46 Banfield Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Jul 2023 | $1,275,000 | $1,837 |
| Sold | Feb 1997 | $152,000 | $219 |
Price per m² based on land size of 694 m².
The property sits on 694 m² of land.
It is about 0.4 km from Phillip Avenue and located within the suburb that is bounded by Northbourne Avenue, Antill Street and Phillip Avenue.
The nearest Canberra Metro stations are Swinden Street (around 1.1 km away) and the EPIC and Racecourse light‑rail station (approximately 1.2 km away).
Within roughly 1 km you’ll find Exhibition Park, the Canberra Racecourse, and the Dickson District Playing Fields, providing venues for shows, horse racing and sports.
Downer was originally an agricultural research site for CSIRO in the 1930s and served as a poppy plantation during World War II; many of the large pine and gum trees around the former CSIRO buildings date from that period.
The suburb rests on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, reflecting the limestone plains that gave Canberra its early name.
Federally, Downer is in the Canberra electorate represented by Alicia Payne (Labor). In the ACT Legislative Assembly, it is part of the Kurrajong electorate.
