Gregory Hills is a suburb of
Sydney
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in the state of
New South Wales
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Australia
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Camden Council. The suburb was assigned on 1 August 2008.
The suburb was named from the topography of the local area and from the original St Gregory's Chapel on the
Marist Brothers
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land.
Population
According to the
2016 census of Population, there were 4,985 people in Gregory Hills.
* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.
* 69.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Fiji 2.8% and India 2.1%.
* 67.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 3.7%, Arabic 2.4% and Spanish 2.3%.
* The most common responses for religion were Catholic 38.8%, No Religion 16.0% and Anglican 13.7%.
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References
Suburbs of Sydney
Towns in the Macarthur (New South Wales)
Camden Council (New South Wales)
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