Glenhaven, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Glenhaven
city = Sydney
state = New South Wales


caption =
lga = Baulkham Hills Shire
postcode = 2156
est =
pop = 5,595
area =
propval =
stategov =
fedgov =
near-nw = Annangrove
near-n = Kenthurst
near-ne = Kenthurst
near-w = Kellyville
near-e = Dural
near-sw = Castle Hill
near-s = Castle Hill
near-se = Dural
dist1 = 32
dir1 = north-west
location1= Sydney CBD

Glenhaven is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Glenhaven is located 32 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Baulkham Hills Shire, in the Hills District.

History

The area was originally called Sandhurst, which remains in Glenhaven's most prominent and highest street, Sandhurst Crescent. There was some confusion with mail because of a suburb in Melbourne with the same name. A public meeting was held in 1894 to have the name changed to reflect its valley location. The upper portion of the valley was known as "The Glen", and the lower portion as "The Haven", hence the choice Glenhaven. ["The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 111]

chools

Glenhaven has two schools, Glenhavenn Public School and Lorien Novalis School for Rudolf Steiner Education.

Population

Demographics

As of the ABS census in 2001, the population was 5,595 people: 2,742 males, 2,853 females. This comprises approximately 4.0% of the Shire's total population. The population of Glenhaven grew by 9.6% from 1996 to 2001.

Notable Residents

*Delta Goodrem, singer and actress
*Dieter Brummer, actor

References

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