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Londonderry, New South Wales

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History
Heritage listings
Population
Geography
Commercial area
References

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}{{Infobox Australian place| type = suburb
| name = Londonderry
| city = Sydney
| state = NSW
| image =
| caption =
| lga = City of Penrith
| postcode = 2753
| est =
| coordinates = {{coord|33|38|55|S|150|44|8|E|display=inline,title}}
| pop = 3906
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = ^[1]
| area =
| stategov = Londonderry
| fedgov = Lindsay
| near-nw = Agnes Banks
| near-n = Richmond
| near-ne = Bligh Park
| near-w = Agnes Banks
| near-e = Berkshire Park
| near-sw = Castlereagh
| near-s = Cranebrook
| near-se = Llandilo
| dist1 = 60
| dir1 = north-west
| location1= Sydney CBD
}}

Londonderry is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 60 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

History

Londonderry takes its name from the 1831 grant of {{convert|30|acre|ha|order=flip}} to Thomas Kendall.

Its Post Office opened on 1 February 1935.^[2]

Heritage listings

Londonderry has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

947-953 Londonderry Road: Fossil and Petrology collections, New South Wales^[3]^[4]

Population

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 3,906 people in Londonderry.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.
78.2% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was Malta at 2.6%.
82.9% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese at 3.8%.
The most common responses for religion were Catholic 38.2%, Anglican 21.0% and No Religion 17.3%.^[1]

Geography

Londonderry is located in the northernmost part of the City of Penrith with the Driftway forming the boundary with the Hawkesbury City Council area. The Northern Road divides Londonderry from Berkshire Park while Cranebrook and Agnes Banks are its boundaries on its southern and western sides. Londonderry is a rural area and much of it still crown land. Because of its closeness to Richmond and distance from Penrith, the suburb has always had stronger links with Richmond than with Penrith.

Commercial area

Londonderry village in the centre of the suburb is a vital community connection point for local residents in the area. Amenities include shops, service stations, a post office, a community hall, Londonderry Public School and the Londonderry Rural Fire Brigade station.

References

1. ^¹{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC12375|name=Londonderry (State Suburb)|accessdate=18 June 2018|quick=on}} Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].
2. ^{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= | accessdate = 16 June 2012}}
3. ^{{cite NSW SHR|5014132|Fossil Collection|hr=00971|fn=S95/00340/1|accessdate=18 May 2018}}
4. ^{{cite NSW SHR|5014133|Petrology Collection|hr=00973|fn=S95/00340/1|accessdate=18 May 2018}}

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