| Tempe Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Cooks River at Tempe | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 3,550 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2044 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 9 km (6 mi) S of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Inner West Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Heffron | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barton | ||||||||||||||
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Tempe (/tɛmpiː/ tem-PEE;) is a suburb in the Inner West[2] of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tempe is located 9 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Inner West Council.
Tempe sits on the northern bank of the Cooks River and is separated from Sydney Airport by the Alexandra Canal, also known as Sheas Creek. The Wolli Creek waterway also empties into the Cooks River.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tempe (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Suburb Guide: Sydney Inner West Archived 26 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 7 August 2013.
