9 Hayden Close, Florey ACT 2615, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Oct 2015 | $660,000 | $681 |
Price per m² based on land size of 969 m².
9 Hayden Close is a detached house featuring four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The property sits on a generous 969 m² block, offering ample outdoor space.
Florey is one of the suburbs nearest to the Belconnen Town Centre, with the district centre only about 0.6 km away. This proximity provides easy access to shops, services and employment hubs.
Three ACTION bus routes – 2, 3 and 40 – run through Florey, connecting residents to the wider Canberra area. These services make commuting to nearby suburbs and the city centre convenient.
The Florey Shopping Centre, located at the corner of Kesteven Street and Ratcliffe Crescent, is a short stroll away and includes a bronze plaque celebrating Howard Florey. The Hindu Temple and Cultural Centre on Ratcliffe Crescent and the Florey Medical Centre on Kesteven Street are also nearby.
In 2018 the ACT Healthy Waterways Project restored sections of Tattersall Crescent, converting parts of a concrete drainage channel back to a more natural creek‑like state. The work helps slow and clean stormwater flowing into Ginninderra Creek.
Florey's terrain is composed of Silurian‑age rocks, including green‑grey dacite, quartz andesite, calcareous shale, and a variety of rhyodacite and rhyolite formations. These layers run from the north‑east corner to the south‑west of the suburb.
The suburb is named after Sir Howard Florey, who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in the extraction of penicillin. The street names in the area also honour Australian scientists.
