Keiraville, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Keiraville
City:Wollongong
State:nsw
Lga:City of Wollongong
Postcode:2500
Coordinates:-34.3833°N 202°W
Pop:4001
Pop Footnotes:[1]
Elevation:40
Area:3.3
Stategov:Keira
Fedgov:Cunningham
Near-Nw:Mount Pleasant
Near-N:Mount Ousley
Near-W:Mount Keira
Near-E:North Wollongong, Gwynneville
Near-S:West Wollongong
Dist1:84
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:3
Location2:Wollongong

Keiraville is an inner suburb of the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia in the Illawarra region. It is situated in the foothills of Mount Keira, approximately three kilometres northwest of Wollongong.

Description

Keiraville has a public school (the Keiraville Public School[2]), post office and several shops located on Gipps Road.

Keiraville (and its neighbour Gwynneville) is known as a university town, home to the main campus of the University of Wollongong.

Another major landmark, Wollongong Botanic Garden, is situated between Northfields Avenue and Murphys Avenue, and includes the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music.

Keiraville Public School

The local Keiraville Public School was established in 1891 for the local farmers, miners and their families of the area (particularly of Port Kembla and other coal mining areas).

The grounds consist of two field and a series of demountables and fixed buildings.

Heritage listings

Keiraville has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Population

In the 2021 Census,[4] there were 4,001 people in Keiraville. 66.4% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were India 4.0% and China 3.2%. 71.0% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin at 4.0%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 41.1%, Catholic 17.0% and Anglican 11.0%.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  2. Web site: Keiraville Public School | Home . 1 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110219000710/http://www.keiraville-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/sws/view/275043.node . 19 February 2011 . dead .
  3. 00557. EF14/5877; 10/5422; S92/1286. 18 May 2018.
  4. Web site: 2021 Keiraville, Census All persons QuickStats Australian Bureau of Statistics . 2022-09-01 . www.abs.gov.au.