[2] Merchant Stuart Alexander Donaldson (1812–1867), the first Premier of New South Wales, owned the farming property known as 'The Montmorency Estate' until the 1840s.

[4] In 1950 the estimated population was 600, and facilities extended to two churches, a public hall, a sports ground and a tennis court.

There is a second business precinct located 1.1 km to the south east of Were Street, on Grand Boulevard, mainly catering to small offices.

In Mountain View Road there is an RSL which serves counter meals, a lawn bowls club, and the Montmorency Scout Hall with access to the Petrie Park Oval opposite all of these services.

Its playing field and clubhouse are located at Montmorency Park in the green belt between Para Road and the Plenty River.

[5] Montmorency has hilly parklands adjoining the Plenty River on its western side and several neighbourhood parks, particularly in its south-east sector.