Brookvale, New South Wales
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Brookvale Sydney, New South Wales |
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| Population | 2,589 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2100 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 16 km (10 mi) north-east of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Northern Beaches Council | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Manly | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Warringah | ||||||||||||
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Brookvale is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Brookvale is 16 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. It is part of the Northern Beaches region.
The first development in the area was in 1836 when 64 hectares of farmland was granted to William Frederick Parker. In this period further land was sold to the Malcolm, Burns and Miles families. In 1883, Sydney Alexander Malcolm built what became known as 'Brookvale House'. It eventually was sold in 1961 to the Hooker Investment Corporation paving the way for the construction of Warringah Mall, which is the largest shopping complex in the area.
Brookvale had two post offices. Brookvale Post Office opened on 1 June 1888 and closed on 1 November 2013. The post office included a mail & parcel delivery & a collection service operated by Mailplus operates in that post office. Warringah Mall Post Office opened on 3 April 1963 as a second post office for Brookvale.
After World War II, much of the surrounding land was bought by immigrants, many of whom were Italian. The Curulli, Caputo and Bombardieri families own a large percentage of the land in Brookvale. Brookvale developed from farmland to manufacturing, warehousing, and in recent years there has been significant office space development. Because of the large presence of Pazzano immigrants, a little village of southern Italy, Brookvale is called by them "Pazzaniedu": Little Pazzano in calabrian dialect.
According to the 2011 census of Population, there were 2,589 residents in Brookvale. In Brookvale, 53.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, Italy 4.0% and New Zealand 3.8%. 64.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 6.4%, Mandarin 2.4%, Tongan 1.7%, Korean 1.4%, and Filipino 1.2%. The most common responses for religion in Brookvale were Catholic 31.9%, No Religion 22.6%, Anglican 14.6%, Uniting Church 2.6% and Buddhism 2.5%.
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