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Demographically, Ashfield features considerable ethnic diversity, with approximately 51% of residents born outside of Australia. This is evidenced by the preponderance of Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese shops and businesses located along the main artery of Liverpool Road. Colloquially among Chinese Australian s, Ashfield is often called "Little Shanghai " (小上海) for the preponderance of Shanghainese shopkeepers along the suburb's main business street. Housing is characterised equally by a mixture of 'grand Victorian' and Federation-era freestanding homes, and post-war medium-density unit dwellings ('flats' in Australian parlance).
CHARACTERISTICS Ashfield is a middle-class suburb, with a mixture of transient residents (who tend to live in rental units), and longer-term residents (who tend to like the architecture, closeness to the city, and the quality of the public transport). HISTORY OF ASHFIELD The current suburb of Ashfield has the same boundaries now as when it was incorporated in 1872. Ashfield became a fashionable suburb in the late 19th Century , when many people moved from the Eastern Suburbs, to the supposedly drier climate of Ashfield. From 1890s to 1948 a Tram service operated to Ashfield. The trams were originally powered by steam, but were electrified in 1910. Subdivision for gardens and housing occurred mostly in the 1920s and 30s. In the middle decades of the twentieth century, when Ashfield was in the Sydney bible belt, the Exclusive Brethren had their Sydney headquarters in Orchard Crescent, Ashfield. After World War II there was an increasing construction of rental units. The town recently suffered the Brescia Furniture Fire . NOTABLE CITIZENS The following notable people were born or lived in Ashfield:
TRANSPORTATION The Railway Station was opened in 1855 , as part of the original New South Wales Railways Sydney to Parramatta rail line. Ashfield and the Eastern Suburbs together are said to have the best public transport in Sydney, as Ashfield is serviced by both bus (with many feeder bus routes to the railway station), and by rail. Ashfield is located close to Liverpool Road and Parramatta Road, and so is well served by road. Unfortunately Liverpool Road is often congested as it passes through Ashfield. LOCAL LANDMARKS
POLITICS Local political issues include:
EDUCATION High schools in Ashfield include:
RELIGION Places of worship in Ashfield include:
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