Wareemba, New South Wales facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Wareemba Sydney, New South Wales
Hen and Chicken Bay
Wareemba Location in New South Wales
Population	1,546 (2016 census)
• Density	5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	2046
Area	0.3 km2 (0.1 sq mi)
Location	10 km (6 mi) from Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Canada Bay
State electorate(s)	Drummoyne
Federal Division(s)	Reid
Suburbs around Wareemba: Abbotsford Abbotsford Chiswick Concord Wareemba Russell Lea Five Dock Five Dock Russell Lea

Wareemba is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wareemba is 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay. Wareemba sits on the eastern shore of Hen and Chicken Bay, on the Parramatta River. It is almost the smallest suburb in Sydney by land area.

History

European settlement of the area began in the 1830s, with land mainly used for farming. The suburb was originally part of neighbouring suburb Abbotsford until declared a separate suburb in 1993. The name Wareemba comes from an Aboriginal word meaning "place where sweet water meets salt water".

Population

The suburb of Wareemba had a population of 1,390 people, according to the 2006 Census of Population and Housing.

Demographics

Like the nearby suburbs of Haberfield and Five Dock, Wareemba has a large population of residents with Italian ancestry. In the 2006 census, 16% of the population of Wareemba noted their country of birth as being Italy, the second most frequent response after Australia (65%).