8 Nepean Place, Macquarie ACT 2614, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | May 2013 | $891,000 | $969 |
| Sold | Jun 2010 | $722,000 | $785 |
Price per m² based on land size of 919 m².
The property is a house with four bedrooms and two bathrooms. It sits on a 919 m² block of land and includes two parking spaces.
Jamison Centre, the main shopping mall in Macquarie, is about 1.6 km away and hosts a popular Sunday market. Big Splash, Canberra’s public water‑park with an outdoor slide, is roughly 1.4 km from the house.
ACTION bus route 32 links Macquarie with Belconnen Town Centre and Civic, providing convenient access to the wider Canberra region.
The Pinnacle mountain (≈1.3 km), Hawker Observatory (≈1.4 km), and the Big Powerful Owl monument (≈1.4 km) are all within a short drive. The Macquarie Island Magnetic Observatory is also about 1 km away.
The eastern side of Macquarie features greywacke from the Ordovician Pittman Formation, while a green‑grey dacitic porphyry underlies the Jamison Centre. Green‑grey rhyodacite of the Walker Volcanics is present in the centre and western parts of the suburb.
According to the 2016 census, Macquarie had about 2,700 residents with an average age of 36. Around 66 % were Australian‑born, and 4 % were born in China.
For federal elections, Macquarie is part of the Division of Canberra. In the ACT Legislative Assembly, it falls within the Ginninderra electorate.
