Denistone West


Denistone West is a suburb in Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Denistone West is located 16 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Ryde. Denistone, [New South Wales|Denistone] and Denistone East are separate suburbs; Denistone West was gazetted as a suburb in its own right on 5 February 1999.

Parks

Denistone West has several parks, including West Denistone Park, Lynn Park, Rutherford Park and Hibble Park. West Denistone Park was featured briefly in an episode of Season 43 of Play School on the ABC.

Transport

is situated in the suburb of Denistone. Denistone West is serviced by one Busways routes, 544, which connect to Eastwood, Auburn and Macquarie Park.
At the 2021 census, 4.2% of employed people travelled to work on public transport and 35.8% by motor vehicle and 44.7% of people worked from home ; this is in comparison to the 2016 Census when 66.8% of people were driving to work, 23.9% used public transport - 18.7% of those used the train at some part of their journey - and 3.2% of people worked from home.

Commercial

The commercial and retail hub of Denistone West is the West Denistone Shopping Centre. Major tenants include a vet & a hairdresser. An Australia Post post box is installed nearby the centre. The shopping area also includes a small car park.

Demographics

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Media

Two free newspapers are home delivered weekly, the Northern District Times and The Weekly Times.