The suburb is planned on a north-south residential/commercial strip and the east west streets that adjoin it, making a rectangular pattern.

Cringila Community Park is a 78 ha site purchased by Wollongong City Council after residents defeated a proposal by BHP to use the land as a dump for industrial waste.

This led to an influx of ethnic groups, primarily Macedonian, Portuguese, Turks and Lebanese.

They play their local games at their home ground at John Crehan Park, Merrett Avenue, Cringila.

Cringila Lions have a strong rivalry with Wollongong United also backed heavily by the Macedonian community.