Denistone East is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

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. Denistone East is 16 kilometres north-west of the

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in the

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of the

City of Ryde The City of Ryde is a local government area in the Northern Sydney region, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It was first established as the Municipal District of Ryde in 1870, became a municipality in 1906 and was proclaimed as the ...

Denistone Denistone is a suburb in Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Denistone is located 16 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Ryde. Denistone West and Den ...

and

Denistone West Denistone West is a suburb in Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Denistone West is located 16 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Ryde. Denistone ...

are separate suburbs; Denistone East was gazetted as a suburb in its own right on 5 February 1999.

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 2,250 people in Denistone East. 55.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 15.2% and South Korea 4.7%. 49.1% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 17.4%, Cantonese 9.3% and Korean 5.9%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 31.3%, Catholic 27.2% and Anglican 9.6%.

Commercial area

Denistone East does not have its own retail area. The closest shopping precinct is Midway Shopping Centre, which lies just outside Denistone East's northeast boundary in the suburb of Ryde. Larger regional shopping centres such as

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and

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are located nearby.

Schools

Denistone East Public School
was established in 1950, and is a large local primary school with over 800 students from Kindergarten to Grade 6. It was rebuilt in 2005 with completely new administrative, assembly and classroom blocks. Back in 2019 with the help of government funding they got rid of the demountables and build new classrooms for stage 3.

Transport

At present the following routes service Denistone East. All are provided by

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: *Route 286:

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via

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and North Sydney (morning and evening peak hour service) his service formerly ran to QVB, however the route was changed in October 2015 due to George St road closure for the construction of the light rail*Route 297: Wynyard via

and

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(morning and evening peak hour service) his service formerly ran to QVB, however the route was changed in October 2015 due to George St road closure for the construction of the light rail*Route 515:

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(via Denistone East/Blaxland Road) to

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via Ryde Hospital *Route 518:

Meadowbank ferry wharf Meadowbank ferry wharf is located on the northern side of the Parramatta River serving the Sydney suburb of Meadowbank. History Prior to the construction of the Ryde Bridge in the 1930s, Ryde wharf, located to the east of Meadowbank wharf at ...

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via

*Route 544:

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via

and Ermington (Mon-Sat Service)

References

External links

Midway Shopping Centre
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