Eastgardens is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eastgardens is located 9 km south of the

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and is part of the

Bayside Council Bayside Council is a Local government in New South Wales, local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located around part of Botany Bay, to south of the Sydney central business district, Sydney CBD. It includes 29 subu ...

. It has a large shopping centre,

Westfield Eastgardens Westfield Eastgardens is a large shopping centre in the suburb of Eastgardens, New South Wales, Eastgardens in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. Transport Westfield Eastgardens has bus connections to the Sydney central ...

at the corner of Wentworth Avenue and Bunnerong Road.

History

Eastgardens was originally a part of the suburbs of Pagewood and Hillsdale. The suburb took its name from the

shopping centre in Wentworth Avenue which opened in 1987. The site was originally government owned land which was used as an

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bus depot and also as a

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car manufacturing plant.''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon,

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, 1990, Published in Australia

Population

In the 2021 Census, there were 4,086 people in Eastgardens. 38.0% of people were born in Australia and 45.3% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion (35.6%) and Catholic (30.0%).

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{{Sydney Bayside suburbs Suburbs of Sydney Bayside Council