18 Facts About Inner West

Inner West of Sydney is an area directly west of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia.

The suburbs that make up the Inner West are predominantly located along the southern shore of Port Jackson, stretching south to the shores of the Cooks River.

The western boundary of the Inner West is approximately the A3 arterial road, which divides the Inner West from the Greater Western Sydney region.

The Inner West is much larger than the Inner West Council local government area.

Boundaries of the Inner West region are customary, not administrative or legal, and as such are defined differently in different contexts.

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Inner West is alternatively defined as corresponding to the Parish of Petersham and Parish of Concord, two cadastral divisions used for land titles.

Geography of the Inner West is defined by the southern catchments of the Parramatta River, the northern boundary of the region, and the northern catchment of the Cooks River, the southern boundary.

Housing stock within the Inner West reflects the distinct waves of development in its history.

The inner-most suburbs of the Inner West were developed early in the life of the colony, and preserve stone houses from the Victorian era and earlier.

The inner suburbs of the Inner West were largely subdivided in the 19th century for suburban development, and a large number of two-storey terraced houses and one-storey terraced and timber cottages survive in suburbs such as Glebe, Newtown and Annandale.

Inner West is the location of several tertiary institutions such as the University of Sydney at the eastern end in Camperdown, and a major campus of the Australian Catholic University and the Catholic Institute of Sydney at the western end in Strathfield.

Inner West has a high concentration of public and private secondary schools, many of which were established in the 19th century.

Government high schools located in the Inner West include the selective secondary schools Fort Street High School and Sydney Secondary College, and the public comprehensive high schools Ashfield Boys High School, Burwood Girls High School, Concord High School, Homebush Boys High School and Strathfield Girls High School, and the specialist high school Newtown High School of the Performing Arts.

Parramatta Road is a major arterial road that runs through the middle of the Inner West, connecting it with the major centres of Sydney City in the east and Parramatta in the west.

Sydney Local Health District of NSW Health serves the Inner West, covering Burwood, Canada Bay, Inner West and Strathfield councils, the western part of the City of Sydney, as well as the former City of Canterbury part of Canterbury-Bankstown.

Inner West is represented in the National Rugby League by the Wests Tigers, a merger of the Balmain and Western Suburbs clubs.

The Inner West has many semi-professional soccer teams playing in the various divisions of the NSW State Leagues.

Inner West contains a large number of religions buildings and institutions.