Longueville, New South Wales

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Longueville
Sydney,  New South Wales
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Longueville Wharf
Longueville, New South Wales
Population2,116 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established1920s
Postcode(s) 2066
Location8 km (5 mi) northwest of Sydney CBD
LGA(s) Municipality of Lane Cove
State electorate(s) Lane Cove
Federal division(s) North Sydney
Suburbs around Longueville:
Lane Cove Lane Cove Lane Cove
Riverview Longueville Northwood
Hunters Hill Hunters Hill Woolwich

Longueville is a harbourside suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, 8 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Lane Cove.

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Longueville is a small residential suburb on the peninsula between Tambourine Bay and Woodford Bay, on the banks of the Lane Cove River. Originally a home to manufacturing industries, the suburb had its beginnings as a residential area in the 1870s. Longueville was officially proclaimed a suburb in the 1920s. [2]

Before settlement, Longueville was the home of the Cammeraygal people of the Ku-ring-gai Aboriginal Tribe. [3] The suburb has high house prices with an average price of $5,412,500 as of May 2024. [4]

History

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View from Hunters Hill

The area in which Longueville is was originally inhabited by the Cammeraygal Group of the Ku-ring-gai Aboriginal Tribe. The group, which inhabited the north shore of Port Jackson, was one of the largest in the Sydney area. [3]

In 1831, the area that is now Longueville became home to one of the earliest manufacturing industries, with Rupert Kirk's soap and factory. [3] Longueville had its beginnings in the 1870s, and at the time encompassed the Lane Cove area, which in turn was then part of Willoughby. [2] By 1884, there were just two houses in the area, owned by Joseph Palmer and Henry Lamb. Richard Hayes Harnett, a land speculator, later acquired some of the land and subdivided it into home sites. He later became the first mayor of Mosman.

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Kingsford Smith Oval

Longueville was officially proclaimed a suburb in the 1920s. [2]

There is some conjecture about where the name Longueville originated, [2] however a commonly held belief is that the suburb was named after French nobleman, the Duc de Longueville. The main streets are said to have been named after his three daughters, Christina, Lucretia and Arabella. A related theory is that the name bears a connection to the Château de Châteaudun which possesses both a Longueville wing and a Dunois wing, with Dunois being the name of one of the principal streets in Longueville. [5]

Transport

Longueville wharf is served by Captain Cook Cruises ferry services. Busways route 261 operates to Lane Cove and King Street Wharf. [6]

Houses

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View from Hunters Hill

In 2011, the majority of dwellings were detached houses (99.1%) with some varied architectural styles, including stately Victorian-style homes, Federation styles, Californian bungalows, weatherboard cottages, and contemporary waterfront houses. [7] [2]

Longueville has some of Sydney’s highest property prices [4] with a median property price of $5.41 million as of May 2024 according to allhomes.com.au, having climbed from the eighth most expensive at $2.23 million in 2011, [8] positioning it as one of Sydney's most prestigious suburbs. In the past few years, the suburb has seen many new homes being constructed and older houses undergoing extensive renovations. Norfolk Road holds the record for the highest sale price achieved at auction in the suburb. [9]

Demographics

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Woodford Bay

In the 2021 Census, the population of Longueville stood at 2,116 people, 50.7% identified as female and 49.3% identified as male, with a median age of 46 years. 11.9% of the population was born overseas with England (4.8%), China (excluding SARs and Taiwan) (2.2%), New Zealand (1.8%), Hong Kong (SAR of China) (1.7%) and Malaysia (1.4%) being the most common countries of birth identified. The five strongest religious affiliations in the area were in descending order: Catholic (37.8%), No Religion, so described (28.9%), Anglican (14.2%), Eastern Orthodox (3.7%) and 2.6% of respondents elected not to disclose their religion. [7]

Longueville's population is typically indebted[ examples needed ], with a median weekly household income of A$4,894, compared with $1,746 in Australia. The most common types of occupation for employed persons were Professionals (43.5%), Managers (25.0%), Clerical and Administrative Workers (11.7%), Community and Personal Service Workers (5.8%), Sales Workers (5.7%), Technicians and Trades Workers (3.7%), Labourers (2.4%) and Machinery Operators and Drivers (0.3%). 89.8% of the suburbs occupied private dwellings were family households, 9.5% were lone person households and 0.8% were group households. 98.8% of private dwellings in the Longueville area were separate houses and 1.7% were flats or apartments. [7]

Notable residents

Notable former and current residents of Longueville include:

Politics

Longueville is in the formerly safe Liberal federal electoral division of North Sydney, electing an independent MP in 2022. Former Liberal Party Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey represented the seat from 1996 and was replaced by Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman at the 2015 North Sydney by-election. [15] Zimmerman was the first openly gay man to be elected to the House of Representatives [16] and was re-elected at the 2016 federal election. North Sydney is one of only two original divisions in New South Wales, along with Wentworth, which have never been held by the Australian Labor Party. In 2022 Kylea Tink was elected as part of a wave of 'teal' independents that were elected in that year's federal election, unseating many Liberal MPs. An independent won in the division of North Sydney despite losing this Longueville polling place in both the first-preference and two-candidate preferred vote.

For NSW state elections, Longueville is in the Electoral district of Lane Cove. Since 2003, this seat has been held by Liberal MP Anthony Roberts, a former minister in the state government. [17]

Federal Election 2022 [a]
Longueville Polling Booth [18]
  Liberal 48.65%
  Independent 26.19%
  Labor 15.50%
  The Greens 4.86%
  United Australia Party 1.62%
  Liberal Democrats 1.32%
  TNL 0.66%
  Sustainable Australia Party - Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption 0.60%
  One Nation 0.42%
  Informed Medical Options Party 0.18%
State Election 2023 [b]
Longueville Polling Booth [19]
 Liberal45.07%
 Labor23.95%
  Independent 20.38%
 The Greens NSW8.32%
 Sustainable Australia Party - Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption2.28%

Notes

  1. ↑ Displayed are first-preference votes only.
  2. ↑ Displayed are first-preference votes only.

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  4. 1 2 "Longueville". allhomes.com.au . Lane Cove District, NSW. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
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  9. ↑ Blok, Margie (6 March 2004). "Changing places". Domain. The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 6. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2007. In the past few years, Longueville has had a mini-building boom with lavish new mansions being constructed and dozens of older houses undergoing extensive renovations.
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  11. ↑ Macken, Lucy (13 June 2021). "Nicole Kidman buys into the boom, paying $2.78 million for a Milsons Point pad". Domain . Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024. Renovations are currently underway on the Kidman penthouse, and the family are currently living in a waterfront residence in nearby Longueville.
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  19. ↑ "State Electoral District of Lane Cove". Longueville NSW: NSW Electoral Commission. 13 April 2023. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

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