Church Point is a

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in the

Northern Beaches The Northern Beaches is a region within Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, near the Pacific coast. This area extends south to the entrance of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), west to Middle Harbour and north to the en ...

region of

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, in the state of

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. Church Point is 32 kilometres north of the

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, in the

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Northern Beaches Council The Northern Beaches Council is a local government area located in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 after the amalgamation of Manly, Pittwater and Warringa ...

History

Thomas Langford was the first settler in the area who acquired in 1852. The area was originally known as Chapel Point because it was the site of a Wesleyan Chapel built in 1872 on land given by William Oliver.''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia , page 62

Early Subdivision Plans

File:Church Point Estate Pittwater - Quarter Session Rd, Lane Cove, 1909.jpg, Church Point Estate Pittwater – Quarter Session Rd, Lane Cove, 1909 File:Chuch Point "Browns Block" Pittwater - Browns Rd, Quarter Session Rd, Bay View Rd, 1920.jpg, Church Point "Browns Block" Pittwater – Browns Rd, Quarter Session Rd, Bay View Rd, 1920 File:Simpson's Garden Estate Church Point Pittwater - Baroona Rd, Bay View Rd, Eastview Road, 1921.jpg, Simpson's Garden Estate Church Point Pittwater – Baroona Rd, Bay View Rd, Eastview Road, 1921

Demographics

According to the 2016 census, there were 997 residents in Church Point. The most common ancestries in Church Point were English 36.3%, Australian 22.9%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 9.1% and German 2.1%. The median weekly household income was $2,590, much higher than the national median of $1,438. Average monthly mortgage payments were $3,033, compared to the national average of $1,755. 66.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 12.0%. 87.9% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion in Church Point were No Religion 35.1%, Anglican 22.4% and Catholic 16.4%.

Transport

Pittwater Road Pittwater Road is an urban Main Road in the north-eastern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Pittwater Road runs from Manly to Church Point, on the southern shore of Pittwater. It passes through the suburbs of North Manly, Brookvale, Dee Why ...

is Church Point's main thoroughfare and ends in the suburb. The

Church Point ferry wharf Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

is in McCarrs Creek Road near the post office from where the

Church Point Ferry Church Point Ferry provides ferry services from Church Point, situated on Pittwater in the northern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The ferry provides an hourly service to Scotland Island and Ku-ring-gai Chase, where it stops a ...

service departs to

Scotland Island Scotland Island is an island and suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Church Point, Scotland Island's major mainland service locality, is located 32 kilometres north of the Sydney central b ...

Pittwater Youth Hostel Pittwater is a semi-mature tide dominated drowned valley estuary, located about north of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia; being one of the bodies of water that separate greater Metropolitan Sydney from the ...

Lovett Bay Lovett Bay is a suburb and adjacent bay in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 36 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. Lovett Bay is i ...

and Elvina Bay.

References

External links

Suburbs of Sydney Northern Beaches Council {{Sydney-geo-stub