Ainslie at a glance
5,473
People
$1,265,000
Median sale
$367/wk
Median rent
1.51%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 21 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
$2,180,000
Last sold
29 Sept 2025
4
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
0
Car spaces
792 m²
Land
Districts View
No upside evidence detected in the data Districts holds for this lot.
No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.
Each line above is labelled. A fact is quoted from the named source, with its date. A calculation is worked out by Districts from those facts — you can check the arithmetic. An interpretation is Districts' opinion of what the evidence means, not a fact, a valuation, or advice. Anything we haven't retrieved yet is marked as missing rather than treated as a pass.
Price evidence
Last sold
$2,180,000
29 Sept 2025 · derived via latest_sale
Local land rate: recorded House sales in Ainslie (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,951/m² of land (n=36). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.
Ainslie at a glance
5,473
People
$1,265,000
Median sale
$367/wk
Median rent
1.51%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 21 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
Vs Ainslie
+72.3%
Median sale
Suburb $1,265,000
-0.63 pp
Gross yield
Suburb 1.51%
Suburb median $1,265,000 from 21 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.
Planning
Planning data is being calculated
Data unavailable
Source
Planning facts are copied from official government GIS where available. Where an official property PDF exists (VicPlan, PlanBuild), Districts stores and serves that original document. Neither is a planning certificate, survey, or advice.
Site
Terrain has not been calculated for this property yet.
Slope is calculated on a projected metric grid from a public DEM clip of the official parcel. This is not a survey, engineering, or insurance assessment.
Flood exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Heritage listing has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Records
Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.
Capital growth
ACTPlanning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet. A suburb median or growth rate is not a reason this particular lot would outperform. Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.
Official flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Nearby development applications are not loaded for this property.
Rental
No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $367/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms.
Current comparable rental listings within 400 m of this lot are not loaded. Nearby development applications are not loaded for this property. Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded. Suburb vacancy or leased-tape days are not this property’s competition.
Yield cannot be shown without both a price and a rent figure. Net yield is not estimated from gross advertising copy. Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.
Verdict
Districts view
Not enough official evidence yet to underwrite this as an investment.
Detail
The same ten questions apply to every property. Missing flood, nearby DAs, achieved rents, or lot geometry is unknown — not “no.”
Do not treat a suburb median, an advertised yield, or a listing score as the case for this lot.
The evidence loaded so far isn't enough on its own to change a buy, offer, or walk-away decision for this property.
Evidence
Districts asks the same ten questions of every property. If one shows as unknown, that data isn't published for this state or hasn't been loaded yet — the question stays visible so you can see exactly what's missing.
1 of 10 questions answered so far
Development optionality of this lot
UnknownPlanning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet.
Nearby development pipeline
UnknownArea
Ainslie at a glance
5,473
People
$1,265,000
Median sale
$367/wk
Median rent
1.51%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 21 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
Listing material
Listed by LJ Hooker Canberra CityAuction Location: On Site.
Auction | Monday 2nd July at 1:00pm On Site.
Please note, this is a freestanding home on its own title and not a dual occupancy.
The block is generous, there's a great north aspect to work with and there's no heritage. The 70's were a strange decade - a time when slick talking aluminium window salesmen convinced well meaning home owners into removing beautiful timber sash windows and replacing them with aluminium - a low maintenance choice, yes but aesthetically pleasing, no. Other than this, 4A Ebden Street has all of the original character of it's 1940's roots.
Built of the famous 'Canberra Reds' and full brick in construction, you'll find 9 foot ceilings and even the original Metters stove in the Kitchen. Under the carpet, there will be timber floors to polish and there is potential aplenty and lots of fun to be had. As mentioned, theres a great northerly aspect to the long left hand flank of the block, so if you choose to extend, there is plenty to work with. Of course, you could simply decide to start again and with 792m2 of land, at the city end of Ainslie, you will struggle to go wrong.
The location is worth noting because its walking distance from the famous Ainslie shops, as well as the wonderful Mt Ainslie Nature Reserve and the very hip Braddon precinct. The position is slightly elevated, so if you chose to build up, we have no doubt that you would have views, not only to Black Mountain and the Brindabellas, but across the CBD itself.
They are not making any more of these and not producing any more land in Ainslie and even better, the owners have made a definite decision to sell this at auction, so don't delay, come, see, buy!
At a glance...
- 1940's Red brick character cottage
- Double brick, high ceilings, original Metters stove in kitchen
- Located at the city end of Ainslie
- Walk to ainslie shops, Mt Ainslie Nature Reserve and Braddon
- 792m2 block with Northerly aspect to work with
- No heritage restrictions!
- Land Tax; $6504.00 pa if rented
- Rates; $3906 pa
- UV; $662,000
Listing description written by Kaylene King, LJ Hooker Canberra City — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.
Nearby development applications are not loaded for this property.
Honest achievable rent
KnownlowThis is not “bond data says this address leases for $X.” The comparable figure is a suburb advertised/median rent, not this property. This jurisdiction has no comparable official bond series in the free set.
Rental supply pressure
UnknownSupply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.
Why is this cheap?
UnknownThe constraint stack has not been retrieved for this lot, so Districts cannot explain a discount versus land size.
Lot-level flood
UnknownOfficial flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”
Catalyst exposure
UnknownFunded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.
This lot's DA history
UnknownDevelopment applications have not been queried for this parcel.
Statutory land value versus ask
UnknownStatutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.
Net yield / holding costs
UnknownNet yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.