Caringbah South is a

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located on the

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coastline in southern

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, in the state of

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. It is located 25 kilometres south of the

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in the

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of the

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. Caringbah South sits on a

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, on the north shore of the Port Hacking estuary. The suburb forms the eastern border of Burraneer Bay and the western border of Yowie Bay.

Caringbah Caringbah is a suburb in Southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Caringbah is south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Sutherland Shire. Caringbah once stretched from Woolooware Bay o ...

is the only northern adjacent suburb, whilst Lilli Pilli,

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and

are adjacent southern suburbs.

History

Caringbah South was once part of

but was declared a separate suburb in 2008. There is a memorial fountain to

Elizabeth Batts Cook Elizabeth Cook ( Batts; 4 February 1742 – 13 May 1835) was the wife, and, for more than 50 years, widow, of Captain James Cook. Biography Elizabeth Batts was the daughter of Samuel Batts who was Public house#Inns, keeper of the Bell Inn at E ...

, the wife of Captain

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, in the E. G. Waterhouse National Camellia Garden in Caringbah South.

Heritage listings

Caringbah South has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 44-46 Fernleigh Road: Fernleigh, Caringbah South

Commercial area

Caringbah South is a small district made up mostly of

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es specialising in

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. A small group of cafés and restaurants are located on Port Hacking Road South opposite Caringbah Public School. Another small group of shops is located even further south, close to the border of Lilli Pilli.

Demographics

According to the , there were 13,168 residents in Caringbah South. * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population. * 82.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were England 3.7% and New Zealand 1.2%. * 88.7% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.5% and Italian 0.8%. * The most common responses for religion were Catholic 31.5%, No Religion 31.2% and Anglican 18.7%. * The median weekly household income was $2,721, in comparison to the New South Wales average of $1,829.

Notable people

* Tahyna MacManus - actress

References

{{Sydney Sutherland suburbs Suburbs of Sydney Sutherland Shire