57 Alpen Street, Spence ACT 2615, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Dec 2004 | $145,000 | $183 |
| Sold | Feb 1999 | $128,000 | $162 |
| Sold | May 1991 | $60,000 | $76 |
Price per m² based on land size of 789 m².
57 Alpen Street is a detached house. It sits on a generous 789 m² block, offering ample outdoor space.
Spence was originally named after William Spence, a founder of the Australian Workers' Union and early federal MP. In 2023 the name was co‑assigned to also honour suffragette Catherine Helen Spence.
The neighborhood includes a shopping centre with a butcher, baker, hairdresser, chemist, supermarket and a petrol station that also hosts a coffee shop. Nearby you’ll find the community‑run “Coffee Corner” café and the Tongan Community Centre on Copland Drive.
Yes, Spence has a neighbourhood oval bordering Clarey Crescent, although it has suffered disrepair since the early 2000s. The suburb also features open bushland around the water tower in its north‑west, providing natural scenery.
For Australian federal elections, the property is in the Division of Fenner. In ACT Legislative Assembly elections, it falls within the Ginninderra electorate.
The suburb sits on Silurian‑age Hawkins Volcanics, including green‑grey dacite and quartz‑andesite in the centre and west, with a green‑grey dacitic porphyry intrusive rock in the southeast and a shale lens patch in the south‑central part.
Evatt is about 0.6 km away, Melba roughly 1.0 km, and Fraser is around 2.1 km distant. The Mount Rogers hill is about 1.1 km away, and the local CSIRO weather station sits approximately 2.1 km from the property.
