Longueville, New South Wales Explained
Longueville is an affluent 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.
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.
Before settlement, Longueville was the home of the Cammeraygal people of the Ku-ring-gai Aboriginal Tribe. The suburb has high house prices with an average price of $5,412,500 as of May 2024.[1]
History
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.[2]
In 1831, the area that is now Longueville became home to one of the earliest manufacturing industries, with Rupert Kirk's soap and factory. Longueville had its beginnings in the 1870s, and at the time encompassed the Lane Cove area, which in turn was then part of Willoughby. 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.Longueville was officially proclaimed a suburb in the 1920s.
There is some conjecture about where the name Longueville originated,[3] 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.[4]
Transport
Longueville wharf is served by Captain Cook Cruises ferry services. Busways route 261 operates to Lane Cove and King Street Wharf.[5]
Houses
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.[3]
Longueville has some of Sydney’s highest property prices[1] 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,[6] 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.[7]
Demographics
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.
Longueville's population is typically indebted, with a median weekly household income of, 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.
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.[13] Zimmerman was the first openly gay man to be elected to the House of Representatives[14] 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.[15]
State Election 2023
Longueville Polling Booth[17] |
|---|
| | Liberal | 45.07% |
| | Labor | 23.95% |
| | Independent | 20.38% |
| | The Greens NSW | 8.32% |
| | Sustainable Australia Party - Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption | 2.28% | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Longueville . 17 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240517064707/https://www.allhomes.com.au/research/longueville-nsw-2066 . 17 May 2024 . live . Lane Cove District, NSW . allhomes.com.au.
- Web site: A Brief History of Lane Cove. The area which is now Lane Cove was originally inhabited by the Cam-mer-ray-gal 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. ... One of the earliest manufacturing industries was Rupert Kirk's soap and candle factory, established in 1831, in what is now Longueville. Later factories established included the Ludowici and Radke tanneries in Burns Bay in the 1860s and the Phoenix and Sydney Potteries late in the century (operated adjacent to the site now known as Pottery Green). These were followed by the boiling down works of the Charlish and Whatmore families in West Lane Cove, and the Australian Woodpipe Company in Burns Bay in 1912.. 2007-10-29. Lane Cove Council. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20240517065729/https://www.lanecove.nsw.gov.au/Community/About-Lane-Cove. Lane Cove NSW . 17 May 2024. dmy-all. Extracted from A brief history of Lane Cove by Judy Washington (revised 2023)..
- Web site: Longueville. 2007-12-19. Suburb Spotlight. Village Voice.
- The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon Angus & Robertson 1990, page 157
- Web site: 261 Lane Cove to City King Street Wharf via Longueville. . 12 May 2024 . 17 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240517070615/https://transportnsw.info/routes/details/sydney-buses-network/261/27261 . 17 May 2024 . live.
- News: Sydney's top 10 suburbs in 2011. 29 May 2012. Sydney Morning Herald. 16 March 2012 . registration . https://web.archive.org/web/20240517071225/https://www.smh.com.au/business/sydneys-top-10-suburbs-in-2011-20120316-1va20.html . RP Data . 17 May 2024 . live . Longueville $2,235,000.
- News: Margie . Blok. Changing places. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065011/http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=Longueville&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=10years&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=SMH040306QJ9124VIBOU . 4 March 2016 . dead. 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.. Domain. The Sydney Morning Herald. 6. 2004-03-06. 2007-10-29.
- Encyclopedia: Baker. J. S.. Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University . Dunkley, Louisa Margaret (1866 - 1927). Louisa Margaret Dunkley (1866–1927). 2007-12-19 . 2006 . Melbourne . 369–370. At the Sydney conference in 1900 Louisa Dunkley had met Edward Charles Kraegen. On her marriage to him on 22 December 1903 at St Alipius Church, Oakleigh, Melbourne, she resigned from the Postmaster-General's Department. A daughter was born in 1904 and a son in 1906. She died of cancer on 10 March 1927 at Longueville, Sydney, and was buried in Northern Suburbs cemetery. Her husband and children survived her.. 17 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240517123656/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dunkley-louisa-margaret-6047. 8. 1981 . . live.
- Web site: Nicole Kidman buys into the boom, paying $2.78 million for a Milsons Point pad . 17 May 2024 . 17 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240517124606/https://www.domain.com.au/news/nicole-kidman-buys-2-78-million-sub-penthouse-in-milsons-point-1063246/ . live . Renovations are currently underway on the Kidman penthouse, and the family are currently living in a waterfront residence in nearby Longueville. . . Lucy . Macken . 13 June 2021.
- Encyclopedia: Carden-Coyne. Ana. Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University . Lindsay, Rose (1885 - 1978). Rose Lindsay (1885–1978). 17 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240517124058/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lindsay-rose-13047. live. 2007-12-19 . 2006 . 2005 . Melbourne University Press . Supplementary Volume . 234–235.
- Brett Whiteley (1939–1992), artist, was born on 7 April 1939 at Paddington, Sydney, younger of two children of English-born Clement Whiteley, publicity manager, and his New South Wales-born wife Beryl Mary, née Martin. Brett grew up at Longueville, a quiet suburb on the northern shores of Sydney Harbour. Clem, who was manager of the Orpheum Theatres at North Sydney and Cremorne and later advertising manager for Hoyts Theatres Ltd, was for a time also involved in reproducing images, including (Sir) William Dobell’s Storm Approaching Wangi, which had been awarded the Wynne prize in 1948. Dobell often visited the Whiteley house.. Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University . Whiteley, Brett (1939–1992) . Barry . Pearce . 2021 . 2016 . . 19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240517125352/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/whiteley-brett-17651 . 17 May 2024 . 17 May 2024 . live.
- Web site: Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson: Inside his childhood home in Longueville . 17 May 2024 . 17 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240517124901/https://www.domain.com.au/news/rather-adventurous-longueville-waterfront-to-go-under-the-hammer-with-hefty-price-guide-20180329-h0xplv/ . Kate . Farrelly . 30 March 2018 . live . Domain.
- News: Liberal Trent Zimmerman wins North Sydney byelection despite swing. registration. 17 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240517123204/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/liberal-trent-zimmerman-wins-north-sydney-byelection-despite-swing-20151205-glgfba.html. live. Sydney Morning Herald. Gartrell, Adam. 5 December 2015. 6 December 2015.
- News: Canberra's first openly gay MP Trent Zimmerman reflects on historic win. Star Observer. 7 December 2015. 7 December 2015. Power, Shannon. 17 May 2024 . https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/canberras-first-openly-gay-mp-trent-zimmerman-reflects-on-historic-win/143652 . live.
- Web site: The Legislative Assembly District of Lane Cove . 17 May 2024 . 17 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240517090004/https://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/find-my-electorate/districts/lane-cove . . 12 April 2023 . live . Localities and postcodes . Chatswood West, East Ryde, Gladesville, Greenwich, Henley, Hunters Hill, Huntleys Cove, Huntleys Point, Lane Cove, Lane Cove North, Lane Cove West, Linley Point, Longueville, Macquarie Park, North Ryde, Northwood, Putney, Riverview, Ryde, St Leonards, Tennyson Point, Woolwich..
- Web site: Longueville - polling place . Longueville NSW . 17 May 2024 . 16 June 2022. . https://web.archive.org/web/20230405211716/https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HousePollingPlaceFirstPrefs-27966-97.htm . 5 April 2023 . live.
- Web site: State Electoral District of Lane Cove. 17 May 2024 . 13 April 2023. NSW Electoral Commission. 17 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240517093512/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/SG2301/LA/lane-cove/cc/fp_summary . Longueville NSW . live.
