| Fairfield Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 An aerial view of Fairfield | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 18,596 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 4,230/km2 (10,950/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1807 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2165 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4.4 km2 (1.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 30 km (19 mi) west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Fairfield | ||||||||||||||
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Fairfield is a suburb of Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Being in the centre of the Cumberland Plain, Fairfield is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative heart of the Fairfield City Council (local government area) – despite a very small portion of it belonging to the Cumberland Council. Fairfield supports a mixture of commercial and residential developments, mostly characterised by medium-density buildings and some new high-rise apartments.
Fairfield is one of the most multicultural and culturally diverse cities in Australia, with more than half of the residents having been born overseas, mostly in non-English speaking countries.[2] The majority of the suburb's dwellers speak a language other than English at home, with the two most common ones being Arabic and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.[1] Fairfield is an ethnic enclave of Assyrian Christians (mostly from Iraq, and more recently Syria).[3] Fairfield's large Iraqi and Assyrian community has had the media describe the suburb as Little Iraq or Little Assyria.[4]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Fairfield (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Fairfield City Council". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ B. Furze, P. Savy, R. Brym, J. Lie, Sociology in Today's World, 2008, p. 349
- ^ Ben McLellan. "What to do and see in the secret of Fairfield". Herald Sun. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
