Kingsgrove is a

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. Kingsgrove is south-west of the

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and lies across the

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s of the

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and the

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History

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Philip King granted 500 acres (2 km²) in 1804 to Hannah Laycock (1758–1831), the wife of Quartermaster Thomas Laycock (1756–1809). She named the farm King's Grove in Governor King's honor. This was later simplified to Kingsgrove. The area would be now bounded by Kingsgrove Road, Bexley Road and William Street. Governor King made Thomas Laycock an officer of merit and recommended him to fill the vacancy an ensign in the New South Wales Corps. Two of their sons, William and Samuel were also given land grants of each in the same area in 1804 and Hannah received another in 1812. The entire of Kingsgrove farm when sold to

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in 1829, extended from Campsie and Clemton Park to Stoney Creek Road. The first inn built in the area was the Man of Kent on Kingsgrove Road, near Morris Avenue and was licensed on 1 July 1850. The licensee Evan Evans, was formerly a sea captain. In 1856, Thomas Smithson, a tobacco manufacturer from Leeds, England, established the Cooks River Tobacco Manufactory on Stoney Creek Road. He marketed snuff and cigars into Sydney until the 1880s. One of Thomas’ sons, James Edward Smithson, made and sold wine from Smithson's Wine Bar on the site of today's Bexley Golf Course. Kingsgrove railway station opened in 1931 and development in the area followed.

Commercial area

The main shopping centre is located on Kingsgrove Road, south of Kingsgrove railway station. Commercial and industrial developments are located on the northern side of the railway line, west of Kingsgrove Road. There are also some commercial developments scattered along Stoney Creek Road and Canterbury Road. A small group of shops on Stoney Creek Road is known as the Kingsway locality. Kingsgrove RSL Club is located in Brocklehurst Lane behind Kingsgrove Road. Kingsgrove Road features a variety of food outlets, gift stores, restaurants, cafes, hair salons and services such as Solicitors, Banks, Accountants and General Practitioners. There is also a Woolworths supermarket, a Bunnings Warehouse and three petrol stations in the area.

Transport

Kingsgrove is well connected to both the road and public transport network. Kingsgrove Road has entrance and exit ramps for the

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, with access towards

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and the

. The western end of the M8 Motorway also exits onto the M5 in Kingsgrove. Moorefields Road and William Street are other main roads in the suburb.

Kingsgrove railway station Kingsgrove railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the East Hills railway line, East Hills line, serving the Sydney suburb of Kingsgrove. It is served by Sydney Trains' Airport & South Line, T8 Airport & South Line servi ...

is on the T8 Airport Line of the

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network. This line provides direct access to both the Sydney CBD and

. There are two bus depots in the suburb - one for services operated by

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and the other for services operated by

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. Bus routes 423 and 423X link Kingsgrove to the

via

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and Newtown. There are other direct local bus connections to Campsie,

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, Kogarah, Rockdale,

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, Earlwood and Burwood on the 446, 455, 490, 492 and 493 routes. The NightRide N20 bus route also supplements late night T8 train services to Riverwood via

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and the City - Town Hall via Rockdale, Arncliffe and

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Demographics

In 2021

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, there were 12,881 people in Kingsgrove. 56.6% were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 7.9%, Greece 5.2%, Lebanon 2.5%, Vietnam 2.2% and Italy 1.9%. The most common ancestries were Greek 20.3%, Chinese 19.1%, Australian 13.2%, English 10.7% and Lebanese 8.2%. 40.8% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 15.3%, Cantonese 7.9%, Mandarin 6.8%, Arabic 6.8%, and Italian 2.9%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were

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(26.6%), Orthodox (22.6%), No Religion, 20.1%, Islam 7.3% and Not stated 4.9%.

Notable residents

* Chris Cahill - footballer * Alex Perry - Fashion Designer and Television Personality

Schools

* Kingsgrove Public School * Kingsgrove High School * Kingsgrove North High School * Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School * Saint Ursula's College, Kingsgrove * All Saints Grammar Secondary

Churches

* Our Lady of Fatima

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* South West Evangelical Church ( St Thomas War Memorial

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Church) * Kingsgrove ADD Church Australia (Assembleia de Deus - Assemblies of God) * Tin Lành Vietnamese Evangelical Church * Kingsgrove

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* Kingsgrove Chinese Christian &

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Alliance Church * Kingsgrove Every Nation Christian Church Sydney South * Kingsgrove Greek Evangelical (Free) Church * St Bede's Anglican Church (Beverly Hills with Kingsgrove) nglican Church

Parks and recreation

Parks in the suburb include Beaumont Park, Kingsgrove Avenue Reserve, Smith Reserve, Dowsett Park, Butler Reserve and Beverly Grove Reserve.

References

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