Randwick is a suburb in the City of Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 6 kilometers south-east of the Sydney central business district and borders Kingsford to the north and Kensington to the east.
This Suburb has many amenities that make it an ideal location for people to live or visit. They include Randwick Racecourse which hosts some of Australia’s most famous horse racing events such as The Golden Slipper Stakes (the world’s richest race) and The Metropolitan Cup. Additionally, there are many great schools nearby including Prince Alfred College, Randwick Public School, and Randwick Girls High School.
One thing to note about this suburb is that it is one of Sydney’s most affluent suburbs in terms of income levels. Randwick has been home to many prominent Australian families, including the Fairfax family who owns “The Sydney Morning Herald” newspaper, the Packer family that founded “Packer’s Supermarkets” and many other smaller companies.
In Randwick, you will find many different types of restaurants to suit your taste as well as cafes and bakeries where you can grab a morning coffee on your daily commute. There are also many specialty shops dotted throughout Randwick where you can purchase that perfect present for someone back home.
Randwick is also very bike-friendly, with many cycleways and bicycle lanes to get around the suburb easily as well as a train station just two minutes from Randwick Mall which makes it easy to travel into Sydney’s CBD in less than 30 minutes.