Mascot, New South Wales

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Mascot
Sydney, New South Wales

Botany Road, Mascot

Population:

8,004 (2001 census)

Established:

1911

Postcode:

2020

Area:

9.2 km²

Property Value:

AUD $561,000 (2006)

Location:

7 km from Sydney CBD

LGA:

City of Botany Bay

State District:

Heffron

Federal Division:

Kingsford-Smith

Suburbs around Mascot
Alexandria	Beaconsfield	Rosebery
St Peters	Mascot	Eastlakes
Tempe	Sydney Airport	Botany

Botany Road, Mascot

Mascot Fire Station

Council Chambers

Mascot Memorial Park

Sydney Airport

Mascot is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mascot is located 7km south of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the City of Botany Bay. The postcode is 2020.

Mascot is on the north-west side of Botany Bay and contains the Kingsford Smith International Airport, Sydney's principal airport. Mascot has a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial areas.

1 Residents
2 Politics
3 Transport
4 Schools
5 Emergency Services
6 Sporting Clubs
7 History
8 References
9 External links

[edit] Residents

In the 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing, the population of the Mascot postcode area was 8087 people. 45% of the population was born overseas. The five strongest religious affiliations in the area were in descending order: Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox Christian, No religion and Islam. The three most common forms of dwelling were in decreasing order: a separate house; a flat, unit or apartment; a semi-detached, row or terrace house, or townhouse.

State Elections ^[1]
	Labor	49.6%
	Greens	7.37%
	Liberal	36.14%
	Pauline Hanson's One Nation	1.06%
	Democrats	1.01%
	Independent	3.4%

[edit] Politics

Mascot is in the safe Labor federal electoral division of Kingsford Smith. This seat is currently held by Labor shadow minister Peter Garrett, who was elected in the 2004 general election.

For NSW state elections, Mascot is predominantly in the Electoral district of Heffron. From March 2007, Mascot will come under the Electoral district of Maroubra This seat is currently held by Kristina Keneally, of the Australian Labor Party.

[edit] Transport

Mascot is serviced by the 301, 303, 309, 310, 400 and 410 Sydney bus routes travelling down Botany Road. Also, the 343 and 357 services travel down Gardeners Road and the 305 route departs from Qantas Centre.

The suburb is served by three railway stations on the Airport line and a Freight Rail yard on the Sydenham to Botany Goods Line. Mascot railway station, is located in the residential and business area of the suburb. The International and Domestic railway stations are situated below the respective terminals of the airport.

Recent improvements to Kingsford Smith Airport have resulted in the creation of a bicycle path between Mascot (Coward Street) and the M5 East Freeway at Arncliffe. Other bike paths pass through Mascot to Botany Bay, The University of New South Wales and Sydney CBD.

[edit] Schools

Mascot Public School (Primary) on King Street and JJ Cahill Memorial High School on Sutherland St are the two main schools located in Mascot. Additionally, there is the St Terese's Catholic School (Primary) where Mrs Tough is the coolest teacher, across from JJ Cahill and 2 childcare centres.

[edit] Emergency Services

The Police Headquarters for the local Botany Bay Area Command is on Botany Road and a St John's Ambulance Station is situated directly opposite. Mascot Fire Station is located in Coward Street, beside the City of Botany Bay Council Chambers.

[edit] Sporting Clubs

L'Estrange Park is home to both the Mascot Kings (Soccer) and the Mascot Jets Rugby League teams. Mascot Oval is the venue for the Jets home games.

The Lakes Golf Club is also situated in Mascot. The golf course has hosted many international golf tournaments.

[edit] History

The first land grants were made in 1835 and market gardening was the main land use. Subdivision followed the construction of Botany Road in 1875 and the a municipality was formed in 1888, known as North Botany.

A racecourse operated in this area in 1904 on land that was formely owned by the Australian Golf Club. The race course was known as Ascot, named after the famous counterpart Ascot, Berkshire, in England. Residents wanted an individual identity and a referendum was held in 1911 to choose between Mascot, Boronia and Booralee.

In 1920, Mascot was chosen as the site of a public airfield. Nigel Love leased 200 acres from the Kensington Race club and in 1921 the Commonwealth government purchased 161 acres for this purpose. The first regular flights began in 1924. Cooks River was diverted away from the area in 1947-52 to provide more land for the airport.