Fairfield East, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Fairfield East
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption = shops in Tangerine Street
lga = City of Fairfield
postcode = 2165
est = 1876
pop = 4500 (2006)
area =
propval =
stategov = Fairfield
fedgov = Blaxland
near-nw = Fairfield
near-n = Yennora
near-ne = Old Guildford
near-w = Fairfield
near-e = Villawood
near-sw = Fairfield
near-s = Villawood
near-se = Villawood
dist1 = 28
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD

Fairfield East is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fairfield East is located 28 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. Fairfield East is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Fairfield East shares the postcode of 2165 with the separate suburbs of Fairfield, Fairfield Heights and Fairfield West.

History

Fairfield East gets its name from its neighbour Fairfield which in turn was named after the family estate of Captain John Horsley, an early settler. Prior to colonisation, the Cabrogal clan of the Dharug people inhabited the area around what is now known as Fairfield East. British settlers moved into the area in the early 1800s and used the land for farming. [cite web | url= http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=5158&iNavCatID=3&iSubCatID=51 | title=Fairfield | publisher=Fairfield City Council | accessdate=2008-08-29 ]

By the 1870s, the area now known as Fairfield East was part of two large properties: "Orchardleigh" in the north which extended towards Guildford and "Mark Lodge" in the south which also included Villawood, Carramar and parts of the Fairfield town centre. [cite web | url= http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=5156&iNavCatID=3&iSubCatID=51| title=Fairfield East | publisher=Fairfield City Council | accessdate=2008-08-29 ]

In 1876, "Orchardleigh" was subdivided for housing and when "Mark Lodge" followed suit in 1885, the area completed its transformation from farmland to suburbia. The name Mark Lodge was still used in the area for some time after although by the 1950s it had officially become Fairfield East.

Population

According to the 2006 Australian Census, Fairfield East had a population of 4475 people, including a substantial Vietnamese community with 18% of residents born in Vietnam and 23% speaking Vietnamese. Almost a quarter of the population were Buddhists, just behind Catholicism as the leading religion in the suburb. The most common occupations were labourers (18%), technicians and tradespeople (18%) and machinery operators and drivers (16%).Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC11379 |name=Fairfield East (State Suburb)|accessdate=2008-08-29 |quick=on]

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