North Strathfield

North Strathfield is a

The western part of this suburb was originally part of Homebush, while the eastern part was part of Concord.

The area became part of the

A major landmark in the area is Ardill House (or Our Children's Home) in Davidson Avenue, which was built by in 1861 John Bibb for Henry David Bray. It was enlarged circa 1880 and is now on the Register of the National Estate.[3]

Because it was bisected by the

With industry moving out in the late 20th century, the area has been gentrified and became largely residential. The Arnott's factory moved out in 1997, with the former factory site redeveloped into the "Bakehouse Quarter" retail and restaurant complex, although its corporate headquarters remains on George Street in the suburb. More recently, many high density residential developments have replaced former industrial sites.

In 2000, the Municipality of Concord merged with Drummoyne Council to become the City of Canada Bay Council.^[6][7]

The suburb name of "North Strathfield" was gazetted in 1993, joining together the northeastern part of Homebush and the southwestern part of Concord and giving the area its own identity as a separate suburb.^[8] The suburb name remains seldom used, with many places in the suburb still identified as being in "Homebush" (western part) or "Concord" (eastern part) in common parlance and even in some official sources.^[9] Because North Strathfield is much better integrated with the northern part of Homebush than the two halves of Homebush are to each other, government planning documents refer to North Homebush and North Strathfield together, as the "Homebush Precinct", and Canada Bay Council in particular refers to a section of this precinct as the "Homebush North Precinct", even though no part of that section lies in the suburb of Homebush.^[10]

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 4,767 people in North Strathfield. 41.9% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 11.6%, South Korea 7.7% and India 6.2%. The most common ancestries reported were Chinese 18.3%, English 11.6%, Australian 10.3%, Korean 7.8% and Indian 6.5%. 40.9% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 11.7%, Korean 8.9%, Cantonese 5.7%, Italian 3.5% and Hindi 2.4%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 28.9% and Catholic 26.7%.^[1]

Commercial area

North Strathfield has residential, commercial and industrial developments. A small group of restaurants and cafes is located opposite the North Strathfield railway station. More commercial developments can be found on nearby Concord Road in the "North Strathfield Shopping Village".^[11]

The site of the former

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  Bakehouse Quarter, former Arnotts factory
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  Bakehouse Quarter
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  Commonwealth Bank, Concord Road
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  Bakehouse Quarter

Transport

North Strathfield railway station is on the Northern Line of the Sydney Trains network.

Schools

Strathfield North Public School is located on Concord Road. The McDonald College is a performing arts school. There is also a new Catholic School (opened 2015) - Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School.

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  North Strathfield Station
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  The McDonald College
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  Fire Station, Concord Road

References

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