left into Mitchell Road. A turn-back was provided at Ashmore Road (near Erskineville Oval) for short working. The line turned right into the present day Sydney Park Road (then known as an extension of Mitchell Road) before terminating at the junction with the Cook's River line at the Princes Highway near St Peters railway station. Services operated from Circular Quay in a route similar to the Botany line as far as the Henderson Road junction. The line was closed in 1959. Transit Systems route 308 generally follows the route as far as St Peters station. Heritage listings Alexandria has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Alexandra Canal 39 Brandling Street: Enginemans Resthouse 16-22 Retreat Street: Yiu Ming Temple Demographics At the 2021 census, there were 9,649 people living in Alexandria. At the , Alexandria had a population of 8,262. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population. The most common ancestries in Alexandria were English 22.6%, Australian 17.5%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 6.9% and Chinese 5.8%. 59.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were England 5.4%, New Zealand 3.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.6%, Ireland 1.3% and the United States 1.0%. 72.1% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.7%, Cantonese 1.7%, Spanish 1.6%, French 1.3% and Italian, 1.0%. The most common responses for religion in Alexandria were No Religion 49.6%, Catholic 18.3%, Anglican 5.8% and Buddhism 2.8%. 61.3% of residences were flats and 34.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. Commercial area Alexandria is a largely industrial suburb with medium to high density residential areas. The suburb was once mostly terraced housing, that was demolished for light industrial use and warehousing which continues to this day. Pockets of quiet residential areas remain along the northern boundary of the suburb, adjoining Erskineville and Waterloo. Virgin Atlantic has its Australia offices on Level 3 Eastside in the Sydney Corporate Park in Alexandria. Green Square Alexandria is part of the Green Square district, in the north east of the suburb, which is undergoing gentrification. This involves an urban renewal project that is constructing modern retail, business and medium-high density residential developments. South Sydney Markets Established in September 2009, its main purpose was to meet the community demand for local markets, providing fine produce and a venue for local handmade crafts. The children's