Cecil Park, New South Wales

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

Cecil Park Sydney, New South Wales
Population	771 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	2178
Location	40 km (25 mi) west of Sydney
LGA(s)	City of Fairfield City of Liverpool
State electorate(s)	Badgerys Creek Leppington
Federal division(s)	McMahon Werriwa
Suburbs around Cecil Park: Mount Vernon Horsley Park Abbotsbury Kemps Creek Cecil Park Cecil Hills Elizabeth Hills Austral Kemps Creek Austral West Hoxton Middleton Grange

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.

Cecil Park Post Office opened on 16 July 1897 and closed in 1966.

Demographics

At the 2016 census, there were 771 residents in Cecil Park. 65.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were Italy 7.5%, Malta 2.8%, Iran 2.0%, Fiji 1.9% and Lebanon 1.6%. In Cecil Park 54.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 12.4%, Croatian 3.3%, Serbian 2.9%, Maltese 2.2% and Spanish 2.2%.

Common ancestries include, Italian 24.3%, Australian 12.2%, English 10.0%, Maltese 8.5% and Croatian 4.2%. The most common response for religion was Catholic at 54.5%.