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Fairfield Heights is a
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of
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, in the state of
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, Australia. Fairfield Heights is located 25 kilometres west of the
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in the
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of the
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. Fairfield Heights is part of the
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region. Fairfield Heights shares the postcode of 2165 with the separate suburbs of Fairfield,
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and
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. The majority of residents speak a language other than English at home, with the most common one being
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Suret ( syr, ܣܘܪܝܬ) ( su:rɪtʰor su:rɪθ, also known as Assyrian or Chaldean, refers to the varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) spoken by ethnic Assyrians, including those identifying as religious groups rather than eth ...
. Fairfield Heights, like Fairfield, is also an
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of Assyrians. There are also high levels of Iraqi, Chinese and Vietnamese ancestry. The elevation of this suburb is approximately between
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, owing to its name. It has the
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nickname in the area of "The Heights".


History

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people from the Cabrogal tribe, a sub-group of the Gandangara tribe, have lived in the Fairfield area for over 30,000 years. White settlement came to the area in the early 19th century. An application for a
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at Fairfield Heights was made by Mrs Beard in 1950. In 1955, when the population had increased sufficiently a post office was opened. Fairfield Heights mostly consists of low and medium density residential housing and commercial development. The commercial area is centred on ''The Boulevarde'', the main street in Fairfield Heights, which is the highest point in the suburb at 40 metres above sea level, offering striking views of the lower areas to the south and east. The peak of elevation is on the intersection of The Boulevarde and Polding Street. Polding Street is a long straight road that connects from
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in Fairfield to the Cumberland Highway in Smithfield and on through Prairiewood,
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before ending in Bossley Park.


Culture and services

The Boulevarde features numerous restaurants, services and food stores. These include a variety of chicken and kebab shops, bakeries, Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants, cafes, butcher shops,
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and
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, an
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location, real estate agents, automotive mechanical workshops, several medical centres, pharmacies and
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services. Other businesses include
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s,
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s,
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s,
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clinics, and a Vinnies store. Despite its small size, business hours in Fairfield Heights are extended further than those in Fairfield. ''Assyrian Sports and Cultural Club'' is the prominent club in the suburb. The club was originally opened in 1990, in The Boulevarde, where it held
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and
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s. In 1997 the Club bought the premises at 52–54 Stanbrook Street. The project of turning the gymnasium, squash courts and fruit shop into a club began in January 2000. The new club site was opened by former Mayor Anwar Khoshaba in a ceremony that was visited by politicians, Councillors and many Assyrians. In 2003, the reception hall was built and the club grounds were expanded to fit weddings and other social events. ''Hammurabi Restaurant'' is located on ''Cultural Club's'' old premises in The Boulevarde. It is an ethnic restaurant, serving Assyrian cuisine and
Iraqi cuisine Iraqi cuisine (Arabic: المطبخ العراقي Kurdish: خواردنی عێراقی) or Mesopotamian cuisine is a Middle Eastern cuisine that has its origins from Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians and the other groups of the regio ...
, and it features a
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for Assyrians.Gorgees, P. 2003, ‘''The Assyrian Community’s Continued Needs in the Fairfield LGA’, in Checking the Pulse of Fairfield―Conference Report'', Fairfield Migrant Resource Centre, Cabramatta. Two of the longest-term commercial residents of Fairfield Heights are Uncle Bill's Barber Shop and the Brown Jug Hotel. Uncle Bill's barber shop was established in 1963 and stayed open until COVID shut down all businesses in the area, with service resuming in 2022 under a new barber with a new interior and a new name. The Brown Jug Hotel was built in the late 1960s as the Town Inn, by Ronald Leslie Tooby, a Bathurst born veteran of
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. After being sold multiple times it acquired the current name on the 9th of August 1971. ABC Bicycles was another long-term commercial resident until its closure in 2015. The
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had a branch there for over 50 years until it was closed in 2019 as a cost-cutting measure. A dilapidated
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store was demolished in 2011 and developed into a new
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store, a pharmacy and restaurant location which was first occupied by a
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shop then replaced by Al Basha, a Middle Eastern chicken and
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restaurant in 2015. One series of the television show ''
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'' was filmed at a restaurant location in the commercial area. ''
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'', another television show from the makers of ''Fat Pizza'' was filmed on location at the northern end of The Boulevarde where it becomes a cul-de-sac.


Recreational and sports

Prospect View Park is a
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that is home to the historic Smithfield Hotspurs Football Club, which is now Fairfield Hotspurs following a 1999 merger between Smithfield and the Fairfield Heights club. This was the junior club of Australian national team player
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. In summer the ground is used as a grade cricket field while in winter two full-size and one junior football fields are used. Fairfield Heights Park is a
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that contains natural
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, children's playgrounds and footpaths for walking or jogging. Although not situated in the suburb,
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is a very large park with multiple cricket, football and tennis courts that borders the western outskirts of Fairfield Heights.


Education

There is one local primary school, Fairfield Heights Public School, established in 1952. Some residents may attend the Fairvale, Fairfield, Fairfield West, Smithfield Public Schools or the private St Gertrude's Catholic Primary School. There are no high schools within the Fairfield Heights locality. High School students will, depending on their exact location in the suburb and family history, attend Fairfield High School,
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or
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which despite being a speciality
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, may be available to a limited number of Fairfield Heights local residents. Fairfield library and the community library at Smithfield, a suburb two kilometres to the northwest, are the nearest libraries for residents of Fairfield Heights. These educational facilities are used as polling locations for Local Council, State and Federal Elections.


Places of worship

Holy Apostolic Catholic (Universal) Assyrian Church of East
St Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
’s Church, Holy Apostolic Catholic (Universal) Chaldeans and Assyrians
St Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
’s Assumption Church, St Therese's
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and Nguyen Thieu Vietnamese Buddhist temple are located in this suburb.


Demographics

At the 2021 census, there were 8,269 residents in Fairfield Heights. 29.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were
Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
28.4%,
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
8.8%,
Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
8.4%,
Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...
2.9%, and
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
2.9%. The top languages were
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Suret ( syr, ܣܘܪܝܬ) ( su:rɪtʰor su:rɪθ, also known as Assyrian or Chaldean, refers to the varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) spoken by ethnic Assyrians, including those identifying as religious groups rather than eth ...
19.9%,
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14.4%,
Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia ** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam. * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overse ...
11.5%,
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic Suret ( syr, ܣܘܪܝܬ) ( su:rɪtʰor su:rɪθ, also known as Assyrian or Chaldean, refers to the varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) spoken by ethnic Assyrians, including those identifying as religious groups rather than eth ...
9.6% and Khmer 2.7%. Combining the
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of Assyrian and Chaldean,
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will be the most common language at 29.5%. The most common ancestries were
Assyrian Assyrian may refer to: * Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia. * Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire. ** Early Assyrian Period ** Old Assyrian Period ** Middle Assyrian Empire ** Neo-Assyrian Empire * Assyrian ...
19.7%, Iraqi 12.2%, Vietnamese 11.0%, Chaldean 9.1%, and Chinese 8.8%. The most common responses for religion were
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35.2%,
Assyrian Church of the East The Assyrian Church of the East,, ar, كنيسة المشرق الآشورية sometimes called Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East,; ar, كنيسة المشرق الآشورية الرسول ...
12.6%,
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11.2%, No Religion 9.2%, and Christian (not further defined) 6.8%.
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was the largest religious group reported overall (69.1%).


Notable residents

Fairfield Heights was once the home of tennis player
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and her family.


References

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