Earlwood, New South Wales

Earlwood Sydney, New South Wales
Earlwood Hotel, Homer Street in 2006
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Population	17,741 (2016 census)[1]
Established	1829
Postcode(s)	2206
Elevation	51 m (167 ft)
Location	10 km (6 mi) SW of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Canterbury-Bankstown
State electorate(s)	Canterbury
Federal division(s)	Barton
Suburbs around Earlwood: Canterbury Hurlstone Park Marrickville Clemton Park Earlwood Tempe Kingsgrove Bexley North Bardwell Park Turrella Wolli Creek

Earlwood is a suburb of Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Earlwood is located 10 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, and is part of the Canterbury-Bankstown area. It is in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown.^[2]

Earlwood stretches from the southern bank of the Cooks River to the northern bank of Wolli Creek. Wolli Creek (the suburb), Turrella and Bardwell Park lie to the south across Wolli Creek, while Canterbury, Hurlstone Park and Marrickville are located to the north and east across Cooks River. The locality of Undercliffe is part of the suburb. Clemton Park adjoins the suburb to the west. Earlwood is primarily residential with some commercial developments around the main road, Homer Street.