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Glenwood is a
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of
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, in the state of
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, Australia. Glenwood is located 33 kilometres north-west of the
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in the
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of the
City of Blacktown Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blackto ...
. Glenwood is part of the Hills District within the
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region.


History

Glenwood takes its name from an historic property in the area, named 'Glenwood Park' in the 1940s, but previously known as Norfolk Vale (1846–1882), and Sorrento (1882–1941). It was formally recognized as a suburb in 1996. It is noted as the first site to be developed within the Rouse Hill Development area.


Heritage listings

Glenwood has a heritage-listed site, which is: * 2 Knightsbridge Avenue: Exeter Farm


Population

At the 2011 census, there were 15,325 residents in Glenwood. The population was younger than average, with a median age of 32, and 26.6% of people aged 14 years and under. Just over half of residents were born in Australia. The top other countries of birth are India 29.5%, Philippines 5.1% and Sri Lanka 2.5%. Almost half of residents spoke a language other than English at home. These languages included Punjabi 6.7%, Hindi 5.4% and Tagalog 3.1%. Most dwellings were separate houses and these tended to be large, with 81.6% having 4 or more bedrooms. In the 2016 Census, there were 16,130 residents in Glenwood. The median age of the population was 34, younger than the median age for New South Wales and Australia (38 years). 23.2% of the people were 14 years and under. 51% of Glenwood's residents were born in Australia, 33.5% were born in India, 4.8% were born in the Philippines, 2.8% in Sri Lanka, 2% in China and 1.9% in Fiji. Only English was spoken in 50.1% of the homes but other languages spoken at home included Punjabi 9.5%, Hindi 5.6%, Tagalog 2.9%, Mandarin 2.6% and Sinhalese 2.1%.


Transport

The
Westlink M7 The Westlink M7 or M7 Motorway, formerly Western Sydney Orbital, is a tolled urban motorway in Sydney and is a part of the Sydney Orbital Network. Owned by the NorthWestern Roads (NWR) Group, it connects three motorways: M5 South-West Motor ...
Motorway runs along the southern border of the suburb and provides a link to the
M2 Hills Motorway The Hills Motorway (also known as the Hills M2 Motorway, M2 Motorway or simply M2) is a tollway in north-western Sydney, Australia, owned by toll road operator Transurban. It forms majority of Sydney's M2 route and part of the 110 km Sydn ...
. Old Windsor Road borders the suburb to the east & Sunnyholt Rd borders the suburb to the west & north. Glenwood is served by and stations on the
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, with high frequency services to , and . Metroconnect by Hillsbus provides an on demand bus service connecting Glenwood with Bella Vista, Norwest and stations.
Hillsbus Hillsbus is an Australian bus company that operates services in the Hills District of Sydney. Founded in 2004 when National Express merged its Glenorie Bus Company and Westbus (Hills District operations only) subsidiaries, it is today part of ...
provides services to Rouse Hill 663, 664, 665,
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(663, 664, 665), North Sydney (602X) and
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(607X, 616X) whilst
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provides regular services to
Norwest Business Park The Norwest Business Park is a business park in the suburbs of Norwest and Bella Vista in the local government area of The Hills Shire in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Norwest Business Park is bordered by Windsor Road to the east, and ...
(730, 745),
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(730), Bella Vista (745) and Castle Hill (730). The suburb is serviced by Burns and Sorrento stations on the Blacktown-Parklea branch of the
North-West T-way The North-West T-way is a continuous series of bus-only lanes and bus roadways between Parramatta, Blacktown and Rouse Hill in Western Sydney. Opened in stages between March and November 2007, the T-way was the second bus rapid transit route to ...
, and Burns, Balmoral, Celebration, Meurants and Norbrik stations on the Rouse Hill-Parramatta section of the T-way.


Schools

Glenwood High School, Caddies Creek Public School, Parklea Public School and Holy Cross Primary School.


Churches

Emmanuel Baptist Church


Valentine Sport Park

Valentine Sport Park, at which the headquarters of
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are located, in Glenwood is a multipurpose sporting complex which caters for various groups, as well as individuals.


Sporting clubs

Sporting clubs in the Glenwood suburb include:


Rugby League

*Northwest Hurricanes Junior Rugby League Club *St Patricks Blacktown Junior Rugby League Club (despite the name, this club is based in Glenwood.)


Netball

*Glenwood Netball Club


Association Football

*Glenwood Redbacks Soccer Club


Rugby Union

*Blacktown Warriors Rugby Union Football Club *Norwest "Bulls" Junior Rugby Union Club


References

{{Sydney Blacktown suburbs Suburbs of Sydney City of Blacktown Populated places established in 1996 1996 establishments in Australia