{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox Australian place| type = suburb | name = Wareemba | city = Sydney | state = nsw | image = Wareemba Canada Bay.JPG | caption = Hen and Chicken Bay | local_map = yes | zoom = 14 | alternative_location_map = Australia NSW metro Sydney | pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Sydney|greater metropolitan Sydney]] | coordinates = {{coord|-33.861|151.132|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title}} | lga = City of Canada Bay | postcode = 2046 | est = | pop = 1,519 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes= <ref name="ABSStats">{{census 2021 AUS|id=SAL14166|name=Wareemba (State Suburb)|accessdate=19 October 2024|quick=on}}</ref> | area = 0.3 | stategov = [[Electoral district of Drummoyne|Drummoyne]] | fedgov = [[Division of Reid|Reid]] | near-nw = [[Abbotsford, New South Wales|Abbotsford]] | near-n = [[Abbotsford, New South Wales|Abbotsford]] | near-ne = [[Chiswick, New South Wales|Chiswick]] | near-w = [[Concord, New South Wales|Concord]] | near-e = [[Russell Lea, New South Wales|Russell Lea]] | near-sw = [[Five Dock, New South Wales|Five Dock]] | near-s = [[Five Dock, New South Wales|Five Dock]] | near-se = [[Russell Lea, New South Wales|Russell Lea]] | dist1 = 10 | location1= [[Sydney CBD]] }} '''Wareemba''' is a [[suburb]] in the [[Inner West]] of [[Sydney]] in the state of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. Wareemba is 12 kilometres west of the [[Sydney central business district]] in the [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] of the [[City of Canada Bay]]. Wareemba sits on the eastern shore of [[Hen and Chicken Bay]], on the [[Parramatta River]]. 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, New South Wales|Abbotsford]] until declared a separate suburb in 1993.<ref name=nswgnr>{{NSW GNR|id = KWckZxrXKW|title = Wareemba|accessdate = 11 August 2013}}</ref> The name Wareemba comes from an Aboriginal word meaning "place where sweet water meets salt water".<ref name=nswgnr/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://profile.id.com.au/canada-bay/about?WebID=100&DataType=en|title=Abbotsford – Wareemba|publisher=.id|access-date=2 February 2014}}</ref>
==Commercial area== Wareemba has a small group of shops located on [[Great North Road (New South Wales)|Great North Road]]. Wareemba is known for its coffee shops, including one business that combines fruit shop with coffee shop<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Frutteria |url=https://www.facebook.com/lafrutteria.abbotsfordstore |website=Facebook}}</ref>. Wareemba also has an IGA supermarket.
==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.<ref name="ABSStats"/>
===Demographics=== Like the nearby suburbs of [[Haberfield, New South Wales|Haberfield]] and [[Five Dock, New South Wales|Five Dock]], Wareemba has a large population of residents with [[Italy|Italian]] 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.<ref name="ABSStats"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Sydney Canada Bay suburbs}} {{Geography of Parramatta River}}
[[Category:Suburbs of Sydney]] [[Category:City of Canada Bay]]
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