City of Fairfield New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Location in Metropolitan Sydney | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°52′S150°55′E / 33.867°S 150.917°E Coordinates: 33°52′S150°55′E / 33.867°S 150.917°E | ||||||||||||||
Population |
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• Density | 1,949/km2 (5,048/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 8 December 1888 (Smithfield and Fairfield) 26 October 1920 (Fairfield) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 102 km2 (39.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Frank Carbone (Independent) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Wakeley | ||||||||||||||
Region | Metropolitan Sydney | ||||||||||||||
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Website | City of Fairfield | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Fairfield is a local government area in the west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The council was first incorporated as the "Municipal District of Smithfield and Fairfield" on 8 December 1888, and the council's name was changed to the "Municipality of Fairfield" in 1920, before being proclaimed a city in 1979. The City of Fairfield comprises an area of 102 square kilometres (39 sq mi) and as of the 2016 census had a population of 198,817. [1] The Mayor of the City of Fairfield is Cr. Frank Carbone, the first popularly-elected independent mayor of Fairfield.
Fairfield is considered one of the most ethnically diverse suburbs in Australia. At the 2016 census, the proportion of residents in the Fairfield local government area who stated their ancestry as Vietnamese and Assyrian, was in excess of sixteen times the national average. The area was linguistically diverse, with Vietnamese, Arabic, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, or Cantonese languages spoken in households, and ranged from two times to seventeen times the national averages. [1]
The Smithfield-Wetherill Park Industrial Estate is the largest industrial estate in the southern hemisphere and is the centre of manufacturing and distribution in GWS, with more than 1,000 manufacturing, wholesale, transport and service firms. [3]
A few small areas of the original bushland remain, including examples of Cumberland Plain Woodland, which is listed under the Threatened Species Conservation Act. There are 580 parks (60 of which are major parks), including, one of the largest urban parks in the world, Western Sydney Parklands. Fairfield City is mainly residential in nature with large-scale industrial estates at Wetherill Park and Smithfield. Fairfield Showground is an important cultural venue. Prominent roads such as Cumberland Highway and The Horsley Drive wind through it.
Suburbs in the City of Fairfield are:
For more than 30,000 years, Aboriginal people from the Cabrogal-Gandangara tribe have lived in the area. [7]
One of Sydney's oldest trees, the Bland Oak, was planted in the 1830s in Carramar. European settlement began early in the 19th century and was supported by railway construction in 1856. At the turn of the century the area had a population of 2,500 people and with fertile soils, produced crops for distribution in Sydney. The council was first incorporated as the "Municipal District of Smithfield and Fairfield" on 8 December 1888, becoming the "Municipality of Smithfield and Fairfield" from 1906. [8] On 26 October 1920, the council's name was changed to the "Municipality of Fairfield", in recognition of the changing centre of business in the council area. [9]
Rapid population increase after World War II saw the settlement of many ex-service men and European migrants. Large scale Housing Commission development in the 1950s swelled the population to 38,000. From 1 January 1949, under the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 , the Municipality of Cabramatta and Canley Vale was amalgamated into the Municipality of Fairfield. In the 1976 census, the population had reached 114,000 and was becoming one of the larger local government areas in New South Wales. [10] On 18 May 1979, the Municipality of Fairfield was granted city status, becoming the "City of Fairfield". [11]
On 26 November 2001, the former Deputy Mayor of Fairfield and councillor from 1987 to 1999, Phuong Ngo, was convicted to life imprisonment for the 1994 murder of the local state MP for Cabramatta (and former Deputy Mayor), John Newman, a crime which has been described as Australia's first political assassination. Controversy has arisen in the years since then of the presence Ngo's name on various council plaques from his time on council. [12] [13] [14]
In September 2006, Fairfield Council announced the introduction of a trail ban on spitting in public [15] on public health grounds. However, it was reported that advice provided to council from NSW Health was that spitting does not impact on the transmission of infectious diseases. [16] The law proved difficult to prosecute. [17]
The City of Fairfield has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
At the 2016 census there were 198,817 people in the Fairfield local government area, of these 49.3 per cent were male and 50.7 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7 per cent of the population; significantly below the NSW and Australian averages of 2.9 and 2.8 per cent respectively. The median age of people in the City of Fairfield was 36 years; slightly lower than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 19.1 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 48.1 per cent were married and 12.4 per cent were either divorced or separated. [1]
Population in the City of Fairfield between the 2001 census and the 2006 census declined by 0.78 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 4.38 per cent. At the 2016 census, the population in the City increased by 5.89 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in the Fairfield local government area was a little over half the national average. [1] [23] [24] [25]
The median weekly income for residents within the City of Fairfield was lower than the national average, [25] [24] being one of the factors that place the City in an area of social disadvantage.
