Keiraville, New South Wales
- 84 km (52 mi) from Sydney
- 3 km (2 mi) from Wollongong
Suburbs around Keiraville: | ||
Mount Pleasant | Mount Ousley | |
Mount Keira | Keiraville | North Wollongong, Gwynneville |
West Wollongong | ||
Keiraville is an inner suburb of the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia in the Illawarra region. It is situated in the foothills of Mount Keira, approximately three kilometres northwest of Wollongong.
Description
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Keiraville has a public school (the Keiraville Public School[2]), post office and several shops located on Gipps Road.
Keiraville (and its neighbour Gwynneville) is known as a university town, home to the main campus of the University of Wollongong.
Another major landmark, Wollongong Botanic Garden, is situated between Northfields Avenue and Murphys Avenue, and includes the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music.
Keiraville Public School
The local Keiraville Public School was established in 1891 for the local farmers, miners and their families of the area (particularly of Port Kembla and other coal mining areas).
The grounds consist of two field and a series of demountables and fixed buildings.
Heritage listings
Keiraville has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Murphys Avenue: Gleniffer Brae[3]
Population
In the 2021 Census,[4] there were 4,001 people in Keiraville. 66.4% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were India 4.0% and China 3.2%. 71.0% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin at 4.0%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 41.1%, Catholic 17.0% and Anglican 11.0%.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Keiraville (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- ^ "Keiraville Public School | Home". Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ^ "Gleniffer Brae". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00557. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ "2021 Keiraville, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
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