Editing Caringbah

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type      = suburb
| name      = Caringbah
| city      = Sydney
| state     = nsw
| image     = Caringbah.jpg
| caption   = The Kingsway, Caringbah
| local_map = yes
| zoom      = 13
| lga       = Sutherland Shire
| postcode  = 2229
| pop       = 12,575
| pop_year  = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name=census>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL10814|name=Caringbah (State Suburb)|accessdate=7 August 2024|quick=on}}</ref>
| elevation = 39
| area      =
| est       =
| stategov  = [[Electoral district of Cronulla|Cronulla]]
| stategov2 = [[Electoral district of Miranda|Miranda]]
| fedgov    = [[Division of Cook|Cook]]
| dist1     = 24
| dir1      = south
| location1 = [[Sydney central business district|Sydney CBD]]
| near-nw   = [[Sylvania Waters]]
| near-n    = [[Taren Point]]
| near-ne   = [[Woolooware]]
| near-w    = [[Miranda, New South Wales|Miranda]]
| near-e    = [[Dolans Bay, New South Wales|Dolans Bay]], [[Port Hacking, New South Wales|Port Hacking]]
| near-sw   = [[Yowie Bay]]
| near-s    = [[Caringbah South]]
| near-se   = [[Lilli Pilli, New South Wales|Lilli Pilli]]}}

'''Caringbah''' is a suburb in [[Southern Sydney]], in the state of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. Caringbah is {{convert|24|km}} south of the [[Sydney central business district]] in the [[Local government in Australia|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, New South Wales|Port Hacking]], [[Lilli Pilli, New South Wales|Lilli Pilli]], [[Dolans Bay, New South Wales|Dolans Bay]] and [[Caringbah South]], located on the [[Port Hacking|Port Hacking River]] to the south.

==History==
[[File:Caringbah memorial.jpg|thumb|Caringbah memorial]]
{{lang|aus|Caringbah}} is an [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] word from the [[Kumbainggar language]] for ''a pademelon wallaby''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/Council/About-the-Shire/Shire-Suburb-Origins |title=Sutherland Shire Origin of Suburbs |last=Burgess |first=Laurie |date=July 2020 |publisher=Sutherland Shire Council Spatial Services Team |access-date=12 July 2020 |page=9f |archive-date=1 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601213822/http://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/Council/About-the-Shire/Shire-Suburb-Origins |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 [[Trams in Sydney|steam trams]] began operating between Cronulla and Sutherland.<ref>[http://www.caringbahlions.org.au/caringbah/4586910414 Caringbah Lions Club] Caringbah Lions Club</ref>

[[Thomas Holt (Australian politician)|Thomas Holt]] (1811–88) owned most of the land that stretched from [[Sutherland, New South Wales|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 [[Cronulla railway line|railway line]] to Cronulla opened in 1939.<ref>''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, ''[[Angus & Robertson]]'', 1990, Published in Australia {{ISBN|0-207-14495-8}}, p51</ref>

==Commercial area==
Caringbah features a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial areas. The commercial district is made up mostly of [[small business]]es 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, New South Wales|Sutherland]] via [[Miranda, New South Wales|Miranda]] in the west, to the popular beachside suburb of [[Cronulla]] in the east. [[Taren Point Road]] leads north to the [[Captain Cook Bridge, Sydney|Captain Cook Bridge]], [[St George, New South Wales|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, New South Wales|Lilli Pilli]], South Cronulla, [[Hurstville]], [[Sutherland, New South Wales|Sutherland]], [[Cronulla]] and [[Dolans Bay]].

==Demographics==
According to the {{CensusAU|2021}} 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%.<ref name="census"/>

==Schools==
There are three secondary schools and several primary schools in Caringbah.
* [[Caringbah High School|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 College, a school for boys from Year 7 to Year 10.
* Caringbah Public School (located in [[Caringbah South]])
* Caringbah North Public School – has an [[opportunity class]] in years 5 and 6.
* Laguna Street Public School
* Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School
* Lilli Pilli Public School

== Sport ==
Caringbah is host to several sporting teams, including:

* Caringbah Redbacks FC (soccer)
* Caringbah Sports Cricket Club (cricket)
* Cronulla Caringbah Sharks JRLFC (rugby league)

== Gallery ==
<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]]
</gallery>

== Notable People ==

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

==References==
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