Wareemba is a

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in the

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. Wareemba is 12 kilometres west of the

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. Wareemba sits on the eastern shore of Hen and Chicken Bay, on the

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. 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".

Commercial area

Wareemba has a small group of shops located on Great North Road. Wareemba is famous for its coffee shops, including one business that combines fruit shop with coffee shop.

Churches

Wareemba Gospel Hall is in Coranto Street.

Population

The suburb of Wareemba had a population of 1,519 people, according to the 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

Demographics

Like the nearby suburbs of Haberfield and

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, Wareemba has a large population of residents with

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ancestry (31.7%). 68.1% of people were born in Australia with the next most common countries of birth being Italy (9.3%), England (2.4%), China (1.7%), New Zealand (1.5%) and Greece (1.0%). 68.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian at 16.4%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic (48.7%), no religion (24.4%), Anglican (7.7%) and Eastern Orthodox (5.5%). 3.8% of the population chose not to state their religion.

References

Suburbs of Sydney City of Canada Bay {{Sydney-geo-stub