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Kew, Victoria 3101
From Wikipedia.
Kew is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km east from
Melbourne's central
business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of
Boroondara. At the 2006
Census, Kew had a population of 22,516.
Formerly a city in its own right, Kew City Council,
Hawthorn City Council and Camberwell City Council were
amalgamated in 1994 to form the City of Boroondara. The suburb
borders the Yarra
River to the west and north, with Hawthorn to its south and Balwyn to its east.
Kew is one of Melbourne’s most affluent suburbs with a
plethora of Victorian and Art Deco
mansions graced by stunning gardens set back from tree-lined
streets, such as Raheen. This is also reflected in
house prices where the price of a home is more than twice the
metropolitan Melbourne average. There is abundant parkland in
the suburb including Yarra
Bend and Studley parks. City of
Boroondara achieves the highest score of all
Melbourne municipal areas on the SEIFA index of disadvantage
compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (the
lower the score, the more disadvantage).
Prior to the establishment of Melbourne, the area was
inhabited by the Wurundjeri peoples. In the 1840s
European settlers named it the Parish of
Boroondara—meaning "a place of shade" in the Woiwurrung
language.[3]
John Hodgson established a squatters run at Studley Park on
the eastern bank of the Yarra River in 1840. Studley
House, also known as Burke Hall, built in 1857, was
named after Hodgson's birthplace of Studley, Yorkshire, and
the house is now on the Register of the National Estate. The
house was built in the Victorian Period Italianate Revival style.
Modifications were made to the house in 1875 and 1919. The
house was also owned by former bookmaker, ALP lobbyist,
influential Irish-Catholic and millionaire, John Wren, and was donated to Xavier College by the land developer
T. M. Burke. It illustrates the importance of a residence in
indicating success and status in nineteenth and early
twentieth century Melbourne society. [Nancy Bird Walton] also
lived in this town.
St. Paul's Anglican church, in its section on the history
of Kew states:
In 1838 the Melbourne Advertiser reported bush-rangers in
this area..and they probably outnumbered women. In 1838
Dight travelled down the Yarra from Heidelberg and decided
to locate his water-powered mill on a site adjacent to the
falls. The impressive 3 story Mill opened in 1840.
[2]
In 1851, Crown
land sales occurred in the area. One of the
purchasers, Nicholas Fenwick, subdivided his land and named
streets after British statesmen, with the subdivision being
called Kew. The area quickly became a sought-after suburb for
the well-to-do in the colony of Melbourne. Access to Kew was
originally via Bridge Road in Richmond, crossing the Hawthorn
Bridge to Burwood Road, until the Johnston Street bridge was
built in 1858.
Kew Post Office opened on 6 October 1856. [4]
In 1856 a site was reserved for a mental asylum next to the
river. By 1871 Kew Lunatic
Asylum, now known as the Willsmere
apartments was completed. The Kew Cottages for children were added
in 1887. The hospital was built despite objections by
residents and the borough council[5]
and provides an historical example of NIMBYism. Kew Cottages and
Willsmere Hospital are listed on the Victorian Heritage
Register.
Various churches opened in the 1850s, with the first school
opened by the Anglican Church in 1856. In 1875, Sacred Heart Primary School was
opened. More private schools were opened in 1878, being Ruyton
Girls' School (non-denominational) and Xavier College (Catholic
in Jesuit order). Other private schools
soon followed, including Methodist Ladies' College (Methodist) in 1882, Genazzano FCJ College in 1889, Trinity Grammar School (Anglican) in 1903, and Carey Baptist Grammar School (Baptist) in 1923. Preshil,
The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School was opened in the early
1930s. By 1990, Kew had six government campuses and
twenty-eight non-government campuses, the highest
concentration of education institutions in the Western
world.
A railway branch line to Kew from Hawthorn station opened on December
19, 1887 and was officially closed on May 13, 1957.[6]
Kew was proclaimed a town on 8 December 1910, and a city on 10
March 1921. The population of the area tripled between 1910
and World War II.
Kew has grown steadily since the early the Bridge Road
crossing development and is now one of the most prestigious
suburbs in Melbourne. Town Planners were not constrained by
the smaller lot allocations found just to the west over the
Yarra and allotments in Kew were developed usually with much
greater size and fronted wide, leafy boulevards.
As a consequence, many of these residences now attract some
of the highest residential resale values in Melbourne. In many
cases, the large allotments have been subsequently redeveloped
into townhouses or duplexes and have thus appealed to a newer
demographic (primarily dual-income parents with one or more
children), keen to be close not only to the Melbourne CBD but
also the excellent schooling facilities available nearby.
