8 Cecil Place, Dunlop ACT 2615, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Jan 2018 | $550,000 | $1,057 |
| Sold | May 2003 | $275,000 | $528 |
| Sold | Apr 2002 | $86,000 | $165 |
Price per m² based on land size of 520 m².
8 Cecil Place is a house in the suburb of Dunlop, ACT, located at the far north‑west edge of Canberra about 11.6 km north‑west of the city centre. It sits near the neighbouring suburbs of Fraser, Charnwood and Macgregor.
The property includes a house on a 520 m² block of land.
Dunlop Grasslands Nature Reserve lies within the suburb, and nearby parks include Boslem And Harte Park (≈0.7 km), George Simpson Park (≈1.6 km), and Goodwin Hill (≈1.3 km). The West Belconnen Ponds, Jarramlee Pond and Fassifern Pond are also part of the local Ginninderra catchment.
Dunlop sits on Silurian‑age rocks, predominantly Deakin Volcanics purple rhyodacite, with grey tuff from the Laidlaw Volcanics in the south‑west and the Deakin Fault running along its north‑east edge.
At the 2016 census Dunlop had 7,197 residents with a median age of 33 years; about 49 % were male and 51 % female. Around 76 % were Australian‑born, and 77.9 % spoke only English at home.
The suburb is named after Lieutenant Colonel Sir Ernest Edward “Weary” Dunlop, an Australian surgeon renowned for his leadership while imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II.
Federally, Dunlop is in the Division of Fenner; for ACT Legislative Assembly elections it lies in the Ginninderra electorate.
