Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory
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Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, Australia
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in the North Canberra
North Canberra
North Canberra, also known as the Inner North, is a district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, comprising 14 suburbs with 19,115 dwellings housing 42,113 people of the 324,034 people in the Australian Capital Territory...
district. It is named after Sir William Lyne
William Lyne
Sir William John Lyne KCMG , Australian politician, was Premier of New South Wales and a member of the first federal ministry.-Early life:...
, premier of the Australian state of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
from 1899 to 1901. The suburb name was gazetted in 1928, but development did not commence until 1958. The streets of Lyneham are named after artists and people associated with the development of early Canberra.
Demographics
In the 2006 Census, the population of Lyneham was 4,318, including 33 (0.8%) Indigenous persons and 2,834 (65.6%) Australian-born persons. Only 35.7% of dwellings were separate houses (compared to the Australian average of 74.8%), while 36.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses (Australian average: 9.2%) and 27.6% were flats, units or apartments (Australian average: 14.2%). 38.5% of the population were professionals, compared to the Australian average of 19.8%. Notably 19.1% worked in government administration, compared to the Australian average of 1.3%, although the Canberra-wide average is a very similar 18%. Lyneham is favoured by students and young adults with 15.6% of its population in the 15-24 year old age group (compared to the Australian average of 13.6%). The suburb has few children under 15: 11.3%, compared to 19.8% Australia-wide. 31.9% of the dwellings are occupied by single person households, compared to the Australian average of 22.9%.Points of interest
Lyneham has many attractions including nature parks and bushland, proximity to the centre of Canberra, popular cafes including the famous Tilley's Devine Cafe and GalleryTilley's
Tilley's Devine café Gallery is a well-known café in the suburb of Lyneham in Canberra, Australia. It was named after Matilda 'Tilly' Devine, a gangster and madame from Sydney who lived in the mid-twentieth century....
as well as the Front Cafe and Gallery, and a number of sporting facilities including the National Hockey Centre, Canberra Racecourse and the ACT Netball Centre.
Also located in Lyneham is Exhibition Park In Canberra (EPIC), which annually hosts Australia's best known car festival, Summernats
Summernats
Summernats, short for Summer Nationals, is a car festival held in Canberra, Australia. Summernats is held annually, usually at the start of the year. Summernats is the best known car festival in Australia, and an event which attracts many tourists to Canberra, bringing about $12–$15 million to the...
, the Royal Canberra Show
Royal Canberra Show
The Royal Canberra Show is an agricultural show that has been staged annually in Canberra since 1927 by the The show has agriculture at its core, but it has expanded with the addition of rides, competitions and educational facilities...
and the National Folk Festival
National Folk Festival (Australia)
The National Folk Festival - Australia’s premier folk festival event – is a colourful and diverse family orientated celebration attended by over 50,000 people.It is the best Easter week-end in Australia!...
.
St Ninian's Uniting Church in Brigalow Street is the second-oldest church in Canberra, opened in 1873. It was founded as a Presbyterian Church by the Scottish community, many of whom had come to the area as shepherds.
The style of the suburb has been evolving since development commenced in 1958. Older heritage style homes sit beside modern townhouse developments. Being one of the older suburbs in Canberra, Lyneham residents enjoy its leafy streets and established gardens.
Schools in Lyneham
Lyneham is home to Lyneham High SchoolLyneham High School, ACT
Lyneham High School is a secondary school in Canberra founded in 1959. Located in the suburb of Lyneham, It has over one thousand students and is at full capacity...
, Lyneham Primary School and Brindabella Christian College.
North Lyneham
The part of Lyneham north of Ginninderra Drive was a relatively recent addition to the suburb of Lyneham, being built in the mid to late 1980s, while the rest of Lyneham dates back to the 1960s.North Lyneham's main feeder road, Cossington Smith Crescent, loops through the area with other streets coming off it. It also has a small shopping centre housing shops, a couple of restaurants and a number of small businesses.
North Lyneham backs onto a bush reserve which separates it from the suburb of Kaleen
Kaleen, Australian Capital Territory
Kaleen is a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen. The postcode is 2617. The suburb's name means ‘water’ in the language of the Wiradhuri Aboriginal tribe of the Central West of New South Wales. It was gazetted on 15 January 1974. The streets are named after Australian Rivers.The suburb is...
. The walking trails in the reserve are popular with the local residents and provide scenic views of the inner northern suburbs of Canberra to the east and south and Belconnen
Belconnen
Belconnen is a district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, comprising 25 suburbs with 29,900 dwellings housing 82,247 people of the 311,518 people in the Australian Capital Territory ....
and the Brindabella Ranges
Brindabella Ranges
The Brindabella Range is a mountain range located on the border between New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The ranges rise to the west of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, and include the Namadgi National Park in the A.C.T. and Bimberi Nature Reserve and...
to the west.