Cecil Park, New South Wales

Cecil Park
Sydney, New South Wales
Population: 600 (2001)
Postcode: 2178
Location: 40 km (25 mi) west of Sydney
LGA:
State District: Smithfield
Federal Division: Fowler, McMahon
Suburbs around Cecil Park:
Mount Vernon Horsley Park Abbotsbury
Kemps Creek Cecil Park Cecil Hills
Austral West Hoxton Middleton Grange

Cecil Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cecil Park is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

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History

Cecil Park was originally home to the Cabrogal people who occupied much of the greater Fairfield area. When European exploration of the area began in the early 19th century, a nearby range was named Cecil Hills and this in turn inspired the name Cecil Park. The first white settler in Cecil Park was Simeon Lord.[1]

Demographics

At the 2006 Australian census, Cecil Park had a population of 639 which included a significant Italian community. Nine percent of the population was born in Italy and 18% spoke Italian at home. A clear majority of the suburb (62%) professed to be Catholics. There was a higher than average number of couples with children (65%) and the average age of the suburb's residents (34) was slightly younger than the national average.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Cecil Park". Fairfield City Council. http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=499&iNavCatID=3&iSubCatID=51. Retrieved 2008-06-27. 
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Cecil Park(State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC16695&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-06-27. 

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Suburbs and localities within the City of Fairfield | South-western Sydney | Sydney
Suburbs and localities within the City of Liverpool | South-western Sydney | Sydney