[5] The municipality was abolished upon merger into the City of Sydney in 1949, along with Darlington, Erskineville, Newtown, Redfern, Waterloo, Paddington and The Glebe.

Services operated from Circular Quay in a route similar to the Botany line as far as the Henderson Road junction.

The most common other countries of birth were England 5.1%, New Zealand 3.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.6%, the United States 1.4% and Indonesia 1.2%.

Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.1%, Spanish 2.0%, Cantonese 1.9%, Portuguese 1.0% and Indonesian 1.0%.

[9] 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.

[11] 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.

Alexandria is serviced by Transdev John Holland routes to the Sydney central business district.

Erskineville Oval is the home ground of the Alexandria Rovers junior rugby league team.