Waterloo, New South Wales
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| Waterloo Sydney, New South Wales |
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 Regent Street, Waterloo |
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| Population: | 5,166 | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1815 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 1.1 km² | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 4 km from Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Sydney | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Heffron | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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Waterloo is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Waterloo is located 4kms south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. The postcode is 2017.
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[edit] Location
Waterloo has been a relatively poor area, until recent times. It is still dominated by public housing estates for those on low-incomes, which were built in the second half of the 20th century by the New South Wales Department of Housing. Today, despite some social problems in some parts of the suburb, Waterloo is undergoing gentrification with a rising business district focusing on technology-oriented firms and the development of more green space such as parks.
Green Square is a district in the south of the suburb that is being redeveloped. It involves an urban renewal program with a planned town square in Waterloo (Green Square area) which the developers claim will make it the most modern area of Sydney. This is attracting considerable amounts of investment in modern housing and retail developments.
The Waterloo Urban Conservation Area is a residential area of predominantly 19th Century terrace and cottage housing. New development and redevelopment in this area is encouraged to be sympathetic to the existing heritage style.
[edit] Demographics
According to the 2001 census, Waterloo has a population of 5,746 people, with indigenous people making up 7.2% of the population (significantly higher than the national average). 41.2% of the population was born overseas. English was primarily spoken at home by 52.1% of the population, with the most important other languages being Russian (11.6%), Vietnamese (3.8%), Cantonese (2.9%) and Arabic (2.3%). The largest religions were Catholicism (28.4% of the population), Anglicanism (13.3%), Judaism (6.3%) and Eastern Orthodoxy (5.6%). Furthermore, 14.2% of the population identified with no religion/atheism, slightly below the national average. 67.5% of the population lived in public housing, and the unemployment rate was 16.6%, significantly higher than the national average.[1]
[edit] Churches
- Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, Waterloo Uniting Church, Waterloo Salvation Army, Waterloo Congressional Fellowship
- Waterloo hosts the city site of Hillsong Church (Assemblies of God).
[edit] Transport
Waterloo is serviced by State Transit Authority Sydney Buses routes to the Sydney CBD. Green Square underground railway station, on the Airport line of the City Rail network, is located in the south-west corner of the suburb. Redfern railway station is located close to the north-west corner of the suburb.
[edit] History
Waterloo took its name from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, when Allied and Prussian forces under the Duke of Wellington and Blücher defeated the French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte.
In the 1820s Waterloo began supporting industrial operations including the Fisher and Duncan Paper Mill and the Waterloo Flour Mills owned by William Hutchinson and Daniel Cooper. William Hutchinson, superindendant of convicts and public works, had been granted 1,400 acres of land in 1823. He sold Waterloo Farm to Daniel Cooper (1785-1853) and Solomon Levey (1794-1833). Cooper later bought out Levey's share and on his death the Waterloo Estate passed onto his son, also named Daniel Cooper, who was the first speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
[edit] References
- The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
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