45 Alpen Street, Spence ACT 2615, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Jun 2018 | $560,000 | $583 |
| Sold | Aug 2009 | $430,000 | $447 |
Price per m² based on land size of 960 m².
45 Alpen Street is a detached house offering four bedrooms and two bathrooms. It sits on a spacious 960 m² block and includes six dedicated garage spaces.
The house is set in Spence, directly bordering the suburbs of Fraser, Melba and Evatt. It lies south of Owen Dixon Drive and Kuringa Drive and is bounded by Alpen Street and Copland Drive.
A local shopping centre within walking distance provides a butcher, hairdresser, baker, chemist, supermarket, petrol station and a coffee shop. Adjacent to the centre is the Tongan Community Centre, rebuilt in 2007, and the National Health Co‑op in Evatt.
The property is near the neighbourhood oval and the water‑tower open space, although the oval has suffered from past drought damage. Sports enthusiasts can also access Belconnen United FC and George Simpson Park, both within a few kilometres.
Spence was originally named after William Spence, a founder of the Australian Workers' Union and early federal MP. In 2023 the suburb was co‑named to also honour suffragette Catherine Helen Spence.
Spence sits on Silurian‑age Hawkins Volcanics, featuring green‑grey dacite, quartz andesite, and dacitic porphyry intrusive rock with white feldspar crystals. A small shale lens from the same volcanic sequence is also present in the south‑central part of the suburb.
