5 Melba Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Jan 2023 | $1,800,000 | $2,125 |
| Sold | Apr 2006 | $445,000 | $525 |
Price per m² based on land size of 847 m².
The house offers four bedrooms and one bathroom, providing ample space for a family.
The property sits on an 847 m² block, offering a generous outdoor area.
It is situated in the inner‑north suburb of Downer, which is bounded by Northbourne Avenue, Antill Street and Philip Avenue.
Within about 0.3 km you’ll find Dickson Library, and the Dickson Centre and its shops are roughly 0.5 km away. Nearby are the Dickson District Playing Fields (≈0.7 km), Dickson Wetlands and the Dickson Interchange (≈0.8 km), and a café and vet clinic in the refurbished Downer shopping centre.
The Downer community centre and shops were built for the CSIRO in the 1930s and the area includes a bronze kangaroo sculpture unveiled in 2019, reflecting the suburb’s heritage.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, part of the limestone plains that gave Canberra its original name.
Federally, Downer is part of the Canberra electorate represented by Alicia Payne. In the ACT Legislative Assembly it falls within the Kurrajong electorate.
