17 Nicholas Street, Higgins ACT 2615, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Mar 2018 | $430,000 | $557 |
Price per m² based on land size of 771 m².
17 Nicholas Street is a detached house situated on a 771 m² block of land. The property is classified simply as a house in the listing.
The house is set in the suburb of Higgins, which lies within the Belconnen district of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
Within approximately 1 km you’ll find the National Health Co‑op Higgins (≈0.7 km), McKellar Park stadium (≈1.0 km), and the O'Connor Knights football club (≈1.0 km). A short drive (≈1.8 km) reaches Kippax Fair Shopping Centre for retail needs.
Higgins sits on Silurian‑age volcanic rocks. The south and centre are covered by green‑grey rhyodacite, the north by purple and green‑grey dacite, with pockets of purple‑pink rhyolite in the north‑east and purple‑green tuff in the north‑west.
For federal elections the property falls in the Division of Fenner. In the ACT Legislative Assembly it is part of the Ginninderra electorate.
The suburb was named after Henry Bournes Higgins, a noted politician and judge who lived from 1851 to 1929. Higgins was officially gazetted on 6 June 1968.
Yes, the suburb once hosted a supermarket built in 1968 by Philippos Christodoulou and Tom and Tim Efkarpidis; by 2024 the building was reported as abandoned.
