Arnold
CibbuanoHaberfield, NSW
December 25th 2006 04:16
Just 6 km west of the Sydney CBD, the beautifully preserved suburb of Haberfield boasts of Australia’s finest genuine Federation houses and streetscapes. Haberfield is a big city rarity - a suburb with no through traffic, industry or high rise development. Yet it retains a vibrant lifestyle within the sight of Sydney Harbour and the city skyline. Haberfield is a planned garden suburb, and the first complete suburb to be registered as a Conservation Area. This means that all new buildings, or external alterations to existing buildings, must be in keeping with the character of the suburb.
Haberfield, NSW (postcode: 2045)
Housing Results: (over last 12 months)
Median House Price: $1,110,000
Change: 14.3%
Median Apartment Price: NA
Change: NA
Statistics:
Local population: 6,797
Australian born: 64%
Greatest age demographic: 20-39 years (26%)
Typical resident: Married, of Catholic denomination, living in a freestanding house, employed as a business professional in fully owned accommodation.
Haberfield was established as an estate in 1901, the year of Australia's Federation. It was built following the overseas Garden Estate movement, which was a reaction to closer, 'insanitary' settlements of the earlier suburbs. When establishing the estate, Richard Stanton used the slogan "Slum-less. Lane-less. Pub-less." This indicated that he was designing a 'genteel', residential suburb of free standing brick houses which did not need back lanes because every house was sewered.
Each house in Haberfield was an architect-designed 'detached' double-brick house i.e no terraces, on its own block of land of typically, 50' x 150' (15 m x 45 m). More than 700 of the houses were designed by the same architect, J. Spencer-Stansfield. No two houses are alike, although there are many common themes throughout the suburb. The roofs were either slate or the distinctive orange, unglazed Marseilles tiles. All had front verandahs although some have since been converted into extra rooms. Many feature ornate timber details, leadlight windows and distinctive tile patterns on verandahs and in bathrooms.
Haberfield, NSW (postcode: 2045)
Housing Results: (over last 12 months)
Median House Price: $1,110,000
Change: 14.3%
Median Apartment Price: NA
Change: NA
Statistics:
Local population: 6,797
Australian born: 64%
Greatest age demographic: 20-39 years (26%)
Typical resident: Married, of Catholic denomination, living in a freestanding house, employed as a business professional in fully owned accommodation.
Haberfield was established as an estate in 1901, the year of Australia's Federation. It was built following the overseas Garden Estate movement, which was a reaction to closer, 'insanitary' settlements of the earlier suburbs. When establishing the estate, Richard Stanton used the slogan "Slum-less. Lane-less. Pub-less." This indicated that he was designing a 'genteel', residential suburb of free standing brick houses which did not need back lanes because every house was sewered.
Each house in Haberfield was an architect-designed 'detached' double-brick house i.e no terraces, on its own block of land of typically, 50' x 150' (15 m x 45 m). More than 700 of the houses were designed by the same architect, J. Spencer-Stansfield. No two houses are alike, although there are many common themes throughout the suburb. The roofs were either slate or the distinctive orange, unglazed Marseilles tiles. All had front verandahs although some have since been converted into extra rooms. Many feature ornate timber details, leadlight windows and distinctive tile patterns on verandahs and in bathrooms.
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