Chippendale is located between Broadway to the north and Cleveland Street to the south, Central railway station to the east and the University of Sydney to the west.

The eastern side of Chippendale, being adjacent to the CBD, has a greater mix use than other parts of the suburb.

Chippendale is currently a suburb under study, examining the problems of the urban heat island effect.

The road network, which constitute over 23 percent of the suburb's land area, measured over 34 °C (93 °F) on average.

[7] The University of Notre Dame Australia sits along the northern border with campus buildings scattered through the suburb.

The Sydney campus of Curtin University is located at the eastern edge of Chippendale on Regent Street.

Artist residencies were offered with the cooperation of Frasers during the construction of Central Park and Chippendale houses a lively creative community.

[9] The 2016 census continued to show that the majority of people in Chippendale were attending an educational institution (58.2%).