Chiswick is a

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in the Inner West of

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, in the state of New South Wales,

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. It is located 9 kilometres west of the

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in the

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of the City of Canada Bay. Chiswick sits on the

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between Abbotsford Bay and Five Dock Bay, on the Parramatta River. It is surrounded by the suburbs of Abbotsford,

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and Drummoyne.

History

The area around Chiswick was first known by its

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name Bigi Bigi. The suburb was originally part of Five Dock Farm. In the 1850s a Dr Fortescue owned an estate in this area which he named

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after the village on the Thames, west of London. Parramatta River had been known as the 'Thames of the

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' and other nearby suburbs were also named after Thames localities, such as Greenwich, Woolwich,

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and Putney. From 1884 until 1998, there was a wiremill on the waterfront at Chiswick. More recently it has been subjected to an increase in the building of many modern apartment blocks, which has seen the population rise to around 2,400.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, there were 2,470 residents in Chiswick. The most common responses for ancestry in Chiswick were English 19.5%, Australian 16.3%, Italian 12.5%, Irish 8.7% and Chinese 6.8%. The median weekly household income in Chiswick was $2,068, significantly higher than the national median of $1,234.

Transport and commercial area

The Chiswick ferry wharf is used by Parramatta River ferry services. Transit Systems operate a terminus nearby, with buses running to Circular Quay either via Drummoyne and

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, or via Leichhardt and Parramatta Road as well as a route running to Campsie station via Burwood station. Chiswick has a small group of shops in Blackwall Point Road, close to the ferry wharf.

References

{{Geography of Parramatta River Suburbs of Sydney City of Canada Bay