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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 14,017 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2211 | ||||||||||||
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Padstow is asuburb inSouth-western Sydney in the state ofNew South Wales,Australia. It is in thelocal government area ofCity of Canterbury-Bankstown and is located 21 kilometres south-west of theSydney central business district. Padstow is a mostly residential suburb bounded on the north byBankstown and on the east bySalt Pan Creek, which is a stream feeding into theGeorges River. TheM5 South Western Motorway traverses the northern end of the suburb, which is also the location of a number of light industrial facilities.
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Padstow was first named Padstow Park Estate after the town ofPadstow inCornwall,England. The Cornish Padstow's name means "the holy place of St Petrock" (not to be confused with St Patrick, as they are spelled and pronounced differently), an important Cornish saint. The estate included the grants of Simon McGuigan (130 acres), Joseph Cunningham 50 acres (20 ha) and Michael Conroy 40 acres (16 ha) . Timber-getting and farming were the main activities here.The Padstow Park post office opened in 1927 and the first school opened in January 1929. The railway station opened on 21 December 1931, which encouraged development in the area, especially afterWorld War II. The suburb's name was changed to Padstow in 1939.[3]
Padstow shopping centre is located aroundPadstow railway station. Most of the shops are located on the southern side, around the Howard Road and Padstow Parade intersection, but more shops are located on the northern side past Memorial Drive on Cahors Road.
A number of the streets in the vicinity of Padstow railway station haveEgyptian themes as names, including Arab Road, Cairo Avenue, Pyramid Avenue and Sphinx Avenue. To the west of Padstow, on the border with Revesby there is also a group of streets withouter space related names, such as Uranus Road, Mars Street, Neptune Street, Hydrae Street and Vega Street.
Padstow railway station is on theSydney TrainsAirport & South Line, west ofRiverwood and east ofRevesby. There are several bus routes that pass through Padstow, all operated byU-Go Mobility. These services developed from routes established byMcVicar's Bus Services, which was dissolved in 1978. The 927 travels from One Tree Point (the easternmost tip ofPadstow Heights) to Padstow. The 962 travels fromBankstown toMiranda through Padstow,Illawong,Menai andSutherland. The S5 travels fromMilperra to Padstow. OneMetrobus route travels through Padstow: M91 and, formerly, M92. M91 travels fromParramatta toHurstville, via Granville, Chester Hill, Bankstown, Padstow andPeakhurst. 960, which replaced the M92 service in September 2023, travels from Bankstown to Sutherland via Padstow and Menai.
According to the2021 Australian census, there were 14,017 residents in Padstow. 56.3% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 7.3%, Vietnam 4.5%, Lebanon 2.4%, India 1.8% and New Zealand 1.7%. 49.2% of residents spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 7.8%, Cantonese 7.0%, Mandarin 6.5%, Vietnamese 5.5% and Greek 3.3%. The most common responses for religion in Padstow were No Religion 25.2%, Catholic 23.3%, Islam 8.9%, Anglican 8.0% and Eastern Orthodox 7.3%.[2]
Padstow has five schools – four public schools and one Catholic school. All are K-6, with students then moving to high schools in the nearby suburbs ofRevesby,Picnic Point,East Hills orMilperra. Primary schools include Padstow North Public and School Padstow Park Public School. Padstow Park Public School gains its title from the original name of the suburb. It is the oldest school in the suburb.
St Therese Primary School is a single-stream primary school which was opened in 1962.[4]
Caroline Chisholm is a school for students that have "moderate to severe support needs".[5]
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The suburb is home to two junior football (soccer) clubs: Padstow United, whose home ground is Playford Park at the intersection of Gibson, Cahors, Watson and Sphinx Roads, and the Padstow Hornets, who play at Stuart Street Reserve on Stuart Street. In the 1960s, the suburb also supported additional football clubs including the now defunct clubs of Padstow Pirates Soccer Club (later renamed South Bankstown Soccer Club), the Padstow Hotspurs Soccer Club and the Padstow RSL Junior Soccer Football Club.The Padstow Pirates and South Bankstown Soccer clubs used Playford Park as their home ground. Padstow Park, which is on the corner of Davies Road and Banks Road, is the home ground of the Padstow Panthers Junior Rugby League Club. It was also the home ground of the now defunct St Lukes Junior Rugby League Club and the Padstow RSL Junior Soccer Football Club. Padstow is also home to Doug Frost Swim School, whereIan Thorpe first began swimming.Padstow Bowling & Recreation Club situated in Iberia Street has two first class synthetic greens and keen supporter of Zone 12 NSW Bowling Association.
For federal elections, Padstow is located in both the marginal Liberalfederal electoral division ofBanks which seat is currently held byZhi Soon, of theAustralian Labor Party, since the2025 Australian federal election and the safe Liberal seat ofDivision of Hughes, previously held byCraig Kelly, who lost the seat after defecting to theUnited Australia Party.
ForNSW state elections, Padstow is located in the stateelectoral district of East Hills. As of 2023, this seat is held byKylie Wilkinson.
