Electrician in Paddington

Paddington, Sydney

Paddington is a suburb in inner-city eastern Sydney, and famous both locally and internationally for its arts and culture scene. The main stretch through Paddington is Oxford st which contains the local hub of retail and commercial enterprises in the area. Paddington is mostly a residentual area though and as of the 2011 census, Paddington had a population of 12,134, and its postcode is 2021.

There are weekly Paddington Markets which are held in the iconic grounds of the Paddington Uniting Church and Paddington Primary Public School. The markets bring in around 250 stalls each saturday and sell local contemporary art, craft, and fashion, many up and coming designers use these markets as a way of testing their product.

In the first half of the 20^th century, Paddington was a working-class suburb often described as a slum and an undesirable area; however, since the 1960s Paddington has undergone gentrification and has become a fashionable area to aspire to. This is arguably due to the art and culture movements of the sixties.

Paddington has a great deal of Federation and Victorian architecture, including the beautiful Town Hall, Victoria Barracks, and the Paddington Public School.

Paddington was originally inhabited by the Cadigal people of the Eora nation, who used what is now Oxford Street as a walking track to access South Head.