Type: | suburb |
Carss Park | |
City: | Sydney |
State: | nsw |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 13 |
Pop: | 1,265 |
Postcode: | 2221 |
Elevation: | 14 |
Dist1: | 17 |
Dir1: | south |
Location1: | Sydney CBD |
Lga: | Georges River Council |
Stategov: | Kogarah |
Fedgov: | Cook |
Near-N: | Allawah |
Near-Ne: | Kogarah Bay |
Near-E: | Sans Souci |
Near-Se: | Sans Souci |
Near-S: | Georges River |
Near-Sw: | Blakehurst |
Near-W: | Blakehurst |
Near-Nw: | South Hurstville |
Carss Park is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 17 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Georges River Council. Carss Park is part of the St George area.
In 1921 the Blakehurst Progress Association made attempts to secure Carss Bush for a public park and Kogarah council was able to acquire the land for the people. Carss Bush Park was dedicated on 26 January 1924 and 150 lots were auctioned on the same day for development. Many of the streets on the new estate were named after Aboriginal tribes.[1]
Carss Park has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
According to the of Population, there were 1,265 people usually resident in Carss Park. 70.6% of people were born in Australia. 61.8% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek at 13.0%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 25.6%, Orthodox 22.4%, No Religion 21.7% and Anglican 11.6%.