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Caringbah

Field	Value
type	suburb
name	Caringbah
city	Sydney
state	nsw
image	Caringbah.jpg
caption	The Kingsway, Caringbah
alternative_location_map	Australia NSW metro Sydney
pushpin_map_caption	Location in metropolitan Sydney
coordinates
local_map	yes
zoom	13
lga	Sutherland Shire
postcode	2229
pop	12,575
pop_year
pop_footnotes
elevation	39
stategov	Cronulla
stategov2	Miranda
fedgov	Cook
dist1	24
dir1	south
location1	Sydney CBD
near-nw	Sylvania Waters
near-n	Taren Point
near-ne	Woolooware
near-w	Miranda
near-e	Dolans Bay, Port Hacking
near-sw	Yowie Bay
near-s	Caringbah South
near-se	Lilli Pilli

| near-nw = Sylvania Waters | near-n = Taren Point | near-ne = Woolooware | near-w = Miranda | near-e = Dolans Bay, Port Hacking | near-sw = Yowie Bay | near-s = Caringbah South | near-se = Lilli Pilli}}

Caringbah is a suburb in Southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Caringbah is 24 km 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 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.

History

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 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.

Commercial area

Caringbah features 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 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 is home to the public district Sutherland Hospital adjacent to Caringbah Ambulance Station and Kareena Private Hospital on Kareena Road.

Transport

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 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.

Demographics

According to the of Population, there were 12,575 people in Caringbah.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.
74.3% of people there were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 2.0%, China 1.8%, Philippines 1.0% and India 0.8%.
80.5% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.0%, Greek 1.3%, Russian 1.1%, Spanish 1.1% and Cantonese 1.0%.
The most common responses for religion were No Religion 36.7%, Catholic 27.2% and Anglican 14.2%.

Schools

There are three secondary schools and several primary schools in Caringbah.

Caringbah Selective High School, the only academically selective secondary school in the Sutherland Shire.
Endeavour Sports High School, one of seven selective sports secondary schools in NSW offering Targeted Sports Programs for talented athletes.
De La Salle Catholic College Caringbah, 7-12 single-sex secondary school for young men
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School
Caringbah Public School (located in Caringbah South)
Caringbah North Public School, which fields a opportunity class for students in year's 5&6
Laguna Street Public School
Lilli Pilli Public School

Sport

Caringbah is host to several sporting teams, including:

De La Salle Caringbah - (Rugby League)
Cronulla‑Caringbah Sharks JRLFC - (Rugby League)
Caringbah Sports Cricket Club - (Cricket)
Caringbah Redbacks FC - (Soccer/Football)
Lilli Pilli FC - (Soccer/Football)

Gallery

Image:Burraneer Bay marina 1.JPG |Burraneer Bay Marina

Image:Caringbah 2.JPG |Willarong Point, Caringbah Image:Sutherland Hospital.jpg|Sutherland Hospital Image:Caringbah Railway Station 1.jpg|Caringbah railway station

Notable people

Robbie Maddison, motorcycle racer
Mark Vincent, tenor vocalist
Chad Townsend, football player

References

{{Census 2021 AUS
Burgess, Laurie. (July 2020). "Sutherland Shire Origin of Suburbs". Sutherland Shire Council Spatial Services Team.
[http://www.caringbahlions.org.au/caringbah/4586910414 Caringbah Lions Club] {{Webarchive. link. (16 March 2020 Caringbah Lions Club)
''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, ''[[Angus & Robertson]]'', 1990, Published in Australia {{ISBN. 0-207-14495-8, p51

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