Longueville is a harbourside suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, 8 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Lane Cove.
Longueville sits on the peninsula between Tambourine Bay and Woodford Bay, on the banks of the Lane Cove River. Originally a home to manufacturing industries, the suburb had its beginnings as a residential area in the 1870s. Longueville was officially proclaimed a suburb in the 1920s. with an average price of $6,346,000 as of August 2024.
History
thumb|right|View from [[Hunters Hill]]
The area in which Longueville is was originally inhabited by the Cammeraygal Group of the Ku-ring-gai Aboriginal Tribe. The group, which inhabited the north shore of Port Jackson, was one of the largest in the Sydney area.
In 1831, the area that is now Longueville became home to one of the earliest manufacturing industries, with Rupert Kirk's soap and factory. however a commonly held belief is that the suburb was named after French nobleman, the Duc de Longueville. The main streets are said to have been named after his three daughters, Christina, Lucretia and Arabella. A related theory is that the name bears a connection to the Château de Châteaudun which possesses both a Longueville wing and a Dunois wing, with Dunois being the name of one of the principal streets in Longueville.
Transport
Longueville wharf is served by Captain Cook Cruises ferry services. Busways route 261 operates to Lane Cove and King Street Wharf.
Sport and Recreation
Adult and junior skiff sailing races occur regularly at the Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club located at the end of the Longueville peninsula.
Houses
In 2011, the majority of dwellings were detached houses (99.1%) with some varied architectural styles, including stately Victorian-style homes, Federation styles, Californian bungalows, weatherboard cottages, and contemporary waterfront houses. positioning it as one of Sydney's most prestigious suburbs. In the past few years, the suburb has seen many new homes being constructed and older houses undergoing extensive renovations.
Norfolk Road holds the record for the highest sale price achieved at auction in the suburb.
Demographics
thumb|right|Woodford Bay
In the 2021 Census, the population of Longueville stood at 2,116 people, 50.7% identified as female and 49.3% identified as male, with a median age of 46 years. 11.9% of the population was born overseas with England (4.8%), China (excluding SARs and Taiwan) (2.2%), New Zealand (1.8%), Hong Kong (SAR of China) (1.7%) and Malaysia (1.4%) being the most common countries of birth identified. The five strongest religious affiliations in the area were in descending order: Catholic (37.8%), No Religion, so described (28.9%), Anglican (14.2%), Eastern Orthodox (3.7%) and 2.6% of respondents elected not to disclose their religion.
Notable residents
Notable former and current residents of Longueville include:
- Marjorie Barnard - novelist
- Pamela Clauss - NYC-based pioneering surgical nurse and philanthropist
- Louisa Dunkley - Union leader and feminist
- Antonia Kidman - journalist, television host
- Nicole Kidman - actress
- Rose Lindsay - artist's model, printmaker, author and wife of Norman Lindsay
- John Newcombe - tennis player
- Patrick O'Farrell - historian of Catholic Australia
- Brett Whiteley - artist
- Geoffrey Robertson - Barrister
Politics
Longueville was in the formerly safe Liberal federal electoral division of North Sydney, electing an independent MP in 2022. Former Liberal Party Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey represented the seat from 1996 and was replaced by Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman at the 2015 North Sydney by-election. Zimmerman was the first openly gay man to be elected to the House of Representatives and was re-elected at the 2016 federal election. North Sydney was one of only two original divisions in New South Wales, along with Wentworth, which have never been held by the Australian Labor Party. In 2022 Kylea Tink was elected as part of a wave of 'teal' independents that were elected in that year's federal election, unseating many Liberal MPs. An independent won in the division of North Sydney despite losing this Longueville polling place in both the first-preference and two-candidate preferred vote. Since 2025, Longueville has been in Bennelong, represented by Jerome Laxale of the Labor Party.
For NSW state elections, Longueville is in the Electoral district of Lane Cove. Since 2003, this seat has been held by Liberal MP Anthony Roberts, a former minister in the state government.
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left:1em"
! colspan = 3 | Federal Election 2022<br />Longueville Polling Booth
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| Liberal
| bgcolor="FFFF99" | 48.65%
|-
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| Independent
| 26.19%
|-
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| Labor
| 15.50%
|-
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| The Greens
| 4.86%
|-
| |
| United Australia Party
| 1.62%
|-
| |
| Liberal Democrats
| 1.32%
|-
| |
| TNL
| 0.66%
|-
| |
| Sustainable Australia Party - Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption
| 0.60%
|-
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| One Nation
| 0.42%
|-
| |
| Informed Medical Options Party
| 0.18%
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left:1em"
! colspan="3" | State Election 2023<br />Longueville Polling Booth
|-
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| Liberal
| bgcolor="FFFF99" | 45.07%
|-
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| Labor
| 23.95%
|-
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| Independent
| 20.38%
|-
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| The Greens NSW
| 8.32%
|-
| |
| Sustainable Australia Party - Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption
| 2.28%
|}