Wetherill Park Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales
Population	6,412 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	572.5/km2 (1,483/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	2164
Elevation	44 m (144 ft)
Area	11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi)
Location	34 km (21 mi) west ofSydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Fairfield
State electorate(s)	Prospect
Federal division(s)	McMahon
Suburbs around Wetherill Park: Prospect Pemulwuy Greystanes Horsley Park Wetherill Park Smithfield West/Smithfield Abbotsbury Bossley Park Prairiewood

Wetherill Park is asuburb inGreater Western Sydney, in the state ofNew South Wales,Australia. Wetherill Park is located 34 kilometres west of theSydney central business district, in thelocal government area of theCity of Fairfield.

The2016 census recorded that Wetherill Park as having a resident population of 6,127. Just under half (47.5%) of these residents were born in Australia.^[1] The area is 11.2 km².^[2]Most residents live in the south-east corner, the larger portion of the suburb being an industrial area.^[3]

Wetherill Park sits on the southern border ofProspect Reservoir. Located partially in the suburb, theSmithfield-Wetherill Park Industrial Estate is the largestindustrial estate in the southern hemisphere and is the centre of manufacturing and distribution in Greater Western Sydney.^[4][5] Despite its large industry area, Wetherill Park is listed as one of the five most leafiest suburbs in Sydney by theDomain Group (the only suburb in Western Sydney to be listed).^[6]

Aboriginal people from the Cabrogal clan of the Gandangara tribe, have lived in the area for more than 30,000 years.

Wetherill Park was named after a businessman who offered 21 acres (85,000 m²) of his property to the State government as a park. The offer was accepted and the park was named after the donor. The first settlers in set up their homes north of the present school site at Wetherill Park. One hundred years ago, there were not enough homes in this suburb to need a school.

With the commencement of theProspect Reservoir Waterworks, a local storekeeper, Samuel Booth, made available a section of his land for a school, free of charge. The school, called 'Macquarie Park', was located on the corner of Victoria and Daniel Streets being 365 Victoria Street, Wetheril Park. It opened in May 1882 with 8 children but it was changed in June 1882 to 'Boothtown' for Samuel Booth's involvement in the establishment of the school. In 1884 it became Reservoir Public School and in 1896, it became the Wetherill Park Public School.^[7] In 1986 the school made way for the Phuoc Hue Temple, and was relocated down the road to Lily Street and renamed William Stimson Public School, in honour of the first mayor of theCity of Fairfield.

A characteristic of Wetherill Park is that all the streets are named after famous writers. Some examples include: Vidal Street (forGore Vidal), Shakespeare Street (forWilliam Shakespeare), Stevenson Street (forRobert Louis Stevenson), Locke Street (forJohn Locke), Gogol Place (forNikolai Gogol), Swinburne Crescent (forRichard Swinburne), Homer Place (forHomer), Emerson Street (forRalph Waldo Emerson), Wordsworth Street (forWilliam Wordsworth), Dickens Road (forCharles Dickens), Longfellow Street (forHenry Wadsworth Longfellow), Chaucer Street (forGeoffrey Chaucer), Ainsworth Crescent (forWilliam Harrison Ainsworth), Coleridge Road (forSamuel Taylor Coleridge), Frost Close (forRobert Frost), Gissing Street (forGeorge Gissing), Maugham Crescent (forSomerset Maugham) and Langland Street (forWilliam Langland).

• Stockland Wetherill Park is a majorshopping centre in the area and features one of Australia's largest cinema complexes owned byHoyts. The shopping centre opened in 1983, the first major expansion took place in 2003. In 2013 a second expansion saw the building complex expand to fill the entire lot, with parking moved underground and multi-story rooftop parking. The 2013 expansion cost over $200 million AUD and was complete in 2016. A large stand alone Chinese restaurant existed on the lot until the early 2000's. It hosted Chinese diplomats & VIPs as well as lavish Chinese New Year functions until the location was purchased by the Local Government and turned into the Wetherill Park Library.
• Wetherill Park Shopping Centre (now known as Market Town) opened in the early 1980s on the corner ofThe Horsley Drive and Rossetti Street, adjacent to Emerson Street Reserve tennis courts. It originally featured approximately 25 specialty shops. In recent years, the shopping centre underwent renovations which saw the shopping complex completely reformed, and the rear parking lot expanded. Today, the complex also features a bowling centre and supermarkets.
• Greenway Plaza is a larger, outdoor shopping complex with many stores. There are also a few restaurants, cafes, aTAB, anemployment service provider andService NSW office within the complex.

Wetherill Park is home to the largest industrial estate in the Southern Hemisphere, with companies such as Jaguar,BMW,Subaru andMercedes-Benz situated in the area. Despite the heavy industrial presence, the suburb maintains a coppice environment dominated by eucalyptus trees. Within the industrial estate there are furniture stores, home depot stores, car mechanic services and clothing factories, among others. The headquarters of the Australian paper manufacturerABC Tissue Products (which operatestissue paper brands such as,Quilton, Naturale and Symphony, among others) is situated in Redfern Street.^[8]

Transitway bus route T80 operated byTransit Systems Sydney, opened in 2003 and runs partly through Wetherill Park.^[9] It is also located close to theWestlink M7 Sydney Orbital motorway.^[10] The Horsley Drive is the major road which runs through Wetherill Park. Other major roads include Polding Street and Victoria Street.

Wetherill Park has ahumid subtropical climate (Cfa) with warm to hot summers and cool, drier winters. Frost is not unheard of in winter. Afternoon thunderstorms can occur in the warm months.

^[note a] : The closest weather station is located withinProspect Reservoir on the Prospect–Wetherill Park border (in the northern outskirts of the suburb).

According to the 2021 Census, the most common ancestries in Wetherill Park were Australian 11.0%, Assyrian 10.7%, Italian 9.4%, English 8.7%, and Iraqi 7.4%.

43.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth wereIraq 18.0%,Vietnam 3.2%,Italy 3.0%,Syria 2.4% andCroatia 1.6%.

The most common responses for religion wereCatholic 46.4%, No Religion 10.1%, Not stated 6.2%,Assyrian Church of the East 6.1%,Islam 7.0% andEastern Orthodox 6.1%. Overall, Christianity was the largest religious group reported (74.0%).

32.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 12.4%,Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 9.5%,Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 6.3%, Spanish 5.0% and Vietnamese 3.9%. Combining thevarieties of Assyrian and Chaldean,Neo-Aramaic will be the most common language at 15.8%.

• William Stimson Public School

The suburb features a large recreational park and an urban forest,Wetherill Park Nature Reserve. Adjacent to that Reserve is theEmerson Street Reserve, which is a 6-hectare, rectangular-shapedsports ground which features a walking track, a tennis facility, askate park, a basketball court, cricket practice nets and a soccer field. Although not in the suburb,Rosford Street Reserve is adjacent to the eastern outskirts of Wetherill Park.^[14]

As part of Fairfield City Council's Parks Improvement Program, Shakespeare Park was upgraded in 2006.^[15][16]

Wetherill Park is home to a large VietnameseBuddhist temple, Phuoc Hue Temple, which was visited byPrince Charles in 1994.^[17]

Wetherill Park was once home to famous Italian footballer,Christian Vieri.^[18]

33°50′59″S150°54′40″E / 33.84972°S 150.91111°E /-33.84972; 150.91111

• Suburbs of Sydney
• City of Fairfield

• Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2016 ID different from Wikidata
• Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2011 ID same as Wikidata
• Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas
• Use Australian English from August 2019
• All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English
• Use dmy dates from October 2020
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Coordinates on Wikidata
• Pages using the Kartographer extension