West Wollongong, New South Wales
West Wollongong is the innermost western suburb of the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is mainly a residential area, serviced by a small commercial strip with a music store, chicken shop, electric goods store and carpet store along the Princes Highway with several petrol stations, two restaurants, a liquor store, a chemist and a flower shop.
| West Wollongong Wollongong, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  West Wollongong | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°25′S 150°52′E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,827 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2500 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 2 km (1 mi) from Wollongong | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Wollongong | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wollongong | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Cunningham | ||||||||||||||
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Schools in the area include West Wollongong Public School, St Therese Primary School, and Edmund Rice College (an all-boys secondary college).
It is the location of the Mount Keira Road turnoff from the Princes Highway, incidentally the westernmost end of Crown Street.
Illawarra Institute of TAFE also has a campus at West Wollongong with a focus on Information Technology, Hairdressing, Beauty Therapy, Arts and Media, Fashion Technologies, Meat and Allied Trades.[2] It includes Karoona Gallery.
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "West Wollongong (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- http://www.illawarra.tafensw.edu.au/campuses-and-flexible-learning/campuses/wollongong-west-campus