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  Glenfield Location in metropolitanSydney | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates:33°57′54″S150°53′35″E / 33.965°S 150.893°E /-33.965; 150.893 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1881 | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 10,536 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2167 | ||||||||||||
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Glenfield is asuburb ofSydney, in the state ofNew South Wales,Australia. Glenfield is located 36 kilometres south-west of theSydney central business district, in thelocal government area of theCity of Campbelltown and is part of theMacarthur region.
Glenfield was named after the property founded by early colonial surgeon and explorer,Charles Throsby. According to local authorities andCampbelltown City Library, the property was named after theGlenfield inLeicestershire,England, where Throsby was born and brought up. Many of the streets in the suburb have links to British names, such as Canterbury Road, Cambridge Avenue and Trafalgar Street.[3]
The name was first used whenGlenfield railway station was built in 1869 although a village didn't begin to develop until 1881 when the first subdivision of the paddocks were marketed. A public school opened in a tent the following year and a local post office was established in 1899.Hurlstone Agricultural High School also moved to Glenfield in the 1920s. However, the suburb did not really develop until the 1950s and 1960s.[3]
Glenfield gained notoriety in 1968 as the site of ahostagesiege which ended in bizarre circumstances with the NSW Commissioner of Police Norm Allen acting as witness to the wedding of gunman Wally Mellish and hostage Beryl Muddle. The incident was made into the movieMr Reliable starringColin Friels andJacqueline McKenzie.[4][5]
| Climate data for Glenfield (Macquarie) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 41.0 (105.8) | 41.1 (106.0) | 41.1 (106.0) | 35.3 (95.5) | 29.7 (85.5) | 24.4 (75.9) | 25.6 (78.1) | 28.3 (82.9) | 35.6 (96.1) | 36.7 (98.1) | 39.2 (102.6) | 41.0 (105.8) | 41.1 (106.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.9 (82.2) | 26.6 (79.9) | 24.5 (76.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.7 (63.9) | 18.7 (65.7) | 21.2 (70.2) | 23.6 (74.5) | 25.6 (78.1) | 27.6 (81.7) | 23.3 (73.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) | 16.8 (62.2) | 15.3 (59.5) | 11.2 (52.2) | 7.6 (45.7) | 5.5 (41.9) | 3.1 (37.6) | 4.7 (40.5) | 6.9 (44.4) | 10.5 (50.9) | 12.1 (53.8) | 15.0 (59.0) | 10.4 (50.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) | 9.4 (48.9) | 3.3 (37.9) | 3.1 (37.6) | −0.6 (30.9) | −2.2 (28.0) | −4.7 (23.5) | −1.9 (28.6) | −0.3 (31.5) | 0.6 (33.1) | 2.8 (37.0) | 6.7 (44.1) | −4.7 (23.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 80.5 (3.17) | 78.9 (3.11) | 95.5 (3.76) | 62.2 (2.45) | 67.2 (2.65) | 80.0 (3.15) | 59.3 (2.33) | 51.1 (2.01) | 40.1 (1.58) | 56.6 (2.23) | 61.4 (2.42) | 61.9 (2.44) | 795.7 (31.33) |
| Average precipitation days | 7.7 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 88.5 |
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According to the2021 census, Glenfield had a population of 10,536 people with higher than average numbers of couples with children (57.1%). 46.0% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were India 9.3%, Nepal 4.7%, Bangladesh 4.4%, Philippines 3.6% and China 3.1%. 40.4% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Bengali 5.9%, Nepali 5.8%, Arabic 3.7%, Hindi 3.6% and Mandarin 3.3%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 18.5%, No Religion 17.4%, Hinduism 16.0%, Islam 11.9% and Not stated 8.1%. Most occupied private houses in the area are separate houses (69.2%) with a substantial number oftownhouses (28.1%).[2]
A number of new residential subdivisions have been developed in the north-western corner of Glenfield in the area bounded by Campbelltown Road and Glenfield Road. These developments are called Panorama,[7] Vista at Panorama,[8] Glenfield Circuit & Parkside Glenfield and are mixed density housing comprising duplex and freestanding housing.
Panorama, Vista at Panorama estates are community titled with amenities such as pool, tennis courts, security patrols and barbecues that are available for exclusive use of residents. Community activities such as cocktails nights, family fun days and street Christmas parties[9] are also organized by a third-party company to encourage a close knit community atmosphere.
Glenfield railway station is a major interchange station for South-West Sydney. It is the junction for theEast Hills railway line and theSouth West Rail Link and theMain Southern railway line. The station received a major upgrade as part of theSouth West Rail Link, including construction of an overhead concourse,multi-storey car park, new, fourth platform and conversion of a terminating platform to a through platform. The new railway line west to Leppington opened on 8 February 2015, meaning trains now serve Glenfield from the north, south, east and west.
TheM5 South Western Motorway andHume Highway sit on the western border of Glenfield. Additionally, theWestlink M7 is also close to its western border.
