Glenroy is a suburb of the city of

Albury, New South Wales Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the C ...

, located northwest of the Albury

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and west of Lavington. At the

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, Glenroy had a population of 2659, although the area covered in the Census is considerably different from the actual area of the suburb. Glenroy covers the northern slopes of Nail Can Hill on the Murray River floodplain, and is bordered by

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to the east, Hamilton Valley and Lavington to the north,

Splitters Creek Splitters Creek is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located west of the Albury Central Business District. As its name suggests, Splitters Creek lies in the Splitters Creek valley in the hills of Nail Can Hill/Black Range on the M ...

to the west and

West Albury West Albury is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located west of the Albury Central Business District. At the , West Albury had a population of 3,851. West Albury covers the slopes of Nail Can Hill on the Murray River floodplain ...

to the south. Glenroy is a developing residential area. Features include Nail Can Hill Reserve and Glenroy Public School.

Geography

Glenroy is a developing residential suburb with large rural areas located in a valley on the northern slopes of Nail Can Hill. Nail Can Hill is of great ecological importance. Many bike and fire service trails have been built through Nail Can Hill, which is used for the annual Nail Can Hill Run. The native plant life includes the

River Red Gum ''Eucalyptus camaldulensis'', commonly known as the river red gum, is a tree that is endemic to Australia. It has smooth white or cream-coloured bark, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven or nine, white flowers an ...

and Red Box

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s, which dominate. Nail Can Hill is home to a rare

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species called the Crimson Spider Orchid, and is the only place in New South Wales where it can be found.

Residents

Glenroy is one of Albury's fastest-growing suburbs, with the Glenroy-Hamilton Valley area growing from 2004 in 1996 to 3120 in 2006, (a growth rate of 55.7% in 10 years). At the 2006 Census, the most common religion was

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, followed by

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, and the average weekly household income was $1121, above the Australian average of $1027. The median age was 34.

Sports

Glen Park is home to the Boomers FChttps://www.facebook.com/boomersfootballclub/ which is a

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club based in Glenroy. They compete in the

Albury Wodonga Football Association Albury Wodonga Football Association is a soccer league encompassing much of North East Victoria & the Southern Riverina. The association's headquarters and half of the clubs are based in the City Of Albury (New South Wales), and are affiliated ...

References

Suburbs of Albury, New South Wales {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub