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Ashfield, New South Wales
Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the suburb Ashfield. For the former local government area, see Municipality of Ashfield. For the current local government area, see Inner West Council.
Ashfield is a suburb in the Inner West[2] of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ashfield is about 8 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district.
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Population | 23,012 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1838 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2131 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 34 m (112 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 8 km (5 mi) west of Sydney central business district | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Inner West Council | ||||||||||||||
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Ashfield's population is highly multicultural with the majority of the area's dwellings being a mixture of mainly post-war low-rise flats (apartment blocks) and Federation-era detached houses. Amongst these are a number of grand Victorian buildings that offer a hint of Ashfield's rich cultural heritage.