5 Athol Street, Lutana TAS 7009, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Mar 2022 | $620,000 | $804 |
| Sold | Aug 2018 | $370,000 | $479 |
Price per m² based on land size of 771 m².
The property is a house with 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom, situated on a 771 m² block. It also includes three parking spaces for vehicles.
Apex Park, the Athol Street Playground and Lutana Woodlands Reserve are all within about 0.4–0.5 km of the home, offering easy access to open space and play areas. The suburb also borders the private nine‑hole New Town Bay Golf Club.
National Route 1, known locally as the Brooker Highway, runs along the south‑western edge of Lutana, giving quick road connections to surrounding suburbs and Hobart.
The former rail corridor through Lutana has been proposed as the “Lutana Link” or “Zinc Link,” a walking and cycling route that would connect the suburb to Derwent Park and the Intercity Cycleway, although the project has not yet been built.
Lutana grew around the Risdon Zinc Works established in 1916, with a company‑housing village designed under garden‑city principles. The suburb was renamed in 1920 from Risdon Rise to Lutana, a Palawa word meaning “moon.”
Soil studies have identified elevated levels of zinc, lead and cadmium linked to the historic zinc‑works operations. The 2009 CSIRO report advises growing vulnerable vegetables in raised beds with at least 30 cm of clean soil.
New Town Bay and the River Derwent lie roughly 0.4–0.5 km to the east, while Store Point is about 1 km away, providing easy access to waterfront views and recreation.
