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Lugarno is a suburb in southern Sydney. It is in New South Wales, Australia. Lugarno’s postcode is 2210 and it is about 20km away from Sydney city. Lugarno is in the St George Area and belongs to the Georges River Council. Lugarno lies on the north side of Georges River and has large areas of bushland. Nearby suburbs to Lugarno include Peakhurst, Peakhurst Heights, Padstow Heights, Alfords Point, Illawong and Oatley.
According to the 2011 census Lugarno’s population was 5,551 with an average age of 43 years comprised of 50.9% females and 49.1% males. Approximately 77% of people living in Lugarno are Australian born, whilst the remaining residents were born in England, China, Greece, New Zealand, Eygpt, Italy and others.
Lugarno is known for it’s beautiful bushland, Georges River National Park, CF Williams Reserve and HV Evatt Park. It is also nearby to Georges River, Salt Pan Creek, Soily Bottom Point, Gertrude Point, Edith Bay, Boggywell Creek and Lime Kiln Bay. There are many beautiful walking paths that surround Lugarno. It is also home to Moons Avenue Reserve, Cedar Street Reserve and Taylor’s Reserve.
Lugarno is home to the famous Lugarno Seafood Restaurant which is located on the Georges River bank. It is known for it’s favourite seafood platters and great menu.
Lugarno has a number of churches including, St Stephens Anglican Church, Lugarno-Peakhurst Uniting Church and Church of Samoa Parish of Sydney.
There are two small areas of local shops in Lugarno, one at Chivers Hill and the other at Lime Kiln. These have some hometown feel little cafes, convenience stores, bakeries and more. They also have a newsagency, post office, supermarket, deli, chemist, hairdressers, dry cleaners, dental and medical centre and florist. Lugarno also has a chicken shop, Thai restaurant, Italian restaurant, Chinese take-away and more.
Lugarno was named after a region in Switzerland called Lugano. It is believed that the difference in spelling may have been an error because of the Australian accent and pronunciation of the word. The surveyors Major Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchel (1792-1855) and William Govett (1807-1848) were responsible for naming the suburb and the ‘r’ in Lugarno was added to Lugano.
The convicts first built the well-known road that runs through Lugarno, Forest Road, in 1841. Forest road ran from Arncliffe and was known as Gannon’s Forest Road. Lugarno does not have it’s own train station, however there are bus services in operation that are run by the Punchbowl Bus Company. The 943 service runs between Lugarno and Hurstville via Penshurst, while the 942 services operates between Lugarno and Campsie via Riverwood, Roselands, Wiley Park, Lakemba and Belmore.
There is only one school in Lugarno, Lugarno Public School.
Gannons Park in Lugarno is the home ground of 2 soccer clubs, Lugarno F.C. and Forest Rangers F.C. Evatt Park is the home ground of the St George Junior Baseball Club, Penshurst RSL Rugby League Club, and the Oatley Rugby Union Club.
