| Ashmont Wagga Wagga, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Ashmont Mall | |||||||||||||||
  Ashmont | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 35°7′37.66″S 147°19′55.48″E / 35.1271278°S 147.3320778°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,828 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2650 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Wagga Wagga | ||||||||||||||
| County | Wynyard | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | South Wagga Wagga | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Wagga Wagga | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Riverina | ||||||||||||||
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Ashmont, known originally as "J.J. Salmon's Estate" is a south-western suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is named after the Salmon family's original homestead that was located where the suburb now stands.
Ashmont was first urbanised in the late 1950s, and during the 1970s large areas were developed by the then State Housing Commission (now known as Housing NSW).[2] As of 2019, 21% of dwellings in Ashmont are owned by a federal or state housing authority.[3] The suburb has a high rate of social disadvantage and crime, with crime rates significantly higher compared to state-wide averages.[4]
A small shopping centre, the New South Wales State Emergency Service Murrumbidgee Region and New South Wales Rural Fire Service Riverina Zone Headquarters are located within the suburb.
The Carmelite Monastery, a community of monastic, contemplative nuns, is situated on Morsehead Street.[5]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ashmont (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ Morris, S (1999). Wagga Wagga, a history. Bobby Graham Publishers, Wagga Wagga. ISBN 1-875247-12-2
- ^ "Public Housing Heat Map".
- ^ "Is Ashmont Wagga's Struggle Street?". Daily Advertiser. Wagga Wagga. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Carmelite Monastery Wagga Wagga". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
