| Cromer Sydney, New South Wales |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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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. Its lush bushland setting is highly desired, with much of the suburb housing magnificent views of the nearby coast. Cromer is bordered to the north by Narrabeen Lakes.
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Cromer is named after the seaside town of Cromer, in Norfolk, 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]
Cromer Public School (K-6) and Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus (7-12) are the two public schools in the suburb.
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%).
Cromer Heights is an "urban place" located on the high ground of south-west Cromer identified by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. The urban place name is not specified by boundaries nor does it have the officiality of the Cromer suburb name.
Cromer is home to a number of parks and reserves, including Truman Reserve, Wambiri Place Reserve, St Matthews Farm Reserve, Dee Why West Recreation Reserve, James Morgan Reserve and Inman Park. The parks are home to a variety of sports throughout the year, such as soccer, rugby union, touch football, baseball, softball and cricket.
Warringah archers, located next to the Cromer High School, is a long standing archery club that hosts tournaments for archers from all over Sydney. Cromer Cricket Club fields teams in the MWJCA and MWCA competitions.
Dee Why West Recreation Reserve is located between Cromer Heights and Wakehurst parkway. [3]. The reserve is a popular destination of bush walking, trail bike riding and mountain bike riding.
In recent years there have been several attempts by private property developers to turn the reserve into a housing estate. Warringah Council has denied any further development of the reserve sighting population decline and environmental factors. Many local residents strongly oppose any further development of the area. [4]
According to the last census, the population of Cromer was 6,936, 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%), Philippines (1%) and (0.1%) Zambia. 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%).
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 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%).