Positioned in the highly-sought after Upper North Shore of Sydney Lindfield is 13 kilometres north-west of the Sydney Central Business District and is in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council.
This suburb of 5.17 square kilometres contains residential housing of California bungalow and federation style, in double brick and tile construction. Australian native bushland in Garigal National Park and Lane Cove National Park borders the suburb. The suburb is known for its leafy surrounds and relaxed suburban lifestyle.
Lindfield railway station is on the North Shore, Northern & Western Line of the Sydney Trains network and is about 30 minutes by train from the Sydney central business district. The Pacific Highway is the main arterial road through Lindfield. Lindfield has a small commercial area on both sides of Lindfield railway station on the Pacific Highway and Lindfield Avenue. The former Commonwealth Bank is an art deco style building on the Pacific Highway.
Lindfield has five places of worship: St Albans Anglican Church, Holy Family Catholic Church, Lindfield Uniting Church (with church buildings on Tryon Road and the Pacific Highway) and the North Shore Synagogue.
Schools in the suburb comprise: Lindfield Public School, Lindfield East Public School, Newington College Preparatory School, Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Masada College (K-6) and Lindfield Learning Village public school.
Lindfield Library is a branch of the Ku-ring-gai Municipal Library Network. There are two community halls: East Lindfield Community Hall at Crana Avenue and West Lindfield Community Hall at Moore Avenue. There are two tennis courts at Lindfield Community Centre (behind the library) and a further two courts at Lindfield Park in Tryon Road.
Commercial developments in Lindfield are situated along the Pacific Highway, Lindfield Shopping Village and nearby Tryon Road.
Lindfield Arcade was demolished in 2016 in order to facilitate the construction of residential apartments.
Lindfield is home to many food stores and restaurants including;
- Coles
- Supamart IGA
- Harris Farm
- 2 Chinese Restaurants (Chan’s and West Lindfield)
- KFC
- Subway
Statistics:
At the 2016 census, Lindfield recorded a population of 9,791. Of these:
- Lindfield residents’ median age was 39 years, higher than the national median of 38. Children aged under 15 years made up 20.3% of the population (national average is 18.7%) and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population (national average is 15.8%).
- 56.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China 7.8%, England 4.5%, Hong Kong 3.9%, South Korea 2.5% and India 1.7%. 64.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 9.7%, Cantonese 7.9%, Korean 2.9% and Japanese 1.3%.
- The median weekly household income was $2,513, higher than the national median of $1,438.
- Stand-alone houses accounted 59.7% of occupied private dwellings, while 37.4% were flats, units or apartments. The average household size was 2.8 people.
- The most common responses for religion in Lindfield were No Religion 32.8%, Catholic 20.6% and Anglican 16.8%.
History:
Lindfield was originally the home of the Ku-ring-gai indigenous people.
Europeans first became active in the area in around 1810, when the colonial government set up a timber gathering camp staffed by convicts.[3] By the 1840s, fruit growing and farming became the suburb’s primary industries. Settlement began to increase in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The Lindfield railway station opened in 1890,[4] and Lindfield Post Office opened on 5 January 1895.[5] Land values increased in the area around the railway and more professionals moved into the area.[3]
The name “Lindfield” means a clearing in the lime forest, and derives from the name given by an early landowner, Francis List, to a cottage he built in the area in 1884.[3] List likely named his cottage after Lindfield, Sussex, England.[3] When a railway line came through the area in 1890s, the name of the property was used to identify the station and neighbourhood.[6]
During the years after World War II the suburb experienced significant growth.[6]
Lindfield has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- 33 Tryon Road: Tryon Road Uniting Church
The University of Technology, Sydney, Ku-ring-gai Campus (formerly William Balmain Teachers College) operated at a campus on Eton Road from 1971 to 2015.[8] It offered courses in business, nursing and midwifery, education and travel. The site has been re-developed as Lindfield Learning Village public school, opened in 2019. The school has a strong foundational value of community and has been praised for its innovative approach.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindfield,_New_South_Wales