| Prairiewood Sydney, New South Wales |
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Fairfield Showground, Prairiewood |
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| Postcode: | 2176 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 34 km (21 mi) west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Fairfield | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Smithfield | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McMahon, Fowler | ||||||||||||
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Prairiewood is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Prairiewood is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
Prairiewood is primarily a residential suburb that is also home to a golf course, Fairfield Showground, schools, a leisure centre and a major shopping centre.
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Prairiewood was once a part of Wetherill Park. The area was subdivided and developed in the 1970s as Prariewood Estate. It later became a suburb and took on the name of the estate. [1]
Stockland Wetherill Park is a major shopping centre that is actually located in the north-western corner of Prairiewood. Fairfield Hospital moved to Prairiewood in 1988 from its original location in Fairfield.
Fairfield Golf Course is an 18 hole course. Fairfield Showground is home to many cultural celebrations and the Fairfield Markets, which are a common attraction every Saturday morning.
According to the 2006 census, Prairiewood had a population of 2,867. It has a multicultural community with the most common languages spoken after English being Assyrian (9.5%), Vietnamese (9.3%), Italian (7.4%), Spanish (6.9%) and Arabic (6.3%).