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North Parramatta

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History
Heritage listings
Schools and recreation
Transport
Demographics
See also
References
External links

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| type = suburb
| name = North Parramatta
| city = Sydney
| state = nsw
| image = Lake Parramatta,New South Wales.jpg
| caption = Masonry arch wall at Lake Parramatta
| lga = City of Parramatta
| postcode = 2151
| est =
| pop = 13,248
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes =^[1]
| area = 5.2
| stategov = Parramatta
| fedgov = Parramatta
| near-nw = Northmead
| near-n = North Rocks
| near-ne = Carlingford
| near-w = Northmead
| near-e = Oatlands
| near-sw = Westmead
| near-s = Parramatta
| near-se = Rydalmere
| dist1 = 24
| dir1 = north-west
| location1= Sydney CBD
}}

North Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 24 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta.

History

The Darug people had lived in the area for many generations, and regarded the area as a food bowl, rich in food from the river and forests. They called the area Baramada or Burramatta ('Parramatta') which means "the place where the eels lie down".^[2]

Heritage listings

North Parramatta has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

28a Bourke Street: Lake Parramatta^[3]
Corner of O'Connell Street and Dunlop Street: Parramatta Correctional Centre
Pennant Hills Road: St Patrick's Cemetery^[4]

Schools and recreation

North Parramatta is dominated by Lake Parramatta and The King's School, which together comprise almost 50% of the land area. Lake Parramatta is a 10-hectare reserve, based around a former reservoir. The catchment area for the lake is bounded by North Rocks Road, Pennant Hills Road and Hunts Creek. The entrance is from Lackey Street, North Parramatta. Lake Parramatta served as a recreational spot for locals who enjoyed swimming. It had been closed due to pollution, but was reopened in January 2015.

Schools in the suburb include:

Burnside Public School
Parramatta North Public School
Redeemer Baptist School – situated on a heritage-listed area – former site of Burnside Orphanage
RIDBC Garfield Barwick School
Tara Anglican School for Girls
The King's School, Parramatta, the oldest independent school in Australia
St. Monica's Primary School

Transport

The nearest train station to North Parramatta is Parramatta railway station. The 609 bus route, run by Hillsbus, is the local access to bus transport. It circles around from Prince Street, to Gloucester Avenue, past Lake Parramatta, onto Iron Street and then to the Parramatta Bus Interchange.

At the 2011 census, 21.9% of employed people travelled to work on public transport and 57.3% by car (either as driver or as passenger).

Demographics

At the 2016 census, North Parramatta recorded a population of 13,248. Of these:^[1]

Age distribution: North Parramatta has a slight over-representation of young adults when compared to the country as a whole. This is most apparent in the range 25–34 years of age, who make up 20.4% of the suburb's population, significantly larger than the national average of 14.4%. North Parramatta residents' median age was 35 years, compared to the national median of 38. Children aged 0–14 years made up 17.7% of the population (national average is 18.7%) and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population (national average is 15.8%).

Ethnic diversity: About half (45.4%) of North Parramatta residents were born in Australia; the next most common countries of birth were India 7.8%, China 5.5%, Iran 3.5%, Philippines 2.5% and Lebanon 2.2%. However, only 13.2% identify their ancestry as Australian, which is the largest group; the next most common self-identified ancestries were English 12.9%, Chinese 9.0%, Indian 7.9% and Irish 5.3%. Just under half (44.1%) of people only spoke English at home; other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 5.7%, Arabic 5.5%, Persian 3.4%, Cantonese 3.2% and Hindi 3.2%.

Religion: The most common responses for religion were Catholic 23.7% and No Religion 21.4%.

Income: The average weekly household income was $1,524, compared to the national average of $1,438.

Housing: Most private dwellings (59.1%) were flats, units or apartments. Another 23.7% were separate houses, while 16.6% were semi-detached (mainly townhouses). The average household size was 2.5 people.

References

1. ^¹{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC13001 |name=North Parramatta(NSW)|accessdate=15 July 2017|quick=on}}
2. ^{{cite book |last=Troy |first=Jakelin |chapter=The Sydney Language |title=Macquarie Aboriginal Words |location=Sydney |publisher=Macquarie Library |page=76}}
3. ^{{cite NSW SHR|5056348|Lake Parramatta Dam|hr=01879|fn=10/19614-1|accessdate=18 May 2018}}
4. ^{{cite NSW SHR|5053428|St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery|hr=01880|fn=EF14/5149; s93/673/5|accessdate=18 May 2018}}

External links

http://www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/
{{cite web | url = http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/airlie_house_burnside_homes_north_parramatta | title = Airlie House, Burnside Homes, North Parramatta | accessdate = 2 October 2015 | author = Christopher Malouf | date = 2012 | work=Dictionary of Sydney}} [CC-By-SA]

{{Coord|-33.8032|151.0055|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-NSW|display=title}}{{Sydney Parramatta suburbs}}{{Geography of Parramatta River}}

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