Chisholm NSW, 2323
Chisholm Real Estate: Suburb Profile
Does Chisholm, NSW 2323 real estate interest you? It's an excellent first step to establish if the suburb is a serious contender for your next home. The Homes.com.au suburb profile provides information on Chisholm property prices, market trends & demographics so we can help you justify the price for your future purchase.
If you are making a move to Chisholm, have a little read of our history lesson to discover more about the fantastic lifestyle and what makes this suburb so great.
Overview Chisholm is an eastern suburb of Maitland, a prominent New South Wales urban centre in the Lower Hunter Valley. The place is 7 km from the Maitland CBD, while Newcastle is 23 km south of it. Sydney is about 160 km from Chisholm, which had about 1,500 residents in 2016. The suburb is positioned on a ridge escaping the Hunter River floods that were frequent in the surrounding plains in the past.
Living in Chisholm Chisholm is an excellent suburb for families. Due to its ridge-side location, it is mostly immune from the flood that the Hunter River brings. The suburb has several schools, daycares, shopping centres and specialty shops. Thornton, located to its south, complements with more facilities. Bus transport in Chisholm is conveniently available, making Maitland, Metford station and Thornton station easily accessible.
History of Chisholm The suburb is named after Caroline Chisholm, a 19th-century humanitarian who helped thousands of migrants to get homes and jobs in Australia during her three-decade work. The Wonnarua people were original owners of land in Chisholm. Around 1816, the European convicts arrived in the area to work in timber logging. A few years later, convicts got land to settle. As Maitland gradually became a prosperous centre of trade in the Hunter Valley, Chisholm too grew.
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