Streets within the Sackville
Ward (bounded by Barkers, Burke, Cotham and
Glenferrie Roads) such as Alfred, Rowland, Wellington, Grange
and Sackville have some exceptional examples of Edwardian, Victorian and contemporary
architecture. There has also been a recent trend towards the
development of larger retirement-living complexes aimed
principally at downsizing couples wishing to remain in the
area. However one negative aspect of this increased living
density is that the infrastructure within Kew is becoming
taxed and will need continuous government and private-sector
investment to operate efficiently.
Nonetheless, Kew has convenient access to public facilities
and transport. The 109, 16 and 72 tram routes pass through on
three of the above mentioned thoroughfares and the City/Lilydale/Belgrave train line is
easily accessed at Hawthorn and Glenferrie stations. Kew station and the associated railway branch was last
served by passenger trains in 1952,[6]
and the station site now the headquarters of VicRoads.
Education
Sport
Golfers play at the course of the Kew Golf Club on Belford
Road in Kew East[7]
or at the Studley Park Par 3 Golf Course on Studley Park
Road.[8]
Transport
Tram
- 16 Kew - St Kilda Beach - Melbourne
University (via City & St Kilda)
- 24 North Balwyn - City (via La
Trobe Street)
- 27 City - Kew Tram Depot (via La
Trobe Street)
- 42 Box Hill - City (Collins Street
West)
- 47 Port Melbourne - Kew Tram Depot
(Barkers Road)
- 48 North Balwyn (Doncaster Road /
Balwyn Road) - City (Docklands)
- 72 Camberwell (Burke Road / Cotham
Road) - Melbourne University
- 108 Box Hill - Southbank Tram Depot
(Normanby Road)
- 109 Box Hill - Port Melbourne (via
Collins Street)
Bus
- 200 City -
Bulleen - Doncaster Shoppingtown
- 201 City -
Warrandyte (via Doncaster Shoppingtown & Templestowe
Village Shops)
- 202 East Kew -
Box Hill Central Shopping Centre (via Belmore Road)
- 203 City -
Doncaster Shoppingtown (via Kilby, Thompsons Road &
Manningham Road)
- 205 Melbourne
University - Doncaster Shoppingtown (via Kew Junction &
Bulleen)
- 207 Donvale -
Doncaster Shoppingtown - City (via Doncaster Road)
- 302 Box Hill -
Kew East - City (via Belmore Road & Eastern Freeway)
- 313 Templestowe
Shops - City (via High Street & Kilby Road)
- 315 Box Hill -
City (via Eastern Freeway, Union Road & Greythorn Road)
- 548 Kew (Cotham
Road) - La Trobe University Bundoora (including extension to
Grange Boulevard)
- 609 Kew -
Fairfield (via Royal Talbot Hospital)
- 624 Kew -
Chadstone Shopping Centre - Holmesglen T.A.F.E. - Oakleigh
- 684 Melbourne -
Marysville - Alexandra - Eildon
- Nightrider Service: City - Croydon (including Lilydale
loop extension)
Notable
people
Gough Whitlam, 21st Prime Minister of Australia.
Source
Wikipedia |
Australian Bureau of Statistics
PERSON
CHARACTERISTICS |
| (Place of usual residence) |
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PERSON CHARACTERISTICS  |
Selected
Region |
% of total persons in
Region |
Australia |
% of total persons in
Australia |
|
| Total persons (excluding overseas visitors) |
22,516 |
- |
19,855,288 |
- |
| Males |
10,764 |
47.8% |
9,799,252 |
49.4% |
| Females |
11,752 |
52.2% |
10,056,036 |
50.6% |
| Indigenous persons (comprises Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander) |
33 |
0.1% |
455,031 |
2.3% |
In the 2006 Census (held on 8th
August 2006), there were 22,516 persons usually resident in
Kew (Suburb): 47.8% were males and 52.2% were females. Of the
total population in Kew (Suburb) 0.1% were Indigenous persons,
compared with 2.3% Indigenous persons in Australia. |
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| AGE
|
Selected
Region |
% of total persons in
Region |
Australia |
% of total persons in
Australia |
|
| Age groups: |
 |
| 0-4 years |
1,102 |
4.9% |
1,260,405 |
6.3% |
| 5-14 years |
2,587 |
11.5% |
2,676,807 |
13.5% |
| 15-24 years |
3,469 |
15.4% |
2,704,276 |
13.6% |
| 25-54 years |
9,341 |
41.5% |
8,376,751 |
42.2% |
| 55-64 years |
2,623 |
11.6% |
2,192,675 |
11.0% |
| 65 years and over |
3,393 |
15.1% |
2,644,374 |
13.3% |
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| Median age of persons |
38 |
- |
37 |
- |
In the 2006 Census 16.4% of the
population usually resident in Kew (Suburb) were children aged
between 0-14 years, and 26.7% were persons aged 55 years and
over. The median age of persons in Kew (Suburb) was 38 years,
