South Windsor is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

of the town of Windsor in north west

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

in the state of

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. It is generally bounded in the west by Rickabys Creek and in the east by South Creek, both tributaries of the

Hawkesbury River The Hawkesbury River, or Hawkesbury-Nepean River (Dharug language, Dharug: Dyarubbin) is a river located northwest of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Hawkesbury River and its associated main tributary, the Nepean River, almost encircle ...

. It is also home of

Bede Polding College Bede Polding College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school, located in South Windsor, on the north-western outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school delivers a religious and secular education to ...

, a Catholic secondary school. South Windsor was previously called "Newtown"; the new name of "South Windsor" was assigned on 10 September 2004. The population is somewhat younger than the bulk of the country. In the , the median age of people in South Windsor was 34 years, compared to the national median of 38 years. Children aged under 15 years made up 20.6% of the population, and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population. The majority of residents (78.9%) were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 66.9%; the next most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, India 1.7%, New Zealand 1.6%, Philippines 1.5% and Scotland 0.5%.

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