As at the 2016 census, the influence of Vietnamese culture and language was statistically strong, evidenced by the proportion of residents with Vietnamese ancestry (nearly twenty times higher than the national average), the proportion of residents who spoke Vietnamese as either a first or second language (also nearly twenty times higher than the national average), and the proportion of residents who stated a religious affiliation with Buddhism (in excess of nine times the national average). [1]
Selected historical census data for Fairfield local government area | ||||||
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Census year | 2001 [23] | 2006 [24] | 2011 [25] | 2016 [1] | ||
Population | Estimated residents on census night | 181,300 | 179,893 | 187,766 | 198,817 | |
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales | 5th | |||||
% of New South Wales population | 2.71% | |||||
% of Australian population | 0.97% | |||||
Cultural and language diversity | ||||||
Ancestry, top responses | Vietnamese | 14.6% | ||||
Chinese | 11.7% | |||||
Australian | 8.6% | |||||
English | 7.4% | |||||
Assyrian | ||||||
Language, top responses (other than English) | Vietnamese | 15.5% | ||||
Arabic | 4.9% | |||||
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | 4.9% | |||||
Cantonese | 5.8% | |||||
Khmer | n/c | n/c | n/c | |||
Religious affiliation | ||||||
Religious affiliation, top responses | Catholic | 35.2% | ||||
Buddhism | 21.2% | |||||
No religion, so described | 5.9% | |||||
Not stated | n/c | n/c | n/c | 7.3% | ||
Islam | n/c | n/c | n/c | 5.9% | ||
Median weekly incomes | ||||||
Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$319 | A$369 | A$439 | ||
% of Australian median income | 68.5% | 64.0% | 66.3% | |||
Family income | Median weekly family income | A$873 | A$1,065 | A$1,263 | ||
% of Australian median income | 85.0% | 71.9% | 72.8% | |||
Household income | Median weekly household income | A$946 | A$1,022 | $1,222 | ||
% of Australian median income | 80.8% | 82.8% | 85.0% | |||
Fairfield City Council is composed of thirteen Councillors, including the Mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor has been directly elected since 2004, while the twelve other Councillors are elected proportionally to three separate wards, each electing four Councillors. The most recent election was held on 10 September 2016, and the makeup of the Council, including the Mayor, is as follows: [26] [27] [28] [29]
Party | Councillors | |
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Australian Labor Party | 6 | |
Liberal Party of Australia | 3 | |
Independent | 4 | |
Total | 13 |
The current Council, elected in 2016, in order of election by ward, is:
Ward | Councillor | Party | Notes | |
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Mayor [26] | Frank Carbone | Independent | Labor until 29 August 2016 | |
Cabravale [27] | Kien Ly | Australian Labor Party | Deputy Mayor 2016–2017 [30] | |
Dai Le | Independent | |||
Peter Grippaudo | Liberal Party | |||
Adrian Wong | Australian Labor Party | Deputy Mayor 2017–2018 [31] | ||
Fairfield [28] | Anita Tadic-Kazi | Australian Labor Party | ||
Charbel Saliba | Independent | |||
Del Bennett | Australian Labor Party | |||
Paul Azzo | Liberal Party | |||
Parks [29] | Ninos Khoshaba | Australian Labor Party | ||
Andrew Rohan | Independent | |||
Sera Yilmaz | Australian Labor Party | Deputy Mayor Sep 2018 – present | ||
Joe Molluso | Liberal Party |
Mayor | Party | Term | Notes | |
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Francis Atkin Kenyon | Independent | 22 February 1889 – 13 February 1891 | [32] [33] | |
John Lackey | Independent | 13 February 1891 – 15 February 1893 | [34] [35] | |
Thomas Downey | Independent | 15 February 1893 – 17 February 1894 | [36] | |
William Stimson | Independent | 17 February 1894 – 14 February 1896 | [37] [38] | |
Adam Vallance | Independent | 14 February 1896 – 12 February 1898 | [39] [40] | |
Bruce Sofala Ephraim Hall | Independent | 12 February 1898 – 14 February 1899 | [41] | |
George Paine | Independent | 14 February 1899 – 14 February 1900 | [42] | |
Adam Craig Bell | Independent | 14 February 1900 – 14 February 1901 | [43] | |
John Edwards Anthony | Independent | 14 February 1901 – 8 February 1902 | [44] [45] | |
James Robert Anderson | Independent | 8 February 1902 – February 1903 | [46] | |
Walter Stimson | Independent | February 1903 – 11 February 1904 | [47] | |
Samuel Critchley | Independent | 11 February 1904 – February 1905 | [48] | |
John Downey | Independent | February 1905 – 15 February 1907 | [49] [50] | |
John Edwards Anthony | Independent | 15 February 1907 – 6 July 1917 | [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] | |
Walter Stimson | Independent | 6 July 1917 – 11 February 1919 | [57] [58] | |
John Edwards Anthony | Independent | 11 February 1919 – 4 February 1920 | [59] | |
