17 Lochbuy Street, Macquarie ACT 2614, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | May 2009 | $442,500 | $450 |
| Sold | Jan 2001 | $169,950 | $172 |
Price per m² based on land size of 983 m².
It is a standalone house situated on a 983 m² block of land.
The Macquarie Island Magnetic Observatory is just 0.1 km away, Big Splash waterpark is about 0.5 km, and the Jamison Centre shopping mall is roughly 0.6 km from the property. A small shopping centre on Lachlan Street with a medical centre, chemist, coffee shop and a Vietnamese restaurant is also nearby.
ACTION bus route 32 serves Macquarie, linking the suburb directly to Belconnen Town Centre and Civic.
Macquarie is bordered to the north by Belconnen Way, to the east by Bindubi Street, to the south by Redfern Street, and to the west by Coulter Drive.
In 2016 the suburb had about 2,700 residents with an average age of 36 years. Most people (65.7 %) were Australian‑born, and the next most common birthplace was China (4 %).
The eastern side of Macquarie sits on Greywacke from the Ordovician Pittman Formation, uplifted along the Deakin Fault. Beneath the centre and western parts are green‑grey rhyodacite of the Walker Volcanics, with a porphyry of green‑grey dacitic intrusive rock containing large white feldspar crystals found under the Jamison Centre.
For Australian federal elections, Macquarie is part of the Division of Canberra, and for ACT Legislative Assembly elections it falls within the Ginninderra electorate.
