Regents Park, New South Wales
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''Alternate uses: Regents Park (disambiguation)'' Regents Park is a
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in
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Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
, in the state of
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,
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. Regents Park is located 22 kilometres west of the
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, in the
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of
Cumberland Council Cumberland Council is the local authority for Cumberland in England. It is a unitary authority, the structural change order names the new Cumberland Council as only a district council. It will operate as a shadow authority until taking up its pow ...
and
City of Canterbury-Bankstown The City of Canterbury Bankstown (also known as Canterbury-Bankstown Council) is a local government, local government area located in the South Western Sydney, South Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on ...
. Regents Park shares the
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of 2143 with neighbouring suburbs
Birrong Birrong, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 22 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the South-western Sydney reg ...
and
Potts Hill Potts Hill, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is 21 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is a part of the South-western Sydney South We ...
.


History

The suburb took its name from a local property built by Mr Peck and Mr Johnson in 1879, which they had named after
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, in the north-west of
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,
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.


European Settlement

The area was originally part of a land grant to Joseph Hyde Potts and the first subdivision was made in 1880. When the school opened in 1899 it was known as Potts Hill School, but became Sefton Park School in 1907 when this area became known as Sefton Park. In 1929 it was changed to Regent Park School. The railway station opened in 1914 as Regents Park but the site was changed in 1924 when the line connected
Lidcombe Lidcombe is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lidcombe is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Cumberland Council, with a small industrial part in the north ...
to
Bankstown Bankstown is a suburb south west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is located in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, hav ...
.


Transport

Regents Park railway station Regents Park railway station is located on the Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Regents Park. The station is heritage-listed in the state heritage register for New South Wales.
is on the
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of the
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network.


Education

*Regents Park Public School *Karningul School *Trinity Catholic College *St Peter Chanel Primary School *Regents Park Christian School


Sport

The Regents Park Saints Football Club are a junior
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club that plays in the Granville & District Soccer Football Association. The club's colours are maroon and yellow, and their home ground is Princes Park.


Local Government Area

The heritage-listed system of triple main water pipelines connecting Pipehead in Guildford with Potts Hill Reservoir (also known locally as 'The Pipelines') is the demarcation line between Cumberland and Canterbury-Bankstown Councils. While the majority of the suburb falls within the local government area of
Cumberland Council Cumberland Council is the local authority for Cumberland in England. It is a unitary authority, the structural change order names the new Cumberland Council as only a district council. It will operate as a shadow authority until taking up its pow ...
, the part of the suburb which lies south-west of the Pipehead-Potts Hill pipelines falls within the
City of Canterbury-Bankstown The City of Canterbury Bankstown (also known as Canterbury-Bankstown Council) is a local government, local government area located in the South Western Sydney, South Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on ...
. Regents Park is in the federal electoral division of Blaxland, currently held by
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, of the
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. For NSW state elections, Regents Park is predominantly in the state
electoral district of Bankstown Bankstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It has historically been one of the safest seats in New South Wales. It is currently represented by independent Tania ...
. This seat is currently held by
Tania Mihailuk Tania Mihailuk is an Australian politician who served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Bankstown from 2011 to 2023, as a member of the Labor Party, and later as a member of One Nation from October 2022 to ...
.


Demographics

Data from the 2016 census reveals that Regents Park has a population of 4,926. Of this population: * 50.1% are male and 49.9% are female, with the median age being 35. * The top responses for ancestry were Chinese (20.5%), English (8.8%), Australian (8.3%), Lebanese (7.4%) and Vietnamese (6.5%). * The top responses for country of birth other than Australia (41.8%), were Vietnam (8.8%), China (8.7%), Lebanon (3.5%), Pakistan (2.4%) and India (2.3%). * 25.7% of people only speak English at home, with 71.2% of people speaking a non-English language at home. The top responses for non-English languages spoken at home were Arabic (12.9%), Cantonese (10.3%), Mandarin (8.7%), Vietnamese (7.1%) and Urdu (2.6%). * Regarding religious affiliation, the top responses were Islam (20.6%), Catholic (20.1%), No Religion (16.3%) and Buddhism (10.1%).


Notable people

Peter Skrzynecki Peter Michael Skrzynecki OAM (, Australian pronunciation: ; born 6 April 1945) is an Australian poet of Polish and Ukrainian origin. Biography Born in the German hamlet of , now part of Hemer, Skrzynecki came to Australia in 1949 with his parent ...
– Australian Poet, who grew up in Regents Park. Notable works include 'Feliks Skrzynecki', based on his father, 'Regents Park' and '10 Mary Street'.


References

{{City of Canterbury-Bankstown topics, state=collapsed Suburbs of Sydney Cumberland Council, New South Wales City of Canterbury-Bankstown