Erindale College (Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory)
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Wanniassa () (postcode 2903) is a suburb in
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's capital,
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: more specifically, in the city's southern district of
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. The suburb takes its name from a pastoral property granted to Thomas McQuoid in 1835, which he named after Wanayasa in
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, where McQuoid had previously owned property. Streets are named after
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state politicians and the suburb was gazetted on 21 May 1974. It is next to the suburbs of
Kambah Kambah () (postcode 2902) is the northernmost suburb in the district of Tuggeranong, Canberra. It is located just south of Mount Taylor in the Canberra Nature Park. It is located north of the suburbs of Greenway and Wanniassa. It is bounded ...
, Greenway, Oxley, Monash,
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and Fadden. It is bounded by Athllon Drive, Sulwood Drive, Erindale Drive and Taverner Street.


Demographics

At the , Wanniassa had a population of 7,885. The median age of people in Wanniassa was 39 years, compared to a median age of 35 for Canberra. The median individual income for Wanniassa in 2021 was $1,127, below the Canberra average of $1,203, while the median household income was $2,295. In 2021, the median monthly housing loan repayment in Wanniassa was $2,100. The residents of Wanniassa are predominantly Australian born, with 74.8% being born in Australia. The three main countries of birth for those born overseas were
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, 3.2%,
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, 3.1% and
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, 1.1%. The most popular religious affiliations in descending order are no religion,
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.


Suburb amenities

A wide variety of facilities are located in Wanniassa.


Shops

The
Erindale Centre Erindale Shopping Centre () is a small shopping centre located in the Tuggeranong suburb of Wanniassa in the Canberra region of Australia. It stands on the former site of the Erindale Homestead for which it is named,Canberra and District His ...
is located in the south east of Wanniassa and provides a number of service and retail outlets. The Wanniassa Shops is a smaller retail centre located at the north of the suburb, housing a
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and various other businesses including a butcher, a baker and local take-aways.


Sport and recreation

Other facilities include Erindale Vikings Club, Active Leisure Centre, the Erindale Theatre and the Erindale Library. In addition to the Active Leisure Centre, sporting facilities in Wanniassa include the Wanniassa Enclosed Oval, the Wanniassa District Playing Fields, the Erindale Playing Fields and the Erindale tennis courts.


Education

Wanniassa Hills Primary School is located on Langdon Avenue; it is a public primary school servicing students from Kindergarten to Year 6. Wanniassa School is a public primary and high school with adjacent campuses serving students from Pre-School to Year 6 and Year 7 to Year 10. The junior campus of St Mary MacKillop College is located in Wanniassa, serving students from Year 7 to Year 9. Another Catholic school, St Anthony's Parish Primary School, is also located in Wanniassa and serves Kindergarten to Year 6 students. Trinity Christian School is an independent Christian school serving students from Kindergarten to Year 12.


Erindale College

Erindale College is a public college serving students in Years 11 and 12, founded in 1982. The college is integrated into and makes use of the various other facilities in Erindale. Erindale College is part of the larger Erindale Education and Recreation Complex. This gives students access to a 450-seat theatre in which productions are presented both by the college and community. The Erindale Library is open during the day and evening all year round. The facilities in the Active Leisure Centre, available for student use, include a 25-metre swimming pool and fully equipped gym. Erindale College is well known for its sporting program (talented sports program) which has produced many professional athletes such as Huia Edmonds,
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Places of worship

Several churches are located in Wanniassa. St Anthony of Padua Parish is a Catholic parish that was established in 1976; services were held at Wanniasa Primary School and Padua High School—later St Mary MacKillop College—before the church adjacent to St Mary MacKillop College was completed in 1987. St Matthew's Anglican Church is located adjacent to Trinity Christian School on Laurens Street. Tuggeranong Uniting Church, Capital Edge Community Church (formerly known as Erindale Christian Centre) and Lifestream Christian Fellowship are all located in or adjacent to the Erindale Centre. Christian City Church Tuggeranong offers services at the hall of Wanniassa School Senior Campus while they await the construction of a more permanent building in Monash.


Transport

Wanniassa is serviced by several
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bus routes which all connect at Erindale Interchange. Route R5 travels through Wanniassa and links to
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via
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. Routes 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 and 77 connects Wanniassa and surrounding suburbs to
Tuggeranong Town Centre Tuggeranong Town Centre is the town centre of the district of Tuggeranong in the Australian Capital Territory. It is located on the south-western side of Lake Tuggeranong and composed of a large two-storey mall called South.Point Tuggeranong, ...
.


Geological features

Wanniassa is underlain by Deakin Volcanics from the
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age 414 million years old – cream-green and purple
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in the eastern half, with
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,
agglomerate Agglomerate (from the Latin ''agglomerare'' meaning "to form into a ball") is a coarse accumulation of large blocks of volcanic material that contains at least 75% bombs. Volcanic bombs differ from volcanic blocks in that their shape records flui ...
and
rhyolite Rhyolite ( ) is the most silica-rich of volcanic rocks. It is generally glassy or fine-grained (aphanitic) in texture (geology), texture, but may be porphyritic, containing larger mineral crystals (phenocrysts) in an otherwise fine-grained matri ...
in the west.Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980. Gardeners have to deal with a high proportion of clay soils leading to poor drainage which can be a problem, especially for those in the hillier parts of the suburb.


References

{{Tuggeranong Suburbs Suburbs of Canberra