Thomas Miles | Independent | 4 February 1920 – 6 December 1921 | [60] [61] | |
Amos Robert Coleman | Independent | 6 December 1921 – 12 December 1922 | [62] | |
Walter Stimson | Independent | 12 December 1922 – 18 December 1923 | [63] | |
Harold William Stein | Independent | 18 December 1923 – 8 December 1925 | [64] [65] | |
Augustus Morris Jentsch | Independent | 8 December 1925 – 4 December 1928 | [66] [67] [68] | |
Henry Alfred Clancy | Independent | 4 December 1928 – 5 January 1932 | [69] [70] [71] | |
Robert Towers Gillies | Independent | 5 January 1932 – December 1932 | [72] | |
Walter Stimson | Independent | December 1932 – 4 December 1934 | [73] [74] | |
Thomas Fishpool | Independent | 4 December 1934 – 14 December 1937 | [75] [76] [77] | |
Samuel Foster Money | Labor | 14 December 1937 – December 1938 | [78] [79] | |
John Burleigh, Snr. | December 1938 – 10 December 1941 | [80] [81] | ||
Henry Alfred Clancy | Independent | 10 December 1941 – 15 December 1943 | [82] [83] | |
Clifford Green | Independent | 15 December 1943 – December 1945 | [84] [85] | |
Henry Alfred Clancy | Independent | December 1945 – December 1947 | [86] | |
Clifford Green | Independent | December 1947 – December 1948 | [87] | |
Jack Henshaw | Labor | December 1948 – 6 December 1949 | [88] | |
Jack McBurney | Citizens' Representative Party | 6 December 1949 – December 1950 | [89] | |
Samuel Austin Seaman | Labor | December 1950 – 3 December 1951 | ||
Philip Bartholomew Ryan | 3 December 1951 – 8 December 1952 | [90] | ||
William Leonard Wolfenden | 8 December 1952 – 10 December 1953 | [91] | ||
Leslie Charles Hale | Progress Association | 10 December 1953 – 12 December 1955 | [92] | |
Leslie Powell | Labor | 12 December 1955 – 2 December 1957 | [93] [94] | |
Keith Makepeace | 2 December 1957 – 11 December 1958 | [95] | ||
Keith Howick | 11 December 1958 – 10 December 1959 | [96] | ||
Vic Wenban | 10 December 1959 – December 1962 | [97] [98] [99] | ||
A. E. Harvey | December 1962 – December 1963 | [100] | ||
Lawrence Fraser | December 1963 – December 1964 | |||
Vic Wenban | Independent | December 1964 – December 1965 | [101] | |
Frank Calabro | Independent | December 1965 – 20 December 1966 | [102] | |
Keith Makepeace | Independent | 20 December 1966 – December 1967 | [103] | |
Harold Schofield | Independent | December 1967 – September 1968 | [104] | |
Frank Calabro | Independent | September 1968 – September 1969 | ||
A. E. Harvey | Labor | September 1969 – September 1970 | ||
Harold Schofield | Independent | September 1970 – September 1971 | ||
Ian Thorley | Labor | September 1971 – September 1973 | [105] | |
Don Turtle | September 1972 – September 1973 | |||
Les Powell | September 1973 – September 1974 | |||
Janice Crosio | September 1974 – September 1975 | [106] | ||
Ernest Loveday | Independent | September 1975 – September 1976 | ||
Warren Colless | Independent | September 1976 – September 1977 | ||
Janice Crosio | Labor | September 1977 – September 1980 | [106] | |
Maria Heggie | Independent | September 1987 – September 1988 | [107] | |
September 1988 – September 1989 | ||||
Lawrence Wright | Labor | September 1989 – September 1990 | ||
September 1990 – September 1991 | ||||
Dennis Donovan | Labor | September 1991 – September 1992 | [108] | |
September 1992 – September 1993 | ||||
Nick Lalich | Labor | September 1993 – September 1994 | [109] | |
September 1994 – September 1995 | ||||
Maria Heggie | Independent | September 1995 – September 1996 | ||
Ken Chapman | Labor | September 1996 – September 1997 | ||
Anwar Khoshaba | September 1997 – September 1998 | |||
Chris Bowen | September 1998 – September 1999 | |||
Anwar Khoshaba | September 1999 – September 2000 | |||
Robert Watkins | September 2000 – September 2001 | |||
Anwar Khoshaba OAM | September 2001 – September 2002 | [110] [111] | ||
Nick Lalich | September 2002 – 21 March 2012 | [109] | ||
Frank Carbone | 21 March 2012 – 29 August 2016 | [109] [112] | ||
Independent | 29 August 2016 – date | [113] [114] |
Name | Term | Notes |
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George Edward Young | 28 February 1889 – 1 September 1891 | [115] [116] |
Francis Atkin Kenyon | 1 September 1891 – 4 November 1892 | [117] [118] |
Edward Farr | 4 November 1892 – 17 July 1900 | [119] |
Richard Henry Stokes Dummett | 17 July 1900 – 3 April 1916 | [120] [121] |
George Davis | 3 April 1916 – 1 August 1942 | [122] [123] [124] [125] |
William James Witt | 1 August 1942 – May 1953 | [126] [127] |
Vic Winton | May 1953 – 1976 | [128] |
F. A. Elliott | 1976–1986 | [129] |
Terry Barnes | 1986 – October 1999 | [130] [131] [132] [133] |
Alan Young | October 1999 – date | [134] |
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For service to the community as mayor of Fairfield City Council
For service to the Assyrian community, particularly in the areas of social welfare and education, and to local government.
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