Sefton – a
suburb
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of the
City of Canterbury-Bankstown local government area
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—is located 23 kilometres west of the
Sydney central business district
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, in
New South Wales
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Australia
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. Part of the
Western Sydney
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region, it shares the 2162
postcode with the neighbouring
Chester Hill
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suburb.
History
The name Sefton was taken from
Sefton in
Merseyside
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,
England
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. James Wood gave the name 'Sefton Park' to the of land granted to him in 1839. Prior to subdivision, Sefton was an area of market gardens, orchards and poultry farms. It was the birthplace of property group
Stockland in 1952, when founder Ervin Graf undertook a development project of 19 houses in the suburb.
Transport and commercial area
Sefton railway station
Sefton railway station is located on the Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Sefton. The station is heritage-listed in the state heritage register for New South Wales. is on the
Bankstown Line
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of the
Sydney Trains
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network. There is a small shopping centre clustered around it which is made up of Sefton Growers Market, Sefton Newsagency and a Thai/Australian bistro.
Schools
Sefton Infants School is a small public school for years kindergarten to year 2 and pre-school.
Sefton High School
Sefton High School is a government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school, located in Sefton, a suburb in western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1962, ...
is a co-educational—partially selective—high school with just over 1,000 students. The selective-school section operates from years 7–10. Years 11–12 are integrated into the community section of the school. Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School is a co-educational primary school catering from kindergarten to year 6 and is adjacent to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.
Sport and recreation
A number of sporting facilities are located around Sefton. This includes
Jensen Oval
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and Sefton Golf Course. Sefton Golf Course is a council-owned 18-hole par-3 course on 15.6 hectares and is open all year round.
Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 5,808 people in Sefton. 48.6% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Vietnam 14.0%, Lebanon 6.8% and China 5.0%. The most common reported ancestries were Lebanese 16.7%, Vietnamese 15.0%, Chinese 12.7%, Australian 10.4% and English 8.5%. 28.5% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 19.9%, Vietnamese 17.8%, Cantonese 5.9% and Mandarin 4.2%. The most common responses for religion were Islam 25.8%, Catholic 20.6%, No Religion 15.3% and Buddhism 13.8%.
Politics
At the
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level, Sefton is part of the
electoral district of Bankstown
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. At the
federal
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level, Sefton is part of the electoral
Division of Blaxland
The Division of Blaxland is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
Blaxland runs from the North Shore and Western railway line in the north to Marion Street and the Bankstown railway line in the south, between Wood ...
.
Culture
In 2008, Sefton was a filming location for the international, award-winning and critically acclaimed television drama series
East West 101
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.
References
External links
Sefton Golf Course
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Suburbs of Sydney
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Muslim enclaves