sunlover

On top of what other posters have said plus the air traffic is noisy with Five Dock being on the flight path. The locals are friendly. Not that much gentrification that I can see. Some streets have a high turnover of tenants in the apartment blocks. If you can get closer to Canada Bay even better. Lots of young families. Has a library, parks, supermarket etc. Bordered by Parramatta Rd & Lyons Rd & lots of schools makes it difficult to get around during peak hours, but that's Sydney. If you like a busy suburban/urban feel it's one of the better choices around that's a quickish commute to the city.

We've had plants and shoes stolen from our front porch 3 times. It's a busy street with traffic including buses, trucks and rev-heads using it shortcut to Earlwood and to by-pass Canterbury and Bexley Rd. There is some aircraft noise that starts about 6am. I've lived here for 2 years and have a young family and found that Earlwood isn't very neighbourly unless you buy something in a shop or you speak Greek, people will say hello sometimes, it might be language barrier. The people are quite cliquey generally. The local Coles is ok but customer service and hygiene are hit and miss. Still it's in a good location to the city and inner west areas. I wouldn't rush out and move here, there's better suburbs nearby like Ashbury, Hurlstone Park and even Kingsgrove. Last year there was a sexual assault in a park nearby.