Pyrmont Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°52′30″S 151°11′47″E / 33.87497°S 151.19635°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 12,658 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2009 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1 km2 (0.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 2 km (1 mi) west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Sydney | ||||||||||||||
Parish | St Andrew | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Sydney | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Sydney | ||||||||||||||
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Pyrmont (/pɪərmɒnt/) is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 2 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney. It is also part of the Darling Harbour region.
Aboriginal culture Before European settlement the Eora tribe of Indigenous Australians inhabited the area. Their Aboriginal name for this area was 'Pirrama', which is still the name of a road on the Pyrmont waterfront.
Pyrmont was once a vital component of Sydney's industrial waterfront, with wharves, shipbuilding yards, factories and woolstores. As industry moved out, the population and the area declined. In recent years it has experienced redevelopment with an influx of residents and office workers.