Huntleys Cove, New South Wales

Huntleys Cove
Sydney, New South Wales

Mortimer Lewis Drive

Population

736 (2011 census)^[1]

Postcode(s)

2111

Location

9 km (6 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD

LGA(s)

Municipality of Hunter's Hill

Suburbs around Huntleys Cove:
Gladesville	Hunters Hill	Hunters Hill
Gladesville	Huntleys Cove	Huntleys Point
Gladesville	Henley	Huntleys Point

Huntleys Cove is a suburb on the lower Northern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Huntleys Cove is located 9 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Hunter's Hill. Huntleys Cove sits on the peninsula between Tarban Creek and the Parramatta River.

History

Huntleys Cove was originally part of the suburb of Gladesville and a site of part of the Gladesville Mental Hospital. When it became a separate suburb it was known as Tarban, taking its name from Tarban Creek. This was changed to Huntleys Cove in 2002 after residents voted on the issue.^[2]

Population

At the 2011 census, there were 736 residents in Huntleys Cove. The median age of residents was 49 and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.5% of the population. The majority of people were born in Australia and the most common ancestries were English, Australian and Irish. The median household weekly income was quite high at $2,069. There was a high rate of participation in voluntary work, with 26.3% of people volunteering in the previous 12 months.^[1]

Landmarks

Tarban Creek is a Lower North Shore estuary of great importance to Sydney Harbour, the Parramatta River and the Ryde-Hunters Hill waterways & stormwater systems. Tarban Creek Bridge links Huntleys Point north to Hunters Hill.

The UNSW Rowing Club has maintained a boatshed and pontoon at Huntley's Cove since 1966. Since 2009 the club has also shared a second modern boathouse and clubrooms with the rowing club of the Sydney Girls High School situated close to the southern underspan of the Tarban Creek bridge.

Huntleys Cafe
Function Centre
Mortimer Lewis Drive

References

The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Huntleys Cove (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
↑ "Huntleys Cove". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Geographical Names Board]

External links

Discover Hunters Hill

Coordinates: 33°50′20″S 151°08′28″E / 33.839°S 151.141°E / -33.839; 151.141

Suburbs within the Municipality of Hunter's Hill, Lower North Shore, Northern Suburbs, Sydney

Gladesville Henley Hunters Hill Huntleys Cove Huntleys Point Woolwich

List of Sydney suburbs

Suburbs and localities within the Northern Suburbs, Hornsby Shire, City of Parramatta, City of Ryde, Municipality of Hunters Hill, Sydney

Beecroft Carlingford Cheltenham Cherrybrook Denistone Denistone East Denistone West Dundas Dundas Valley East Ryde Eastwood Epping Ermington Gladesville Henley Hunters Hill Huntleys Cove Huntleys Point Linley Point Macquarie Park Marsfield Meadowbank Melrose Park North Epping North Ryde Oatlands Pennant Hills Putney Riverview Ryde Telopea Tennyson Point Thornleigh West Pennant Hills West Ryde Westleigh Woolwich

List of Sydney suburbs

Geography of Parramatta River

Sources	Toongabbie Creek Darling Mills Creek

Tributaries: left	Vineyard Creek Subiaco Creek Archer Creek Smalls Creek Charity Creek Lane Cove River

Tributaries: right	Duck River Haslams Creek Powells Creek Iron Cove Creek Hawthorne Canal

Islands	Rodd Island Snapper Island Spectacle Island Cockatoo Island

Parramatta River ferry services	Parramatta Rydalmere Sydney Olympic Park Rhodes Meadowbank Kissing Point Cabarita Abbotsford Chiswick Huntleys Point

River crossings	Rings Bridge Bernie Banton Bridge Lennox Bridge Barry Wilde Bridge Elizabeth Street Footbridge Macarthur Bridge Clyde–Carlingford railway bridge Thackeray Bridge (footbridge) Silverwater Bridge James Ruse Drive bridge John Whitton Bridge Parramatta River Underbridge Ryde Bridge Mortlake Ferry Gladesville Bridge

River inlets and bays	Homebush Bay Kissing Point Bay Morrisons Bay Kendall Bay Glades Bay France Bay Exile Bay Canada Bay Kings Bay Hen and Chicken Bay Looking Glass Bay Abbotsford Bay Wallumatta Bay Five Dock Bay Lukes Bay Drummoyne Bay Iron Cove

Suburbs: north	North Parramatta Rydalmere Ermington Melrose Park Meadowbank Putney Tennyson Point Gladesville Henley Huntleys Point Huntleys Cove Hunters Hill Woolwich Greenwich

Suburbs: south	Parramatta Camellia Silverwater Newington Wentworth Point Sydney Olympic Park Liberty Grove Rhodes Concord Mortlake Breakfast Point Cabarita Canada Bay Five Dock Wareemba Abbotsford Chiswick Drummoyne Russell Lea Rodd Point Haberfield Lilyfield Rozelle Birchgrove

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