Wareemba is a small suburb

Suburb

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 in the inner-west

Inner West (Sydney)

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 of Sydney

Sydney

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, in the state of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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. Wareemba is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district

Sydney central business district

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 in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay

City of Canada Bay

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

Parramatta River

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.

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

Abbotsford, New South Wales

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 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 notable business that combines fruit shop with coffee shop.

Population

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

Demographics

Like the nearby suburbs of Haberfield

Haberfield, New South Wales

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 and Five Dock

Five Dock, New South Wales

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, Wareemba has a large population of residents with Italian

Italy

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ancestry. At the 2006 Census, 16% of the population of Wareemba noted their country of birth as being Italy, the second most popular response after Australia.