18 Backhouse Street, Latham ACT 2615, Australia
The property sits on a 737 m² block, providing ample space for the house and outdoor activities. It offers a generous footprint for landscaping or future extensions.
It is a stand‑alone house within the residential suburb of Latham. The residence benefits from the suburb’s quiet neighbourhood character.
Latham is bounded by Ginninderra Drive to the north, Florey Drive to the west, Southern Cross Drive to the south, and Kingsford Smith Drive to the east. These arterial roads provide easy access to surrounding districts.
The house is near Boslem and Harte Park (about 1.3 km away) and George Simpson Park (around 1.4 km). Ginninderra Creek also runs through Latham, with nearby grassland areas such as the Umbagong district park.
An ACTEWAGL/Evoenergy substation is located approximately 0.7 km from the property, providing essential utilities to the area. Its proximity ensures a reliable power supply for local residents.
Latham sits primarily on upper Silurian Deakin Volcanics, featuring green‑grey and purple rhyodacite, grey rhyodacitic tuff, and pink rhyolite among other volcanic layers. These are overlain in parts by Upper Silurian Laidlaw Volcanics grey tuff.
For Australian federal elections, Latham is part of the Fenner electorate. In ACT Legislative Assembly elections, it falls within the Ginninderra electorate.
