with Lakeside Uniting Church St Kevin's Catholic Church – this church was completed in 1994 to replace the original church, which is now the library of the local Catholic school (St Kevins.) St Philip's Anglican Church was founded over 100 years ago, and has met in the current church building since 1907. Cornerstone Presbyterian Community Church Eastwood (meets at Eastwood Heights Public School) St Georges Anglican Church, Balaclava Road, Eastwood Heights St Dunstan's Anglican Church, Lovell Road, Eastwood The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Blaxland Road, Denistone East The Crusader Union of Australia, known as Crusaders, is based in Eastwood. Schools Primary Schools Eastwood Heights Public School Eastwood Public School St Kevins Eastwood (Catholic primary school) High Schools Marist College Eastwood Culture and events Eastwood is well known as the place where the Granny Smith apple was first grown. This is celebrated each October with the Granny Smith Festival which attracts over 60,000 people each year. Granny Smith is a local legend and more can be read about her on a number of historical websites. Population Today it is a large suburban centre in the north of Sydney with over 17,000 residents. Over the past few decades Eastwood has become increasingly multicultural. Migrants from southern Europe countries such as Italy and Greece began settling here and at Carlingford from the 1960s. From the early eighties onwards, many Chinese and Koreans settled in the area. Demographics At the 2016 census, the suburb of Eastwood recorded a population of 17,865 people. Of these: Age distribution Compared to the national average, Eastwood has a higher number of residents aged between 20 and 34. Eastwood residents' median age was 36 years, compared to the national median of 38. Children aged under 15 years made up 15.2% of the population (national average is 18.7%) and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population (national average is 15.8%). Ethnic diversity Well under half (38.0%) of Eastwood residents were born in Australia; the next most common countries of birth were China (25.3%), South Korea (7.8%), Hong Kong (4.7%), India (2.5%) and Malaysia (1.8%). However, only 10.1% identify their ancestry as Australian; the other common self-identified ancestries were Chinese (38.4%), English (11.2%), Korean (8.2%) and Irish (4.2%). Less than a third (32.3%) of the residents spoke only English at home; other languages spoken at home included Mandarin (25.0%), Cantonese (14.9%), Korean (9.4%),