Eastgardens, New South Wales
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| Coordinates: 33°56′46″S 151°13′30″E / 33.94611°S 151.22500°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 0.5 km2 (0.19 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 4,086 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 8,172/km2 (21,170/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2036 | ||||||||||||
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Eastgardens is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eastgardens is located 9 km south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Bayside Council.
It has a large shopping centre, Westfield Eastgardens at the corner of Wentworth Avenue and Bunnerong Road.
History
Eastgardens was originally a part of the suburbs of Pagewood and Hillsdale. The suburb took its name from the Westfield Eastgardens shopping centre in Wentworth Avenue which opened in 1987.[3] The site was originally government owned land which was used as an Urban Transit Authority bus depot and also as a Holden car manufacturing plant.[4][5][6]
Population
In the 2021 Census, there were 4,086 people in Eastgardens. 38.0% of people were born in Australia and 45.3% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion (35.6%) and Catholic (30.0%).[2]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Eastgardens (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Eastgardens (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 August 2023. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- ^ "Westfield Eastgardens". Westfield. Scentre Group. 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Pagewood development Canberra Times 11 May 1982 page 7
- ^ State deal in ACT costs thousands Sydney Morning Herald 14 October 1982
- ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
External links
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