIRO agricultural research site, used for opium poppy production during 1939‑45, and it still retains large pine and gum trees planted as windbreaks. A bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled in May 2019 near the local shopping centre.
The area sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This limestone‑based geology gave Canberra its historic name “Limestone Plains.”
Federally, Downer is part of the Canberra electorate, represented by Alicia Payne of the Labor Party. In the ACT Legislative Assembly it falls within the Kurrajong electorate.
