Claremont Meadows is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of

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, Australia. Claremont Meadows is located 45 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

Prior to

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colonisation Colonization, or colonisation, constitutes large-scale population movements wherein migrants maintain strong links with their, or their ancestors', former country – by such links, gain advantage over other inhabitants of the territory. When ...

of Australia in 1788, the area was occupied by the Aboriginal

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tribe. However, in 1810

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granted of land to Mary Bligh as a wedding present when she married Maurice O'Connell. The property was named Coallee, although the family never resided there. The land was subsequently subdivided, and renamed Claremont by Bryan Molloy. The area was opened for residential housing in 1984 and has grown steadily since.

Commercial area

Claremont Meadows has a small shopping centre, with an IGA supermarket, pharmacy, hairdressers, dental surgery, hot food shop and bakery. It also has a community centre and two preschools. Claremont Meadows Primary School was opened in 1997.

Transport

Claremont Meadows is serviced by buses operated by

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. The nearest

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is Werrington. Member for Mulgoa Tanya Davies, Member for Penrith Stuart Ayres and Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher officially opened the Werrington Arterial Road (Gipps Street) on 26 May 2017. The M4 on and off ramps connect Claremont Meadows directly on to the M4 Motorway going east.

Population

According to the 2016 census, there were 4,776 residents in Claremont Meadows. The most common ancestries in Claremont Meadows were

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26.2%,

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21.4% and

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6.0%. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population. 72.3% of residents were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Philippines 3.4%, India 3.0% and England 2.5%. 74.3% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 2.1% and Tagalog 2.1%. The most common responses for religion in Claremont Meadows were

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34.3%, No Religion 19.3%, Anglican 16.2%, Not Stated 5.6% and

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3.4%.

References

External links

Welcome to: Claremont Meadows NSW, Australia

Claremont Meadows Primary School
{{Sydney Penrith suburbs Suburbs of Sydney City of Penrith