Greenfield Park, New South Wales

Greenfield Park, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Greenfield Park
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption =
lga = City of Fairfield
postcode = 2176
est =
pop =
area =
propval =
stategov = Smithfield
fedgov = Fowler
near-nw = Bossley Park
near-n = Bossley Park
near-ne = Prairiewood
near-w = Edensor Park
near-e = Wakeley
near-sw = Edensor Park
near-s = Bonnyrigg
near-se = St Johns Park
dist1 = 36
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD

Greenfield Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Greenfield Park is located 36 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. Greenfield Park is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

History

Aboriginal people from the Cabrogal tribe, a sub-group of the Gandangara tribe, have lived in the Fairfield area for over 30 000 years. European settlement began in the Fairfield area in the early 1800’s. Greenfield Park was named after a major road that cuts through the Council Ward of St Johns. It officially became a suburb on 3rd August 1979. [Whitlam Library, Local Studies Collection, Cabramatta]

Churches

Greenfield Park is home to St Hurmizd Cathedral, Australia's largest Assyrian church. [ [http://www.assyrianchurch.com.au/ Assyrian Church of the East - Home ] ]

Commercial Area

Greenfield Park is home to a local shopping centre.

chools

Greenfield Park is home to St. Johns Park High School, and St Hurmizd Assyrian Primary School. [ [http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=506&iNavCatID=3&iSubCatID=51 Fairfield City Council ] ]

Population

In 2001, Greenfield Park had a population of 5,386 residents.DemographicsGreenfield Park has many non-english speaking residents, with over half its residents being born overseas in a non-english speaking country. Greenfield Park has a very significant amount of Middle-Eastern and European (especially Croatian) people as residents. Also, there is a strong South-east Asian presence in Greenfield Park, with 12.5% of residents being able to speak Vietnamese. [http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/upload/nocne65915/language_greenfield_park.pdf]

67% of the residents of Greenfield Park are Christian

Transport

The T-way bus route opened in 2003 and passes through Greenfield Park. Also, a number of Westbus buses pass through Greenfield Park, or directly surrounding it.

References

External links


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