Carramar is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of

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, Australia. Carramar is located 30 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the

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and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

History

Carramar's name comes from an aboriginal word meaning "shade of trees". The first land grant in the area was made by Governor King in 1803. One of Sydney's oldest trees, the Bland Oak, was planted in the suburb in the 1830s by

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. When the railway station opened here in 1924 it was called South Fairfield. However, the area had been known as Carramar since at least the 1850s and the name of the station was changed to Carramar in 1926. A post office was opened the following year as the local population began to swell.

Demographics

According to the 2016 census of population, there were 3,550 residents in Carramar. 37.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were

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14.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.6%,

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3.1%,

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2.6% and

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2.3%. 26.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 18.2%, Arabic 11.2%, Cantonese 3.7%, Mandarin 3.3% and Spanish 3.1%. The most common religious groups were

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22.3%,

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15.4%, Islam 15.2%, No Religion 14.4% and Not stated 9.7%.

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was the largest religious group reported overall (47.9%).

Schools

Carramar Public School features an infants and primary school, although the school technically falls within the suburb of Villawood.

Commercial areas and transport

Carramar has a small commercial shopping centre, and a small industrial area.

Carramar railway station Carramar railway station is located on the Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Carramar. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown Line services. History Carramar station opened as South Fairfield on 8 October 1924 when the Main ...

is on the

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of the

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network.

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is adjacent to those residing in the suburb's northern outskirts. Ruby Manor, situated in Ruby Street, is a modern apartment block that is a

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and an

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facility that has over 90 beds and 60 rooms.

Economy

Carramar is one of Sydney's poorest suburbs according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Residents have referred to Carramar as "the forgotten suburb" due to it having damaged footpaths, scarce

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and no

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for its train station. To improve the suburb, Fairfield City Council had planned in 2018 to establish a 3,200m² park in between Carramar and Villawood.

Notable people

* Maria Tran - actress, filmmaker

References

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