Earlwood

Earlwood
Earlwood Hotel, Homer Street in 2006
Earlwood
Location in metropolitan Sydney
Interactive map of Earlwood
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
CitySydney
LGA
Location
Established1829
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Elevation
51 m (167 ft)
Population
 • Total18,053 (2021 census)
Postcode
2206
Suburbs around Earlwood
Canterbury Hurlstone Park Marrickville
Clemton Park Earlwood Tempe
Kingsgrove
Bexley North
Bardwell Park
Turrella
Wolli Creek

Earlwood is a suburb of 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.

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.