Padstow Heights, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, located 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of

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, Australia. It is a part of the

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region.

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is a separate suburb to the north and One Tree Point is a locality within Padstow Heights.

Geography

Padstow Heights is a mostly residential suburb bounded on the east by

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and to the south by the Georges River. The Alfords Point Bridge links Padstow Heights to Alfords Point in the

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Transport

The local bus route, 927 takes residents from One Tree Point to Padstow.

History

The Padstow area was first named Padstow Park Estate after a town called

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. It was named for being the "holy place of St Petrock" (not to be confused with St Patrick), an important Cornish saint.''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia , page 197

Population

As per the 2016 Census, there were 3,540 people in Padstow Heights. 74.0% of people were born in Australia and 73.0% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 5.1% and Arabic 3.5%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 30.3%, Anglican 18.5%, No Religion 14.9% and Eastern Orthodox 11.1%.

Notable residents

Roger Rogerson Roger Caleb Rogerson (born 3 January 1941) is a former detective sergeant of the New South Wales Police Force, and a convicted murderer. During Rogerson's career, he was one of the most decorated officers in the police force, having received at l ...

– controversial former detective-sergeant of the New South Wales Police Force was living in the area before he was incarcerated for the murder of Jamie Gao *

Jason Clare Jason Dean Clare (born 22 March 1972) is an Australian politician serving as Minister for Education since 1 June 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Division of Blaxland in Western Sydney since 2007 ...

– Member for Blaxland in the federal parliament is currently living in Padstow Heights *

Jayden El-Jalkh Jayden El-Jalkh, also known by the nickname of "Jack-in-the-box", is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Western Suburbs Magpies in the NSW Cup. Career El-Jalkh made his international debut for Lebanon ...

– A Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Western Suburbs Magpies in the NSW Cup.

References

Suburbs of Sydney City of Canterbury-Bankstown {{Sydney-geo-stub