The name of the suburb is derived from the name of a house built in the area by early European settlers Thomas and Elizabeth Forster.[2]
The Wallumedegal Aboriginal people lived in the area between the Lane Cove River and Parramatta River, which they knew as Walumetta. Gregory Blaxland, a free settler, purchased the 182.1-hectare (450-acre)Brush Farm estate in 1806, shortly after his arrival in the colony. This estate covered most of the area south from Terry Road to Victoria Road and Tramway Street, and east from Brush Road to Shaftsbury Road.
In 1829, Blaxland transferred Brush Farm Estate to his eldest daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband Dr Thomas Forster. Forster expanded the estate by purchasing the Porteous Mount grants of 48.6 hectares (120 acres) on the Denistone ridge in 1830. Denistone was named after Forster's home "Dennistone", burnt down by bushfires in 1855.
Richard Rouse Terry acquired the land from the Blaxlands in 1872 and rebuilt Denistone House, which is now within the grounds of Ryde Hospital. The Denistone estate, centred on Denistone House, was a late subdivision, not opened up for sale until 1913.[2][3] Another historic house in Denistone is The Hermitage which was built by Gregory Blaxland's son, John Blaxland in about 1842.
Denistone began evolving as a suburb in the late 19th century, with subdivisions of the Miriam Hill Estate in 1888.[citation needed]
Denistone underwent extensive housing development after World War II. In 1946, the City of Ryde established an innovative housing scheme to build homes with small deposits and interest rates.[citation needed]
At the 2021 census, there were 3,726 residents in Denistone. 56.6% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 14.1% and South Korea 3.8%. 55.3% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 15.4%, Cantonese 8.7% and Korean 4.7%. The most common responses for religion in were No Religion 39.7%, Catholic 23.7%, Anglican 9.1% and 3.8% of Densitone's residents were practising Buddhism. Of occupied private dwellings, 79.6% were separate houses and 19.1% were semi-detached.[1]
Income
At the 2021 Census Densitone's median weekly household income was recorded at $2,683.[1]
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