Manly Vale is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 17 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council, in the Northern Beaches region.
| Manly Vale Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 6,389 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2093 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 17 km (11 mi) north-east of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Northern Beaches Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Manly | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Warringah | ||||||||||||||
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Manly Vale is predominantly a residential suburb with commercial land use on Condamine Street, containing small patches of light industrial. It also contains multiple Retirement Villages and Aged Care facilities.
History
editManly Vale Post Office opened on 3 April 1950 and closed in 1994.[2]
Heritage listings
editManly Vale has 1 heritage-listed site:
Population
editIn the 2021 Census, there were 6,389 people in Manly Vale. 60.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.4%, New Zealand 2.4%, China 2.1%, Brazil 1.7% and South Africa 1.5%. 74.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.4%, Spanish 1.9%, Portuguese 1.8%, Italian 1.5% and Japanese 0.9%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 47.6%, Catholic 21.1% and Anglican 10.7%.[1]
Parks and recreation
editThe suburb contains many recreational facilities including parks such as Passmore Reserve and playing fields at Millers Reserve and David Thomas Reserve. Manly Dam is on the western edge of Manly Vale. There are also a number of small reserves, for example King Street Reserve. Manly Vale FC (soccer) are based at David Thomas Reserve.
Landcare activities
editLandcare activities became important in Manly Vale with the creation of the "Return of the Mermaids" Project. The project consists of regularly involving volunteers to collect rubbish, remove weeds and plant local native species in the Mermaid Pool on Manly Creek.[4]
The Pool was originally an intact sandy beach with a sparkling waterfall. It became polluted due to illegal dumping and urban development. Invasive and noxious weed started to take over the area.
This project was convened under the auspices of the Save Manly Dam Catchment Committee. The SMDCC was established to fight a controversial development in the head waters of Manly Dam by British Motorway constructor Wimpey in conjunction with local firm, Ardel.[5] When bushland was lost to this housing development, the Mermaid Pool Project was initiated to compensate for the destruction.
The "Return of the Mermaids" project aims at rehabilitating the Mermaid Pool as much as possible to its pristine state. The project won the People's Choice Award for the 2011 NSW Landcare Awards.[6] It was also a winner of the 2011 SMCMA Community Group Environment Award.
Schools
editThe suburb contains three schools, Manly Vale Public School, St Kieran's Primary School and Mackellar Girls Campus, as well as a child care centre operated by the Child Care Group.
Avenue of Honour
editKing St, Manly Vale has been planted with endemic native trees and shrubs by the local community under the direction of the Save Manly Dam Catchment Committee. The avenue, leading to the entrance of Manly Warringah War Memorial Park, pays tribute to the service of Merchant Seamen in Worlds War 1 and World War 2. It has been officially declared an "Avenue of Honour". A stone memorial has additionally been placed in King Reserve.[7][8]
Notable residents
edit- Jack Vidgen, a teenage singer and season 5 winner of Australia's Got Talent.
- Katherine Deves, Liberal Party candidate for Warringah and lawyer.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Manly Vale (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ "Manly Dam". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01327. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ "Return of the Mermaids". Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Ardel Development".
- ^ "Introducing the winners of the 2011 NSW Landcare Awards | Landcare NSW Inc". Archived from the original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ http://www.avenuesofhonour.org/
- ^ "Merchant Navy Avenue of Honour, King Street Manly Vale". 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Biological-sex campaigner to seek Liberal endorsement for Warringah". Australian Financial Review. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
