Longueville, New South Wales on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Longueville is a harbourside suburb on the Lower North Shore (Sydney), Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, 8 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Municipality of Lane Cove.
Longueville sits on the peninsula between Tambourine Bay and Woodford Bay, on the banks of the Lane Cove River. Originally a home to manufacturing industries, the suburb had its beginnings as a residential area in the 1870s. Longueville was officially proclaimed a suburb in the 1920s.
Before settlement, Longueville was the home of the Cammeraygal people of the Kuringgai, Ku-ring-gai Aboriginal Tribe. The suburb has high house prices, in the top ten suburbs in Australia, with an average price of $6,346,000 as of August 2024.
The area in which Longueville is was originally inhabited by the Cammeraygal Group of the Kuringgai, Ku-ring-gai Aboriginal Tribe. The group, which inhabited the north shore of Port Jackson, was one of the largest in the Sydney area.
In 1831, the area that is now Longueville became home to one of the earliest manufacturing industries, with Rupert Kirk's soap and factory. Longueville had its beginnings in the 1870s, and at the time encompassed the Lane Cove area, which in turn was then part of Willoughby, New South Wales, Willoughby. By 1884, there were just two houses in the area, owned by Joseph Palmer and Henry Lamb. Richard Hayes Harnett, a land speculator, later acquired some of the land and subdivided it into home sites. He later became the first mayor of Mosman, New South Wales, Mosman.
There is some conjecture about where the name Longueville originated, however a commonly held belief is that the suburb was named after France, French nobleman, the Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville, Duc de Longueville. The main streets are said to have been named after his three daughters, Christina, Lucretia and Arabella. A related theory is that the name bears a connection to the Château de Châteaudun which possesses both a ''Longueville'' wing and a ''Dunois'' wing, with ''Dunois'' being the name of one of the principal streets in Longueville.
In 2011, the majority of dwellings were detached houses (99.1%) with some varied architectural styles, including stately Victorian architecture, Victorian-style homes, Federation architecture, Federation styles, Californian bungalows, Weatherboarding, weatherboard cottages, and contemporary waterfront houses.
Longueville has some of Sydney’s highest property prices with a median property price of $5.41 million as of May 2024 according to allhomes.com.au, having climbed from the eighth most expensive at $2.23 million in 2011, positioning it as one of Sydney's most prestigious suburbs. In the past few years, the suburb has seen many new homes being constructed and older houses undergoing extensive renovations.
Norfolk Road holds the record for the highest sale price achieved at auction in the suburb.
In the 2021 Australian census, 2021 Census, the population of Longueville stood at 2,116 people, 50.7% identified as female and 49.3% identified as male, with a median age of 46 years. 11.9% of the population was born overseas with England (4.8%), China (excluding SARs and Taiwan) (2.2%), New Zealand (1.8%), Hong Kong (Special administrative regions of China, SAR of China) (1.7%) and Malaysia (1.4%) being the most common countries of birth identified. The five strongest religious affiliations in the area were in descending order: Catholic Church in Australia, Catholic (37.8%), Irreligion in Australia, No Religion, so described (28.9%), Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican (14.2%), Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox (3.7%) and 2.6% of respondents elected not to disclose their religion.
Longueville's population is notably affluent, with a median weekly household income of , compared with $1,746 in Australia. The most common types of occupation for employed persons were Professionals (43.5%), Managers (25.0%), Clerical and Administrative Workers (11.7%), Community and Personal Service Workers (5.8%), Sales Workers (5.7%), Technicians and Trades Workers (3.7%), Labourers (2.4%) and Machinery Operators and Drivers (0.3%). 89.8% of the suburbs occupied private dwellings were family households, 9.5% were lone person households and 0.8% were group households. 98.8% of private dwellings in the Longueville area were Single-family detached home, separate houses and 1.7% were flats or apartments.
History
The area in which Longueville is was originally inhabited by the Cammeraygal Group of the Kuringgai, Ku-ring-gai Aboriginal Tribe. The group, which inhabited the north shore of Port Jackson, was one of the largest in the Sydney area.
In 1831, the area that is now Longueville became home to one of the earliest manufacturing industries, with Rupert Kirk's soap and factory. Longueville had its beginnings in the 1870s, and at the time encompassed the Lane Cove area, which in turn was then part of Willoughby, New South Wales, Willoughby. By 1884, there were just two houses in the area, owned by Joseph Palmer and Henry Lamb. Richard Hayes Harnett, a land speculator, later acquired some of the land and subdivided it into home sites. He later became the first mayor of Mosman, New South Wales, Mosman.
