Hill Public School situated on Elswick Street, is an infants only school with 60 students and recently published its own cook book. Churches All Saints Anglican Church, Petersham. Petersham Assembly of God, on Audley Street. Metropolitan Community Church, Sydney (a church with an outreach to the LGBTQI+ community but open to all). Thai Church: "House of Faith" at Petersham Assembly of God. Nova Alianca (Portuguese-speaking) at Petersham Assembly of God. Architecture Petersham's houses are predominantly terrace houses, similar to those of Summer Hill and Stanmore on the north side of the railway station near Parramatta Road. Demographics According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 8,116 people in Petersham. 62.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 2.5%, Portugal 1.9%, China 1.5% and Italy 1.3%. 69.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Portuguese 2.9%, Greek 2.6%, Spanish 1.9%, Italian 1.9% and Mandarin 1.8%. The most common responses for religion in the 2016 Census were No Religion, 43.5%, Catholic 21.7%, Not stated 12.5%, Anglican 7.0% and Eastern Orthodox 3.8%. Notable residents Keith Chisholm MC DFM (1918–1991) was born in Petersham Percy Hordern (1864–1926) Alderman and Mayor of Petersham Council and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council Alick Kay, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Culture Local events include the annual Audley Street festival (Bairro Português), which is a celebration of the suburb's Portuguese ties. Petersham is also home to the Petersham Bowling Club and Petersham RSL Club. References External links Crash of a Mosquito over suburbs of Sydney on 2 May 1945 Includes eyewitness accounts by children at the school. Suburbs of Sydney Inner West Portuguese-Australian culture