Clareville, New South Wales

Coordinates: 33°38′04″S 151°18′57″E / 33.6344°S 151.3159°E / -33.6344; 151.3159
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Clareville
Federal division(s)
Mackellar
Suburbs around Clareville:
Avalon Beach Avalon Beach
Scotland Island
Clareville Bilgola Plateau
Newport Newport

Clareville is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Clareville is 36 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. Clareville is part of the Northern Beaches region.[2]

Clareville is bordered by

Taylors Point
are localities within the suburb.

Clareville

In the 1830s, two large land grants were made to a Catholic priest, Father

Sydney residents purchased holiday homes. In the 1950s, with the increase in motor car use, the area became a residential zone.[4]
Houses in the area are now expensive, with many having water frontages and views.

Heritage listings

Clareville has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Demographics

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 742 people in Clareville. 73.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 10.7%, New Zealand 1.8%, United States of America 1.6%, South Africa 1.4% and Sweden 1.1%. 89.8% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.5%, French 1.3%, Danish 0.9%, Turkish 0.9% and Arabic 0.8%. The most common responses for religion in Clareville were No Religion, so described 40.7%, Anglican 22.0%, Catholic 19.5%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Not stated 4.6%.[1]

Residents

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Clareville (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 March 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Gregory's Sydney Street Directory (2002), Maps 139,169
  3. ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography
  4. ^ Clareville History, Pittwater Council Website
  5. Department of Planning & Environment. H00079. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence
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  6. ^ Who's Who in Australia (Herald and Weekly Times Melb, 1988) pp 681: Norton, Robert York (1922 – )

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