21-696: Caringbah is a suburb in Southern Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . Caringbah is 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Sutherland Shire . Caringbah once stretched from Woolooware Bay on the Georges River to Yowie Bay and Burraneer Bay on the Port Hacking estuary. A number of Caringbah localities have been declared as separate suburbs but still share
42-464: A mixture of residential, commercial and industrial areas. The commercial district is made up mostly of small businesses specialising in professional services . A large commercial and industrial area is also centred on Taren Point Road and surrounding areas. Commercial developments here include many home furnishing retailers such as Nick Scali Furniture , large retailers including Bunnings , as well as home renovation showrooms. The main shopping centre
63-486: A statistical area called The St George-Sutherland Statistical Subdivision and The City and Inner South Statistical Subdivision. Because the regions that make up Southern Sydney are mostly separated by Botany Bay and The Georges River, rather than directly bordering each other, occasionally suburbs on the eastern shore of Botany Bay are included within Southern Sydney. The Southern Sydney councils participate in
84-585: Is a locality situated at the meeting point of Alexandria, Zetland, Waterloo, and Beaconsfield . Green Square and Mascot station are on the Airport Link completed in 2000 which is part of the T8 Airport & South Line . Many of these suburbs were predominantly industrial and commercial but have now developed into new residential neighbourhoods of high rise apartments. The Inner Southern Suburbs are sometimes considered inner city or included as part of
105-494: Is home to the public district Sutherland Hospital adjacent to Caringbah Ambulance Station and Kareena Private Hospital on Kareena Road. Caringbah is a central suburb of the Sutherland Shire, considering some of the main roads intersect here. President Avenue and The Kingsway both run from Sutherland via Miranda in the west, to the popular beachside suburb of Cronulla in the east. Taren Point Road leads north to
126-415: Is host to several sporting teams, including: 34°02′43″S 151°07′18″E / 34.0452°S 151.1218°E / -34.0452; 151.1218 Southern Sydney Southern Sydney is the southern metropolitan area of Greater Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . Southern Sydney is a title for the regions and neighbourhoods which fall directly south and south-west of
147-414: Is located close to Caringbah railway station and is centred on the intersections of President Avenue, The Kingsway and Port Hacking Road South. A small group of shops, known as Caringbah South, is located further south on Port Hacking Road South. Caringbah Library is located on Port Hacking Road South. Another small group of shops is located even further south, close to the border of Lilli Pilli. Caringbah
168-881: The Captain Cook Bridge , St George area and further north to the Sydney CBD. Caringbah railway station is on the Cronulla branch of the Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line T4 on the Sydney Trains network. U-Go Mobility runs buses to Lilli Pilli , South Cronulla, Hurstville , Sutherland , Cronulla and Dolans Bay . According to the 2021 census of Population, there were 12,575 people in Caringbah. There are three secondary schools and several primary schools in Caringbah. Caringbah
189-815: The City of Wollongong in the north and the City of Shellharbour in the south). The Sydney Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA) is the definition of Greater Sydney used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). It covers the following level-four statistical areas: Therefore, the Sydney GCCSA covers all of Sydney in addition to the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast, the Hawkesbury and Macarthur. However, it does not include
210-647: The Sydney CBD from the southern boundaries of Central Station down to the Airport and St George region around the southern and western shores of Botany Bay with the southern most concluding point being the Sutherland Shire . This includes all the suburbs in the local government areas of Georges River Council , The Sutherland Shire , most of Bayside Council and the southern suburbs of City of Sydney . The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines
231-400: The inner south-west due to its geographical location from Sydney CBD . The Sutherland Shire is the area to the south of Botany Bay and the Georges River . The Sutherland Shire is 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Sydney central business district , and is bordered by the City of Canterbury-Bankstown , and Georges River Council local government areas. The administrative centre of
SECTION 10
#1732802065773252-483: The Eastern Suburbs that are south-east of CBD however strictly speaking these suburbs geographically are neither east nor south-east of the Sydney CBD . The St George area, considered the southern suburbs includes all the suburbs in the Georges River Council and the western part of Bayside Council which was Rockdale City prior to 2016. This is everything within the boundaries of Salt Pan Creek to
273-574: The Parish of St George that is north of the M5 and Wolli Creek but south of The Cooks River is considered South-Western Sydney rather than Southern Sydney. This northern portion of the cadastral parish was formerly in the City of Canterbury but now within the amalgamated City of Canterbury-Bankstown . In some instances the whole cadastral Parish of St George (both north and south) is grouped together and considered
294-500: The Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) along with six other councils in the City, Eastern Suburbs and Inner West regions. The southern suburbs of Sydney can be grouped into three regions: The Inner Southern Suburbs of Sydney , sometimes referred to as 'South Sydney' include the southern suburbs of City of Sydney as well as some of Bayside Council . The area encompasses
315-489: The local government is located in the suburb of Sutherland . Localities in the inner south include: Localities administered by the Sutherland Shire are: Greater Sydney Greater Sydney is the most populous metropolitan area in Australia and Oceania , located in the state of New South Wales . Based around Sydney itself (the state capital of New South Wales), in its broadest definition, it also includes
336-616: The neighbouring regions of the Blue Mountains , Macarthur and Wollondilly . In its broadest definition, Greater Sydney covers the city of Sydney in addition to four neighbouring regions: the Blue Mountains , the Hawkesbury , Macarthur and Wollondilly . During the COVID-19 pandemic , Greater Sydney was defined as the city of Sydney itself as well as the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong (including both
357-616: The postcode 2229. These suburbs include Taren Point to the north on the Georges River, and Port Hacking , Lilli Pilli , Dolans Bay and Caringbah South , located on the Port Hacking River to the south. Caringbah is an Aboriginal word from the Kumbainggar language for a pademelon wallaby . The suburb was originally called Highfield, but it is unclear whether this was a position description or whether it
378-647: The suburbs directly south of Central Station or more specifically Cleveland Street leading all the way down to the Airport and fall west of the Eastern Distributor but east of the Alexandra Canal . The area starts with Redfern then continues down through Eveleigh , Waterloo , Zetland , Alexandria , Beaconsfield , Rosebery , Eastlakes (West of Eastern Distributor ) and ends in Mascot . The postcodes start at 2015 and end in 2020 with
399-657: The suburbs of Botany and Banksmeadow being the exception having the postcode of 2019 which while being geographically south of the CBD along with the included suburbs are actually on the other side of the Eastern Distributor usually deeming them Eastern Suburbs that are south-east of CBD rather than part of South Sydney. The region consists of three train stations being Redfern , Green Square and Mascot as well as one Metro station in Waterloo . Green Square
420-500: The west, The Georges River to the south, Botany Bay to the east and the M5 Motorway and Wolli Creek to the north. This area corresponds to the southern portion of the cadastral Parish of St George , from which the region derives its name. This southern portion of the parish below the M5 and Wolli Creek is the more contemporary definition of The St George Region that is considered part of Southern Sydney. The northern portion of
441-487: Was named after an early resident. Caringbah was used from 1911, after the steam trams began operating between Cronulla and Sutherland. Thomas Holt (1811–88) owned most of the land that stretched from Sutherland to Cronulla in the 1860s. Most of the area around Miranda and Caringbah was used for market gardening from the 1880s. Caringbah was still used for orchards and farming until after World War II . The railway line to Cronulla opened in 1939. Caringbah features
SECTION 20
#1732802065773#772227