Chatswood West, New South Wales
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Chatswood West is a
suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...
on the Lower North Shore of
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, in the state of
New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
, Australia. Chatswood West is located 11 kilometres north-west of the
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, in the
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s of the
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and
City of Ryde The City of Ryde is a Local government areas of New South Wales, local government area in the Northern Sydney region, in New South Wales, Australia. It was first established as the Municipal District of Ryde in 1870, became a municipality in 190 ...
. Chatswood is a separate suburb to the east. The locality of Chatswood located west of the Pacific Highway is informally known as West Chatswood, and should not be confused with the separate suburb of Chatswood West, nor should it be confused with the West Chatswood Post Office on Railway Street in the suburb of Chatswood. Chatswood West shares the same postcode as Chatswood which is 2067. Chatswood West is located between the bigger suburbs of Chatswood and
North Ryde North Ryde is a suburb located in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. North Ryde is located 15 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Ryde. One of ...
. It straddles the
Lane Cove River The Lane Cove River, a northern tributary of the Parramatta River, is a tide-dominated, drowned valley estuary west of Sydney Harbour, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The river winds through a bushland valley and joins Parramatt ...
, occupying the valley flats and ridges leading down to the river.


History

Chatswood is believed to be named after the pet name "Chat" of the second wife of Richard Harnett (a pioneer of the district) and the original "wooded" nature of the area. Chatswood West played a part in a famous Australian mystery, with the bodies of Dr Gilbert Bogle and Mrs Margaret Chandler being discovered on the banks of the Lane Cove River, 70 metres south of
Fullers Bridge Fullers Bridge, officially called the Fullers Creek Bridge, is a road bridge that carries Delhi Road to Millwood Avenue across the Lane Cove River, in , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The concrete beam bridge is located northwest of the ...
, on 1 January 1963. Chatswood West split off from Chatswood to become a separate suburb on 20 January 2006.
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was a large historic house on Centennial Avenue.


Commercial area

Chatswood West is mainly residential, with small commercial areas on Fullers Road.


Houses

The residential buildings are overwhelmingly detached houses. The average house price in Chatswood West is $1,740,000 in 2016, and the average rental price is $700 per week. Many houses within Chatswood West, especially those in Greville Street, Colwell Crescent and Mooney Street look onto Chatswood Golf Club.


Schools

Chatswood West is served by
Chatswood High School Chatswood High School is a government-funded co-educational bi-modal partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school, located in Chatswood, a suburb in the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
and
Chatswood Public School Chatswood Public School is a primary and public school that was founded in 1883, located in the suburb of Chatswood in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. This school provides a playground which has been changed throughout the years and four b ...
. Nearby schools also include Mowbray Public School, which is located in
Lane Cove North Lane Cove North is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lane Cove North is located 11 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the Munici ...
.


Facilities

Facilities within Chatswood West includes Chatswood Golf Club.


Transport

There are regular buses that connect the area with the Chatswood CBD, and other suburbs such as
North Ryde North Ryde is a suburb located in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. North Ryde is located 15 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Ryde. One of ...
. The main bus routes that connect Chatswood to Chatswood West are routes 255 and 256, operated by
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.


Population


Demographics

According to the , there were 1,521 residents in Chatswood West. 55.2% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was China at 11.2%. 60.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin at 13.3%. The most common responses for religion in Chatswood West were No Religion 46.1%, Catholic 20.6% and Anglican 10.8%.


Notable residents

*
Kenneth Slessor Kenneth Adolphe Slessor (27 March 190130 June 1971) was an Australian poet, journalist and official war correspondent in World War II. He was one of Australia's leading poets, notable particularly for the absorption of modernist influences int ...
- poet, lived on the west side of the Pacific Highway *
Roger Woodward Roger Robert Woodward (born 20 December 1942) is an Australian classical pianist, composer, conductor, teacher and human rights activist. He is widely regarded as a leading advocate of contemporary music. Early life Roger Woodward was born ...
- pianist, lived on Peckham Street *
Errol Flynn Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian and American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Oliv ...
- movie star, lived on McLean Avenue *
Tony Abbott Anthony John Abbott (; born 4 November 1957) is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and was the member of parli ...
- former prime minister of Australia, lived on West Parade


Parks

There are a number of parks and forest reserves such as Ferndale Park. There are walking tracks and a golf course. There are two entrances to Lane Cove National Park from Chatswood West, one on Lady Game Drive, and one on Delhi Road, next to Fullers Bridge. Noteworthy indigenous flora includes the blackbutt, tree heath, celery wood, coachwood, native crabapple and hard corkwood. Ferns include jungle brake, fishbone water fern,
filmy fern The Hymenophyllaceae, the filmy ferns and bristle ferns, are a family of two to nine genera (depending on classification system) and about 650 known species of ferns, with a cosmopolitan distribution, subcosmopolitan distribution, but generally r ...
and necklace fern. Fauna includes
powerful owl The powerful owl (''Ninox strenua''), a species of owl native to south-eastern and eastern Australia, is the largest owl on the continent. It is found in coastal areas and in the Great Dividing Range, rarely more than inland. The IUCN Red List ...
, barking owl, Australian king parrot, brush turkey, eastern whipbird,
satin bowerbird The satin bowerbird (''Ptilonorhynchus violaceus'') is a species of passerine bird in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Ptilonorhynchus''. Taxonomy The sati ...
, eastern water dragon, emerald spotted frog, enamelled spider, red triangle slug, blue planarian, long-nosed bandicoot and marsupial mouse. Image:Swaines Creek.JPG, Crossing of Swaines Creek,
Chatswood West Chatswood West is a suburb on the Lower North Shore (Sydney), Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Chatswood West is located 11 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local gover ...
Image:Coachwood - Swaines Creek.JPG, Coachwood - Ferndale Park Image:Forest - Angophora.JPG, Forest scene - Ferndale Park Image:Tributary of Swaines Creek.jpg, Tributary of Swaines Creek Image:Forest Scene - Ferndale Park.JPG, Large blackbutt - Ferndale Park Image:Coachwood Rainforest - Ferndale Park.JPG, Coachwood rainforest - Ferndale Park Image:Lilli Pilli Rainforest - Swaines Creek.JPG, Lilli pilli rainforest - Ferndale Park Image:Hawkesbury_Sandstone_&_Pyrrosia_rupestris_Chatswood_West.jpg,
Hawkesbury sandstone Sydney sandstone, also known as the Hawkesbury sandstone, yellowblock, and yellow gold, is a sedimentary rock named after Sydney, and the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney, where this sandstone is particularly common. It forms the bedrock f ...
and rock felt fern ('' Pyrrosia rupestris'')


References

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