20 Boronia Drive, O'connor ACT 2602, Australia
20 Boronia Drive is a detached house situated on a block of approximately 811 m². The property offers ample garden space typical of O'Connor’s leafy streets.
Yes. The Scout Hall at the corner of Hovea Street and Boronia Drive is heritage listed, and the nearby Tocumwal houses (about 0.6 km away) are also heritage‑listed ex‑government homes.
The O'Connor shopping centre, a short walk away, includes a bar/restaurant, supermarket, hairdresser, bicycle shop, dentist, pharmacy, florist and a Vietnamese restaurant. Nearby points of interest also include O'Connor Uniting Church (0.3 km), Tilley's café (0.7 km), and Jandura Park (0.9 km).
O'Connor is known for its leafy, hilly streets and the Bruce/O'Connor ridge nature reserve. Geologically, the suburb sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation overlain by Quaternary alluvium, with Black Mountain Sandstone to the south and Ordovician Greywacke on the ridge.
Residents can enjoy the O'Connor district playing fields for soccer, rugby and cricket, as well as the O'Connor Ridge for bushwalking and mountain biking. Canberra Olympic FC (approximately 0.7 km away) offers organized football activities, and Jandura Park provides additional green space.
As of the 2021 census, O'Connor had a population of about 5,917, with 40 % of residents working as professionals. The median weekly family income was $3,463, which is higher than the ACT average.
