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Introduction
Sydney’s west is a metropolitan area of some 9,000 square kilometres and is home to over 2 million people.
With a gross regional product of over $90 billion per annum, the region is the third largest in Australia and is the fastest growing residential metropolis in the country.
Originally founded upon the area’s manufacturing and wholesaling sectors, the economy is moving rapidly by into the services industries particularly, retail, scientific and medical research, creative arts and technology.
The area has been a magnet for qualified and entrepreneurial immigrants and the precinct is the most culturally diverse in the country.
Transportation and accessWestern Sydney has been the beneficiary of a significant government investment in roads and infrastructure, the result of which is that the metropolis is within easy and affordable access within each of the precincts, to the rest of Sydney and regional New South Wales.
The area is well serviced with public transport and the road network provides for all the needs of personal and private vehicle drivers.VisionThis is a metropolis with a vision, well funded and administered infrastructure and a population committed to an energetic lifestyle; amplified in the precinct briefs which are presented opposite and below.
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Population: 160,000
Area: 247 km2
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Area: 72 square Kilometres
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Population: 162,000
Area: 111 km2
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Sydney’s West PrecinctsBlacktownHistory
• Pre 1778: Area inhabited by different groups of the Darug people.
• 1791: First white settlers arrive
• 1823: Native institution (Aboriginal School) established with an access road colloquially termed, at the time, ‘Black Town’ Road.
• 1862: Black Town Road Station was developed in early 1860’s and the name shortened to ‘Blacktown’.
• 1930: The Blacktown shire was established.
Travel Times
Car travel times to and from Blacktown
Residents
• Population: 336,962
• Median age: 33 years
• Average income per person : $50,000
• Density: 1360 people / sq. Kilometer
Religions
Languages
Housing
3 bed house 3 bed apartment 2 bed apartment 1 bed apartment Median price $720 000 $580 000 470 000 Median rent/week $420 $440 $400 $300 Schools
Primary High Combined Government 77 1 0 Independent 11 29 0 Catholic 26 14 0 TOTAL 114 44 0 CamdenHistory
• Pre-1780: Camden lies at the northern edge of land traditionally belonging to the Gandangara people of the Southern Highlands who called it Benkennie meaning ‘dry land’.
• 1840: The first lots of land in the new town of Camden were sold by John Macarthur’s children from the land granted to him by Secretary for War and Colonies Lord Camden, after whom the area was named.
• 1882 : Railway line connecting Camden with Campbelltown and Sydney constructed.
Travel Times
Car travel times to and from Camden
Residents
• Population: 80,000
• Average income per person : $48,000
• Median age: $32 years
• Population density: 389/km2
Languages
Religions
Housing
3 bed house 3 bed apartment 2 bed apartment 1 bed apartment Median price $719 000 $410 000 Median rent/week $430 $400 Schools
Primary High Combined Government 16 5 0 Independent 0 0 4 Catholic 4 3 0 TOTAL 20 8 4 CampbelltownHistory
Campbelltown was founded in 1820 by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and named after his wife Elizabeth, whose maiden name was Campbell.
The original inhabitants of the land were the Dharawal Aboriginal people and today, Campbelltown still has one of the largest populations of people identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in NSW.
The city is located 53 kilometres southwest of Sydney and covers an area of 312 square kilometres
Find out more: https://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/AboutCampbelltown/History
Travel Times
Car travel times to and from Campbelltown
Residents
• Population: 162,000
• Median age: 33 years
• Average income per person : $48,000
• Density: 510 people / sq. kilometres
Languages
Religions
Housing
3 bed house 3 bed apartment 2 bed apartment 1 bed apartment Median price $620 000 $566 000 $468 000 $403 000 Median rent/week $400 $470 $400 $320 Schools
Primary High Combined Government 36 12 0 Independent 2 0 4 Catholic 6 5 0 TOTAL 44 17 4 Canterbury/BankstownHistory
• Pre 1789: The original inhabitants of Canterbury and Bankstown were the Gweagal, Bidjigal, (also known as Bediagal) and a small portion of the Darug people.
• 1793: Rev Richard Johnson, a chaplain aboard the First Fleet, was the first to receive a land grant of 40 hectares in what is now known as the ‘Canterbury-Bankstown region’. The land was located in the Ashbury- Hurlstone Park area. He named his estate ‘Canterbury Vale’, presumably after the See of Canterbury in England.
Bankstown City was named in honour of Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist.
• 1908: The first ambulance to service in the area.
• 1929: Canterbury District Memorial Hospital opened.
Travel Times
Car travel times to and from Canterbury / Bankstown
Residents
• Population: 361,600
• Median age: 34 years
• Average income per person : $44,000
• Population density: 3,286/ sq. Kilometer
Languages
Religions
Housing
3 bed house 3 bed apartment 2 bed apartment 1 bed apartment Median price $963 000 $963 000 500 000 Median rent/week $520 $520 $430 Schools
Primary High Combined Government 121 43 0 Independent 7 1 25 Catholic 48 14 3 TOTAL 176 58 28 CumberlandHistory
Original inhabitants:
Darug aboriginal people used the Auburn area as a market place for the exchange of goods, a site for ritual battles and a ‘Law Place’ for ceremonies.The area was located on the border between the Darug inland group and the Eora/Dharawal coastal group. The Wangal and Wategoro, sub-groups or clans, are the groups most often recognised as the original inhabitants of the Auburn/Homebush Bay region.
• 1793: Auburn area established as the first free-agricultural settlement.
