| Fairfield Heights Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 8,269 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2165 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 32 km (20 mi) W of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Fairfield | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Fairfield | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | McMahon | ||||||||||||||
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Fairfield Heights is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fairfield Heights is located 25 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. Fairfield Heights is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
Fairfield Heights shares the postcode of 2165 with the separate suburbs of Fairfield, Fairfield East and Fairfield West. The majority of residents speak a language other than English at home, with the most common one being Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.[1] Fairfield Heights, like Fairfield, is also an ethnic enclave of Assyrians. There are also high levels of Iraqi, Chinese and Vietnamese ancestry.[2]
The elevation of this suburb is approximately between 20 and 40 metres (66 and 131 ft) above mean sea level, owing to its name.[3] It has the colloquial nickname in the area of "The Heights".
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Fairfield Heights (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ B. Furze, P. Savy, R. Brym, J. Lie, Sociology in Today's World, 2008, p. 349
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