61 Blackman Crescent, Macquarie ACT 2614, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Oct 1996 | $113,408 | $128 |
| Sold | Dec 1990 | $104,000 | $117 |
Price per m² based on land size of 885 m².
The property features five bedrooms and two bathrooms. It sits on an 885 m² block, providing ample outdoor space.
A small shopping centre on Lachlan Street offers a medical centre, chemist, coffee shop and the Kinh Doh Vietnamese restaurant. The larger Jamison Centre is also nearby, providing a wider range of retail options.
Big Splash, a privately owned public swimming pool with Canberra’s only outdoor water slide, is located about 0.5 km from the property.
ACTION bus route 32 connects Macquarie with Belconnen Town Centre and Civic, offering convenient access to the wider Canberra area.
The suburb sits on a band of Greywacke from the Ordovician Pittman Formation in its eastern part, with the Deakin Fault running northeast. Under the central and western areas are green‑grey rhyodacite of the Walker Volcanics, and a porphyry of green‑grey dacitic intrusive rock beneath the Jamison Centre.
Macquarie was gazetted on 22 June 1967 in recognition of Major‑General Lachlan Macquarie, a former Governor of New South Wales. Many streets in the suburb are named after his contemporaries.
At the 2016 census, Macquarie had a population of about 2,700 people with an average age of 36. Approximately 66 % of residents were Australian‑born, and the area is primarily composed of separate houses.
