Lalor Park is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

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, in the state of

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. Lalor Park is located 35 kilometres 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 Blacktow ...

. Lalor Park is part of the

Greater Western Sydney Greater Western Sydney (GWS) is a large region of the metropolitan area of Greater Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia that generally embraces the north-west, south-west, central-west, and far western sub-regions within Sydney's metropoli ...

region. Lalor Park is commonly abbreviated as 'L.P'.

Population

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 7,667 people in Lalor Park. * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population. * 66.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 2.7%, New Zealand 2.7%, India 2.5% and England 1.8%. * 70.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 3.1%, Tagalog 1.7% and Mandarin 1.4%. * The most common responses for religion were Catholic 27.0%, No Religion 20.3% and Anglican 15.1%.

Commercial areas

Although the suburb is primarily residential there is a significant retail shopping precinct with about thirty shops including a newsagents, pharmacy and a small supermarket located at the junction of Northcott Road and Freeman Street.

Education

Lalor Park is the location of a number of educational institutions including:
Lalor Park Preschool
- A community based preschool
Lalor Park Public School
- K-6 public primary school founded in 1959
St Bernadette's Primary
- systemic Catholic K-6 Primary School founded 1960 by the

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Sport

Lalor Park Kookaburras Lalor is an Irish surname derived from the Irish ''Ó Leathlobhair'', from ''leath-'' “leper; weak, ailing person”. Notable people with the surname include: * Denis Lalor, athlete * Francis Ramsey Lalor (1856–1929), politician * John Lalor ...

Rugby League Club was established in 1959. They compete in the Parramatta Junior Rugby League. The club's colours are blue, brown and white. Home ground for the Kookaburras is Cavanagh Reserve (Venn Ave, Lalor Park). Lalor Park juniors that have played 1st grade in Australia include Mick Delroy,

Feleti Mateo Feleti Sosefo Mateo (born 2 June 1984) is a former Tonga international rugby league footballer. He played a variety of positions from and five-eighth. Mateo was also selected to represent NSW City Origin and the NRL All Stars. He last played ...

and

Jorge Taufua Jorge Taufua () (born 23 October 1991) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for Wakefield Trinity in the Betfred Super League. He has played for both Tonga and Samoa at international level. Taufua has previously played f ...

and

Brett Delaney Brett Delaney (born 26 October 1985) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played as a and forward in the 2000s and 2010s. He played for Leeds Rhinos, Leeds in the Super League and for the Parramatta Eels and Gold Coast Titans ...

Transport

The suburb is served by 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

Sydney Trains Sydney Trains is the operator of the suburban passenger rail network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The network is a hybrid urban- suburban rail system with a central underground core that covers over of track and 170 ...

Seven Hills railway station Seven Hills railway station is located on the Main Western line, serving the Sydney suburbs of Kings Langley, Lalor Park, Seven Hills and Seven Hills West. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western and T5 Cumberland line services. Histo ...

References

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Suburbs of Sydney City of Blacktown {{Sydney-geo-stub