There is some conjecture about where the name Longueville originated, however a commonly held belief is that the suburb was named after France, French nobleman, the Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville, Duc de Longueville. The main streets are said to have been named after his three daughters, Christina, Lucretia and Arabella. A related theory is that the name bears a connection to the Château de Châteaudun which possesses both a ''Longueville'' wing and a ''Dunois'' wing, with ''Dunois'' being the name of one of the principal streets in Longueville.
Transport
Longueville wharf is served by Captain Cook Cruises (Australia), Captain Cook Cruises ferry services. Busways route 261 operates to Lane Cove and King Street Wharf.Houses
In 2011, the majority of dwellings were detached houses (99.1%) with some varied architectural styles, including stately Victorian architecture, Victorian-style homes, Federation architecture, Federation styles, Californian bungalows, Weatherboarding, weatherboard cottages, and contemporary waterfront houses.
Longueville has some of Sydney’s highest property prices with a median property price of $5.41 million as of May 2024 according to allhomes.com.au, having climbed from the eighth most expensive at $2.23 million in 2011, positioning it as one of Sydney's most prestigious suburbs. In the past few years, the suburb has seen many new homes being constructed and older houses undergoing extensive renovations.
Norfolk Road holds the record for the highest sale price achieved at auction in the suburb.
Demographics
In the 2021 Australian census, 2021 Census, the population of Longueville stood at 2,116 people, 50.7% identified as female and 49.3% identified as male, with a median age of 46 years. 11.9% of the population was born overseas with England (4.8%), China (excluding SARs and Taiwan) (2.2%), New Zealand (1.8%), Hong Kong (Special administrative regions of China, SAR of China) (1.7%) and Malaysia (1.4%) being the most common countries of birth identified. The five strongest religious affiliations in the area were in descending order: Catholic Church in Australia, Catholic (37.8%), Irreligion in Australia, No Religion, so described (28.9%), Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican (14.2%), Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox (3.7%) and 2.6% of respondents elected not to disclose their religion.
Longueville's population is notably affluent, with a median weekly household income of , compared with $1,746 in Australia. The most common types of occupation for employed persons were Professionals (43.5%), Managers (25.0%), Clerical and Administrative Workers (11.7%), Community and Personal Service Workers (5.8%), Sales Workers (5.7%), Technicians and Trades Workers (3.7%), Labourers (2.4%) and Machinery Operators and Drivers (0.3%). 89.8% of the suburbs occupied private dwellings were family households, 9.5% were lone person households and 0.8% were group households. 98.8% of private dwellings in the Longueville area were Single-family detached home, separate houses and 1.7% were flats or apartments.
Notable residents
Notable former and current residents of Longueville include: * Marjorie Barnard - novelist * Pamela Clauss - NYC-based pioneering surgical nurse and philanthropist * Louisa Dunkley - Union leader and feminist * Antonia Kidman - journalist, television host * Nicole Kidman - actress * Rose Lindsay - artist's model, printmaker, author and wife of Norman Lindsay * John Newcombe - tennis player * Patrick O'Farrell - historian of Catholic Australia * Brett Whiteley - artist * Geoffrey Robertson - BarristerPolitics
Longueville was in the formerly safe New South Wales Liberal Party, Liberal federal Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, electoral division of Division of North Sydney, North Sydney, electing an independent MP in 2022. Former Liberal Party Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey represented the seat from 1996 and was replaced by Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman at the 2015 North Sydney by-election. Zimmerman was the first List of LGBTI holders of political offices in Australia, openly gay man to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives and was re-elected at the 2016 Australian federal election, 2016 federal election. North Sydney was one of only two original divisions in New South Wales, along with Division of Wentworth, Wentworth, which have never been held by the Australian Labor Party. In 2022 Kylea Tink was elected as part of a wave of Teal independents, 'teal' independents that were elected in that year's federal election, unseating many Liberal MPs. An independent won in the division of North Sydney despite losing this Longueville polling place in both the first-preference and two-candidate preferred vote. Since 2025 Australian federal election, 2025, Longueville has been in Division of Bennelong, Bennelong, represented by Jerome Laxale of the Australian Labor Party, Labor Party. For Parliaments of the Australian states and territories#New South Wales, NSW state elections, Longueville is in the Electoral district of Lane Cove. Since 2003, this seat has been held by Liberal Member of Parliament, MP Anthony Roberts, a former minister in the state government.Notes
References
External links
{{Sydney Lane Cove suburbs Suburbs of Sydney Lane Cove Council North Shore (Sydney)