Eastern Creek is a
suburb
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of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eastern Creek is located west of the
Sydney central business district
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, in the
Blacktown
Blacktown is a suburb in New South Wales, Australia, west of the Sydney central business district. It is one of the most multicultural places within Sydney, Greater Sydney.
History
Before the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, the area of ...
local government area
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and is part of the
Greater Western Sydney
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region.
Eastern Creek is west of the
Prospect Reservoir and is most notable for containing
Sydney Motorsport Park (previously known as
Eastern Creek Raceway), the
Western Sydney International Dragway, and the former site of
Wonderland Sydney amusement park.
History
The origin of the suburb's name lies in the fact the eastern branch of
South Creek became known as
Eastern Creek. The village that then grew where the road crossed the creek became known as Eastern Creek.
Population
In the 2021 Census, there were 874 people in Eastern Creek. 60.1% of people were born in Australia and 56.6% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 27.2% and No Religion 20.7%.
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Commercial areas
Eastern Creek features many industrial developments and often the description 'Eastern Creek Area' also includes the industrial developments in the neighbouring suburbs of Arndell Park and Huntingwood. With this in mind most statistics and demographic information is not available for this suburb by itself. Eastern Creek Waste and Recycling Centre also takes up a large part of the suburb.
Recreation
Sydney Motorsport Park has hosted V8 Supercars events and hosted the Top Gear Festival on 8 and 9 March 2014. The Western Sydney International Dragway is located next to it.
Wonderland Sydney was a large amusement park that operated here between 1985 and 2004. Wonderland is now the site of a business park called Interchange Park.
The Western Sydney Parklands lies to the west of the suburb. Prospect Nature Reserve is situated to the east of the suburb, which provides recreational needs.
References
External links
The 2001 City of Blacktown Social Plan Sydney Motorsport Park
Track Days
Driver Training
V8 Hot Laps
Ferrari Experience
Motorcycle Ride DaysAustralian Racing Drivers' Club
Suburbs of Sydney
City of Blacktown
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