Cromer, New South Wales

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Cromer
Sydney, New South Wales
Population: 6,936[1]
Postcode: 2099
Location: 20 km (12 mi) north-east of Sydney CBD
LGA: Warringah Council
State District: Wakehurst
Federal Division: Mackellar
Suburbs around Cromer:
Belrose Elanora Heights Narrabeen
Oxford Falls Cromer Collaroy
Beacon Hill Narraweena Dee Why

Cromer is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cromer is located 20 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region.

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[edit] History

Cromer is named after the small town of Cromer, in East Anglia, England. The area had been known as Dee Why West but it was changed after Dee Why Golf Links was taken over by the Cromer Country Club in 1940. The club applied to have the area's name changed to Cromer and permission was granted to create the new suburb. [2]

[edit] Education

Cromer is home to two government run schools: Cromer Public School (K-6), and the Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus (7-12).

The education status of people living in Cromer is Infants/Primary (7%), Secondary Education (6%), Technical or Further Education (4%), University or other Tertiary Institution (3%) and Not Attending (Working) (78%),.

[edit] Sport and recreation

Warringah archers, located next to the Cromer High School, is a long standing archery club that hosts tournaments for archers from all over Sydney.

[edit] Population

According to the last census, the population of Cromer was 31,461, which is 0.79% of the total population of Sydney (3,997,337). 69% of people in Cromer are Australian-born, compared to 61% for the wider Sydney area. Of the immigrants, most are from the United Kingdom (7%), then New Zealand (3%), Italy (2%), China (2%) and Philippines (1%).

20 to 39 year olds are the most prevalent in Cromer, with 33% of residents in this bracket. Next most common are people 40 to 59 (25%), then 60+ (18%), 5 to 19 (17%) and 0 to 4 (6%).

48% of Cromer residents are married, 33% have never been married, 9% are divorced, 7% are widowed and 3% are separated.

The top 5 religious affiliations for residents of Cromer are: Catholic (32%), Anglican (28%), No Religion (16%), Uniting Church (5%) and Presbyterian and Reformed (4%).

The occupational breakdown of Cromer residents is Intermediate Clerical/Sales/Service (9%), Professionals (8%), Tradespersons and Related Workers (7%), Associate Professional (6%) and Elementary Clerical/Sales/Service (5%), and the top five modes of transport to work are Car (driver) (28%), Bus Only (7%), Car (passenger) (4%), Walked (2%), Working at home (2%), Full time homeless (0.5%).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). Cromer (State Suburb). 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
  2. ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 73

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