East Killara is a

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on the

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in the state of

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. East Killara is located 15 kilometres north of the

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. It is bordered by Garigal national park to the East and Eastern Arterial Rd/ Birdwood Ave to the west.

Killara Killara is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia north-west of the Sydney Central Business District in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council. East Killara is a separate suburb and ...

is a separate suburb to the south-west, which shares the postcode of 2071. East Killara is set in peaceful bushland. The main road is Koola Avenue which extends from Birdwood Avenue to Albany Crescent.

History

Killara is an Aboriginal word meaning ''permanent'' or ''always there''. East Killara was gazetted as a separate suburb from Killara on 5 August 1994.

Population

At the 2016 census, there were 2,978 residents in East Killara. 42.4% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 17.3%, Hong Kong 6.6% and England 5.4%, 47.1% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 17.5% and Mandarin 17.3%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 40.4%, Catholic 16.2% and Anglican 11.9%. East Killara residents had high incomes, with a median weekly household income of $2,524 compared to the national average of $1,438. Almost all occupied private dwellings were separate houses (99.7%). The average household size was 3.3 people.

Commercial area

There is a small shopping centre containing a bakery/supermarket, café, pharmacy, fruit market, liquor store, hairdresser, Chinese restaurant, GP and a real estate agent.

Schools

The suburb contains

Killara High School Killara High School is a co-educational, coeducational public secondary school, located on Koola Avenue in East Killara, Sydney. Established in 1968, Killara High School is one of the highest performing comprehensive non-selective public schools i ...

, a public secondary school.

References

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