Northwood, New South Wales
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Northwood Sydney, New South Wales |
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Northwood Wharf
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| Population | 907 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2066 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 8 km (5 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Municipality of Lane Cove | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lane Cove | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | North Sydney | ||||||||||||||
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Northwood is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 8 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Lane Cove. Northwood is on the northern side of the Lane Cove River between Woodford Bay and Gore Creek.
Northwood is named after Northwood House, designed by Edmund Blacket (1817-1883) and built by Mrs Jane Davy in 1878. The name was chosen because it is descriptive of its location, a woodland area in the north. Mrs Davy also built a ferry at her own expense, so that her family could travel to the city by ferry. For the early history of Northwood see John and Pam Ball, Exploring the early history of Northwood, Riverview, 2016.
Mrs Jane Davy - note spelling - built Northwood House
The nearest railway station is St Leonards and buses run frequently through the area. Northwood ferry wharf provides access to the Inner Harbour ferry services, which is popular for workers who commute to the CBD by ferry to Circular Quay.
In the 2011 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing, the population of Northwood stood at 907 people, 51.7% females and 48.3% males, with a median age of 42 years. 27.8% of the population was born overseas with England (4.7%), United States (2.9%) and New Zealand (2.5%) the most common. The five strongest religious affiliations in the area were in descending order: Catholic (30.1%), no religion (24.7%), Anglican (21.7%), Uniting Church (4.7%) and Buddhism (2.2%).
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