Glenroy is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales

Albury, New South Wales

Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...

, located north-west of the Albury Central Business District

Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

 and west of Lavington At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, Glenroy had a population of 2659, although the area covered in the Census is considerably different to the actual area of the suburb.

Glenroy covers the northern slopes of Nail Can Hill on the Murray River floodplain, and is bordered by North Albury

North Albury, New South Wales

North Albury is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located north of the Albury Central Business District. At the 2006 census, North Albury had a population of 6089....

 to the east, Hamilton Valley

Hamilton Valley, New South Wales

Hamilton Valley is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located north-west of the Albury Central Business District and west of Lavington At the 2006 census, Hamilton Valley had a population of 491, although the area covered in the Census includes Splitters Creek and doesn't include...

 and Lavington

Lavington, New South Wales

Lavington is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located north of the Albury Central Business District. At the 2006 census, Lavington had a population of 12 477....

 to the north, Splitters Creek

Splitters Creek, New South Wales

Splitters Creek is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located west of the Albury Central Business District.As its name suggests, Splitters Creek lies in the Splitters Creek valley in the hills of Nail Can Hill/Black Range on the Murray River floodplain...

 to the west and West Albury

West Albury, New South Wales

West Albury is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located west of the Albury Central Business District. At the 2006 census, West Albury had a population of 4,115....

 to the south.
Glenroy is a developing residential area. Features include Nail Can Hill Reserve and Glenroy Public School.

Geography

Glenroy is a developing residential suburb with large rural areas located in a valley on the northern slopes of Nail Can Hill. Nail Can Hill is of great ecological importance. Many bike and fire service trails have been built through Nail Can Hill, which is used for the annual Nail Can Hill Run.
The native plant life includes the River Red Gum and Red Box

Eucalyptus polyanthemos

Eucalyptus polyanthemos is a small to medium sized tree,native to New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria in Australia...

 eucalypt

Eucalypt

Eucalypts are woody plants belonging to three closely related genera:Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Angophora.In 1995 new evidence, largely genetic, indicated that some prominent Eucalyptus species were actually more closely related to Angophora than to the other eucalypts; they were split off into the...

s, which dominate. Nail Can Hill is home to a rare orchid species called the Crimson Spider Orchid, and is the only place in New South Wales where it can be found.

Residents

Glenroy is one of Albury's fastest-growing suburbs, with the Glenroy-Hamilton Valley area growing from 2004 in 1996 to 3120 in 2006, (a growth rate of 55.7% in 10 years).
At the 2006 Census, the most common religion was Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

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, followed by Anglican, and the average weekly household income was $1121, above the Australian average of $1027. The median age was 34.