• 1948: Formal Auburn Local Government Area formed.
Travel Times
Car travel times to and from Cumberland
Residents
• Population: 226,000
• Median age: 32 years
• Average income per person: $43,000
• Population Density: 3000 people / sq. kilometer
Languages
Religions
Housing
3 bed house 3 bed apartment 2 bed apartment 1 bed apartment Median price $935 000 $647 000 500 000 438 000 Median rent/week $430 $555 $425 $330 Schools
Primary High Combined Government 119 43 0 Independent 6 2 23 Catholic 49 17 3 TOTAL 174 62 26 FairfieldHistory
• Pre-1780: For some 30,000 years aboriginal people from the Cabrogal-Gandangara clan have lived in the area.
• 1807: Gabriel Louis Marie Huon de Kerrileau, a soldier in the NSW Corps arrived in the colony, having fled France during the revolution. He received a grant of 100 acres (40 ha) in the centre of Fairfield, which he named Castel Paul.
• 1856: The town was formally established.
• By 1979, the population had reached 120,000.
During the 1980s the war between Iraq and Iran, led to a number of Assyrians settling in Fairfield, making it the most popular settlement for Assyrian immigrants and refugees.
Travel Time
Car travel times to and from Fairfield
Residents
• Population: 185,000
• Density: 4,110/km2
• Average income per person : $50,000
Languages
Religions
Housing
3 bed house 3 bed apartment 2 bed apartment 1 bed apartment Median price $740 000 $525 000 $415 000 $325 000 Median rent/week $480 $450 $380 $352 Schools
Primary High Combined Government 108 38 0 Independent 1 2 18 Catholic 34 12 18 TOTAL 143 52 36 LiverpoolHistory
• 1810: Founded as an agricultural centre by Governor Lachlan Macquarie.
• He named it after Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, who was then the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
• 1872: Established as municipal district.
• 2004:University of Western Sydney medical school opened in the city.
• 2017: University of Wollongong opened its Liverpool campus.
Travel Time
Car travel times to and from Liverpool
Residents
• Population: 212,000
• Average income per person : $48,000
• Median age: 33 years
• Population Density: 4300/ sq. Kilometer
Languages
Religions
Housing
3 bed house 3 bed apartment 2 bed apartment 1 bed apartment Median price $780 000 $594 000 $440 000 $420 000 Median rent/week $460 $495 $400 $370 Schools
Primary High Combined Government 86 37 0 Independent 2 9 12 Catholic 22 14 1 TOTAL 110 60 13 ParramattaHistory
• Pre-1780: Human activity occurred in Parramatta from around 30,000 years ago.
The original inhabitants of the Parramatta area were the Darug aboriginal people.• 1788: The settlement was given the name ‘Rose Hill’, named after George Rose (Secretary for the British Treasury).
• 1791: Name changed to Parramatta approximating the term used by the local aboriginal people (see below).
• 1814: Governor Macquarie opened a school for aboriginal children at Parramatta as part of a policy of improving relations between aboriginal and european communities. This school was later relocated to “Black Town”.
• Named after: The Darug people called the area Baramada or Burramatta (‘Parramatta’) which means “head of waters – the place where the eels lie down”.
Travel Times
Car travel times to and from Parramatta
Residents
• Population: 234,000
• Average income per person : $51,000
• Median age: 34 years
• Density: 28/km2
Languages
Religions
Housing
3 bed house 3 bed apartment 2 bed apartment 1 bed apartment Median price $1 250 000 $770 000 $645 000 $520 500 Median rent/week $530 $570 $480 $450 Schools
Primary High Combined Government 102 10 Independent 2 2 Catholic 38 6 TOTAL 142 18 PenrithHistory
• Pre-1780: The Penrith area was home to the Mulgoa tribe of the Darug people. They lived in makeshift huts called gunyahs, hunted native animals such as kangaroos, fished in the Nepean River, and gathered local fruits and vegetables such as yams. They lived under an elaborate system of Law which had its origins in the Dreamtime.
• 1789: First explorers and settlers arrived.
• 1804: Settlers officially granted land.
• 1815: City established.
• Potentially named after Penrith in Cumbria by someone who knew the old town and who noted geographical similarities. By 1819, the name Penrith was in use with its first reference in the Sydney Gazette on 8 December1821 appointing John Proctor as keeper of the new gaol and court house.
Travel Times
Car travel times to and from Penrith
Residents
• Population: 200,000
• Average income per person : $50722
• Median age: 34 years
• Density: 404/km2
Languages
Religions
Housing
3 bed house 3 bed apartment 2 bed apartment 1 bed apartment Median price $670 000 $550 000 $407 000 $347 500 Median rent/week $420 $400 $350 $330 Schools
Primary High Combined Government 42 13 0 Independent 0 0 8 Catholic 10 3 1 TOTAL 52 16 9 The HillsHistory
• 40 000 BCE populated by the ancestors of the Durag aboriginal people.
• 1791: First colonial settlers arrived.
• 1906: Administratively established.
Travel Times
Car travel times to and from The Hills
Residents
• 160 000 people
• 386 sq. kilometers
• 486 people/km2
• Average age: 37 years
• Average income per person: $56000 per annum
Languages
Religions
Housing
3 bed house 3 bed apartment 2 bed apartment 1 bed apartment Median price $1 340 000 $988 000 $841 000 Median rent/week $600 $595 $550 $415 Schools
Primary High Combined Government 42 13 0 Independent 0 0 3 Catholic 10 3 1 TOTAL 52 16 9