{{More citations needed|date=February 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Caringbah | city = Sydney | state = nsw | image = Caringbah.jpg | caption = The Kingsway, Caringbah | alternative_location_map = Australia NSW metro Sydney | pushpin_map_caption = Location in metropolitan [[Sydney]] | coordinates = {{Coord|-34.0452|151.1218|format=dms|display=title|type:city_region:AU-NSW}} | 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316202247/http://www.caringbahlions.org.au/caringbah/4586910414 |date=16 March 2020 }} 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 Catholic College Caringbah, 7-12 single-sex secondary school for young men * Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School * Caringbah Public School (located in [[Caringbah South]]) * Caringbah North Public School, which fields an opportunity class for students in year's 5&6 * Laguna Street Public School * Lilli Pilli Public School
== Sport == Caringbah is host to several sporting teams, including:
* De La Salle Caringbah - (Rugby League) * Cronulla‑Caringbah Sharks JRLFC - (Rugby League) * Caringbah Sports Cricket Club - (Cricket) * Caringbah Redbacks FC - (Soccer/Football) * Lilli Pilli FC - (Soccer/Football)
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Burraneer Bay marina 1.JPG|Burraneer Bay Marina (#1) File:Burraneer Bay marina 2.JPG|Burraneer Bay Marina (#2) Image:Caringbah 2.JPG|Willarong Point, Caringbah Image:Sutherland Hospital.jpg|[[Sutherland Hospital]] Image:Caringbah Railway Station 1.jpg|[[Caringbah railway station]] File:Burraneer-Caringbah-PC220119.JPG|Aerial photo of Burraneer and Caringbah #1 File:Burraneer-Caringbah-PC220118.JPG|Aerial photo of Burraneer and Caringbah #2 </gallery>
== Notable people ==
*[[Robbie Maddison]], motorcycle racer *[[Mark Vincent]], tenor vocalist *[[Chad Townsend]], football player
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Caringbah, New South Wales}}
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