User:GarrieIrons/Blackett, New South Wales

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Blackett

LGA:

Blacktown

Postcode:

2770

Population:

2,489 (2001 census)

Median property value:

$240,000 (2005)

Location:

Sydney, NSW

Suburbs near Blackett
Shalvey	Shalvey	Uninhabited land owned by Air Services Australia
Bidwill and Lethbridge Park	Blackett	Oakhurst
Emerton	Dharruk	Hebersham

Blackett is a mainly residential suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The suburb takes its name from George Forster Blackett, Superintendent of the Government Cattle Station at Rooty Hill, 1820-1830.

Blackett is primarily a residential suburb with very limited commercial activity. It is quite close to the suburbs of Mount Druitt and St Marys, which most residents would be considered to be more commercial areas (having shopping centres, banking facilities and railway stations).

Generally, residents would say they live in Mount Druitt.

1 Residents
2 Housing
3 Transport
4 Attractions
5 Politics
6 Notes
7 References
8 See also
9 External links

[edit] Residents

In the 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing, the population of the Blackett postcode area was 2,489 people . The population was 50.8% females, 49.2?% males. 30% of the population was born overseas (see chart for a breakdown of ancestry).

The five strongest religious affiliations in the area were in descending order: Catholic, Anglican, No religion, Islam and Presbyterian and Reformed.^[1]

[edit] Housing

Housing is very heavily dominated by public housing built throughout the 1960's and 1970's, with large numbers of freestanding fibro houses and extensive terrace-style complexes . The houses are gradually transferring to private ownership and as this continues these government-built premises are being replaced with privately built, modern homes, similar to those being built in other areas of Sydney^{[citation needed]} .

The three most common forms of dwelling were in decreasing order: a separate house; a semi-detached, row or terrace house, or townhouse; a flat, unit or apartment.^[2]

[edit] Transport

Road bridge on the cycleway passing Blackett Primary School, showing artwork undertaken by local Pacific Island youth groups.

In the 2001 census, for people travelling to work using just one method of transportation from this postcode, 71 %travelled in a car as the driver,

14% travelled in a car as passenger,

6% took the train,

4% travelled by truck,

2% walked,

2% took the bus,

and 1% travelled by bicycle. ^[2]

By road Blackett is adjacent to the Westlink M7 motorway which can provide very easy access to the Great Western Highway and the M4 Motorway, providing road access to the western sections of the city and eastward to the Sydney CBD. This suburb is linked by several private bus companies to the train stations located at Mount Druitt and St Marys.

Cycleways running through Blackett run from Poppondetta Park all the way to Mt Druitt and the M7 cycleway, which in turn connects to the cycleways on the M4 and M2 Motorways.

[edit] Attractions

Blackett Primary School (founded in 1971) and Niland Special School are both public schools in the suburb.

[edit] Politics

State Elections ^[1]
	Labor	71.58%
	Greens	2.63%
	Liberal	13.16%
	Christian Democratic Party	5.00%
	Democrats	1.32%
	Unity Party	1.32%
	AAFI	2.37%
	Save Our Schools	2.63

Federal Elections ^[2]
	Labor	64.65%
	Liberal	21.32%
	Greens	4.91%
	Pauline Hanson's One Nation (NSW Division)	3.96%
	Family First	1.95%
	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	1.89%
	Independent (Graham Rand)	0.25%
	Independent (Wayne Hyland)	1.07%

For federal elections, Blackett is in the safe Labor electoral division of Chifley. This seat is currently held by Roger Price, of the Australian Labor Party, and he was last re-elected in the 2004 elections. The seat has been held continuously by the Australian Labor Party since it was proclaimed in 1984

For NSW state elections, Blackett is in the Electoral district of Mount Druitt. This seat is currently held by Richard Amery, of the Australian Labor Party. It has been held by a Labor candidate since it was proclaimed in 1971.