Moorebank, New South Wales

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Moorebank
Sydney,  New South Wales
Moorebank shopping centre.JPG
Moorebank shopping centre in 2007
Moorebank, New South Wales
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Population9,747 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2170, 1875 (Post Boxes)
Elevation20 m (66 ft)
Location27 km (17 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s) City of Liverpool
State electorate(s) Holsworthy
Federal division(s) Hughes
Suburbs around Moorebank:
Liverpool Warwick Farm Chipping Norton
Casula Moorebank Holsworthy
Holsworthy Wattle Grove Hammondville

Moorebank is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Moorebank is located 27 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Liverpool.

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Moorebank features a mix of residential and industrial areas. Moorebank Shopping Village is a small shopping centre located in the suburb.

History

The suburb takes its name from early settler Thomas Moore. Moorebank was originally home to vineyards and other rural activities. [2] Nuwarra Public School opened in 1973 and is located directly opposite Moorebank shopping centre, which also opened in the early 1970s. Moorebank is built atop a plateau and was cut off from surrounding areas in the floods of 1986.

Transport

The M5 Motorway links Moorebank east to the Sydney central business district and west to Campbelltown. Moorebank is close to Liverpool railway station on the Inner West & Leppington Line, Bankstown Line and Cumberland Line of the Sydney Trains network.

Moorebank is the site of the proposed Moorebank Intermodal Terminal.

Schools

Note: Moorebank High School, Newbridge Heights Public School and St Josephs Primary are now in the adjacent suburb of Chipping Norton, due to a suburb border change.

Churches

Moorebank has several churches for the suburb

Sport and recreation

Moorebank is home to a number of local sporting teams, most of which use Hammondville Park as their home ground. Most prominent is the Moorebank Magpies Australian Football team which plays in the second division of the Sydney AFL competition. The Moorebank Rams rugby league team plays in the Canterbury-Bankstown Junior Rugby League competition but have previously fielded teams in the Metropolitan Cup, the most senior Sydney competition beneath the National Rugby League. Moorebank also fields a soccer team in the Southern Districts Soccer Football Association, a cricket team in the Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Association, a baseball team (the Royals) in the Bankstown District Baseball Association and also has netball and fishing clubs. Moorebank/Liverpool District Hockey Club operates out of Ernie Smith Reserve with 3 international standard water based turfs and is one of the most successful clubs in Sydney. [3]

Moorebank is also home to a purpose-built remote control car race track. The John Grant International Raceway is located in Helles Reserve which is just off Helles Avenue, near the Moorebank Road and M5 intersection. The racetrack is run by the New South Wales Remote Control Race Car Club Incorporated, a not-for-profit club, and was host to the 2001 IFMAR World Championships for 8th scale racing which saw the world's best 8th scale racers attend this event. [4]

Also situated in Helles Reserve, on the Georges River, is the NSW Barefoot Waterski Club. The site is considered one of the best in the World with consistent pristine water conditions. NSWBWSC has hosted many World Championships, National Championships, State Titles and Club Tournaments. Growth and development of first time barefooters and nurturing of junior members is key to the club's goal and purpose. [5]

Moorebank has a small lake called Clinches Pond. It is surrounded by a park called Chinches Pond Reserve.

Population

Demographics

According to the 2016 census undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Moorebank was home to 9,747 people. 63.8% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Vietnam 2.9%, India 2.3%, Fiji 2.1%, Lebanon 1.8% and Philippines 1.8%. 56.9% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 6.6%, Greek 5.0%, Vietnamese 4.2%, Hindi 2.3% and Mandarin 2.1%. The most common responses for religion in Moorebank were Catholic 30.7%, No Religion 14.3%, Anglican 12.2%, Eastern Orthodox 9.2% and Islam 6.5%.

The average age was 35 compared to 38 for the country as a whole and the median household income was $1,889 per week compared to a national figure of $1,438. The average housing loan repayments in Moorebank ($2,419 per month) are above national average ($1,755.) [1]

Notable residents

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Moorebank (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 July 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN   0-207-14495-8, page 177
  3. ↑ "Community Affiliations". Moorebank Sports Club. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
  4. ↑ "Moorebank raceway". NSWRCRCC. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
  5. ↑ NSW Barefoot Waterski Club
  6. ↑ "Kaleski, Robert Lucian (1877–1961)". Kaleski, Robert Lucian Stanislaus (1877–1961). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
  7. ↑ Matthews, Harley (1889 – 1968). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 8 March 2008.

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