compared with 37 years for persons in Australia. |
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| SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS |
Selected
Region |
% of total persons in
Region |
Australia |
% of total persons in
Australia |
|
| Australian citizenship |
19,190 |
85.2% |
17,095,569 |
86.1% |
| Persons born overseas |
5,626 |
25.0% |
4,416,037 |
22.2% |
| Overseas visitors (excluded from all other
classifications) |
227 |
1.0% |
206,358 |
1.0% |
In the 2006 Census, 85.2% of
persons usually resident in Kew (Suburb) were Australian
citizens, 25.0% were born overseas and 1.0% were overseas
visitors. |
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| COUNTRY OF BIRTH |
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| MAIN RESPONSES IN SELECTED REGION |
Selected
Region |
% of total persons in
Region |
Australia |
% of total persons in
Australia |
|
| Australia |
15,334 |
68.1% |
14,072,944 |
70.9% |
| England |
718 |
3.2% |
856,939 |
4.3% |
| China |
571 |
2.5% |
206,591 |
1.0% |
| Malaysia |
368 |
1.6% |
92,337 |
0.5% |
| Italy |
324 |
1.4% |
199,121 |
1.0% |
| Greece |
311 |
1.4% |
109,987 |
0.6% |
In the 2006 Census, 68.1% of
persons usually resident in Kew (Suburb) stated they were born
in Australia. Other common responses within Kew (Suburb) were:
England 3.2%, China 2.5%, Malaysia 1.6%, Italy 1.4% and Greece
1.4%. |
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| LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
|
| MAIN RESPONSES IN SELECTED
REGION |
Selected
Region |
% of total persons in
Region |
Australia |
% of total persons in
Australia |
|
| English only spoken at home |
16,659 |
74.0% |
15,581,333 |
78.5% |
| Mandarin |
761 |
3.4% |
220,601 |
1.1% |
| Greek |
678 |
3.0% |
252,220 |
1.3% |
| Cantonese |
637 |
2.8% |
244,553 |
1.2% |
| Italian |
582 |
2.6% |
316,890 |
1.6% |
| Vietnamese |
260 |
1.2% |
194,855 |
1.0% |
In the 2006 Census, English was
stated as the only language spoken at home by 74.0% of persons
usually resident in Kew (Suburb). The most common languages
other than English spoken at home were: Mandarin 3.4%, Greek
3.0%, Cantonese 2.8%, Italian 2.6% and Vietnamese 1.2%. |
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| RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION |
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| MAIN RESPONSES IN SELECTED
REGION |
Selected
Region |
% of total persons in
Region |
Australia |
% of total persons in
Australia |
|
| Catholic |
6,397 |
28.4% |
5,126,882 |
25.8% |
| No Religion |
5,104 |
22.7% |
3,706,557 |
18.7% |
| Anglican |
3,085 |
13.7% |
3,718,248 |
18.7% |
| Uniting Church |
1,106 |
4.9% |
1,135,422 |
5.7% |
| Eastern Orthodox |
1,064 |
4.7% |
544,165 |
2.7% |
In the 2006 Census, the most
common responses for religious affiliation for persons usually
resident in Kew (Suburb) were Catholic 28.4%, No Religion
22.7%, Anglican 13.7%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Eastern
Orthodox 4.7%. |
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| MARITAL STATUS (Population aged 15 years and
over) |
Selected
Region |
% of persons aged 15
years and over in Region |
Australia |
% of persons aged 15
years and over in Australia |
|
| Married |
8,895 |
47.2% |
7,900,684 |
49.6% |
| Never married |
7,261 |
38.6% |
5,278,600 |
33.2% |
| Separated or divorced |
1,492 |
7.9% |
1,801,979 |
11.3% |
| Widowed |
1,178 |
6.3% |
936,813 |
5.9% |
In the 2006 Census, 47.2% of
persons aged 15 years and over usually resident in Kew
(Suburb) were married, 38.6% never married, 7.9% separated or
divorced and 6.3% widowed. |
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| LABOUR FORCE (Population aged 15 years and
over) |
Selected
Region |
% of persons in the
labour force in Region |
Australia |
% of persons in the
labour force in Australia |
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| Total labour force (includes employed and
unemployed persons) |
11,676 |
- |
9,607,987 |
- |
| Employed full-time |
7,067 |
60.5% |
5,827,432 |
60.7% |
| Employed part-time |
3,565 |
30.5% |
2,685,193 |
27.9% |
| Employed away from work |
399 |
3.4% |
337,991 |
3.5% |
| Employed hours not stated |
223 |
1.9% |
253,567 |
2.6% |
| Unemployed |
422 |
3.6% |
503,804 |
5.2% |
| Not in the labour force |
5,848 |
- |
5,271,116 |
-
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