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Prestons, New South Wales

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People
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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2012}}{{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb
| name = Prestons
| city = Sydney
| state = nsw
| image = Prestons NSW 2170, Australia - panoramio (70).jpg
| caption = Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School
| lga = City of Liverpool
| postcode = 2170
| pop = 15313
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = ^[1]
| est = 1972
| area =
| stategov = Holsworthy
| fedgov = Werriwa
| near-nw = Hinchinbrook
| near-n = Miller
| near-ne = Cartwright
| near-w = Hoxton Park
| near-e = Lurnea
| near-sw = Horningsea Park
| near-s = Edmondson Park
| near-se = Casula
| dist1 = 37
| dir1 = south-west
| location1= Sydney CBD
}}

Prestons is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 37 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool.

History

Prestons was named after a local family who in the early 1900s ran a post office on the corner Romana Square. Their name became synonymous with the post office and in 1972, it officially became the name of the suburb.^[2]^[3]

Schools

Schools in the suburb include Dalmeny and Prestons Public School. Private schools include, William Carey Christian School, Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School and the former Sule College, now known as Amity College.

Transport

Prestons is situated at an important road junction where the M5 South Western Motorway from the city meets the Hume Motorway heading towards Canberra and Melbourne and the Westlink M7 heading towards Mount Druitt and northern Sydney. All three roads can be accessed from Camden Valley Way, which also connects Prestons to Liverpool and Camden. The M7 can also be accessed from Bernera Road. Prestons is serviced by trains to the city via Granville and the Airport from Glenfield and Edmondson Park stations. Busabout provides three bus services to Liverpool via different routes. One of these, the 850, also connects to Camden.^[4]

Sport

The Prestons Cricket Club (Hornets) operates from Amalfi Park, since it was founded in 1968.

Prestons Robins Little Athletics operates on Friday Nights at the new park on Ash Road during summer months.

People

According to the 2016 Australian census, Prestons had a population of 15 313 people. The most common countries of birth, other than Australia (53.1%), were Fiji (7.4%), Philippines (3.9%), India (3.1%), Vietnam (1.8%) and New Zealand (1.8%). The most common foreign languages spoken at home were Hindi (9.0%), Arabic (6.5%) and Spanish (3.3%). While Catholicism was the most common religion (32.2%), Islam was the second most common with 14.6%, ahead of Hinduism with 9.6%.^[1]

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|title=2011 Census QuickStats - Prestons|url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/SSC11909?opendocument&navpos=220|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=24 February 2017}}
2. ^The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia {{ISBN|0-207-14495-8}}
3. ^{{NSW GNR|id=ujjtwpsESX|title=Prestons|accessdate=14 June 2009}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.busabout.com.au/HTML/NetworkMap.html |title=Busabout Network Map |publisher=Busabout |accessdate=19 April 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830080952/http://www.busabout.com.au/HTML/NetworkMap.html |archivedate=30 August 2007 }}

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3 : Suburbs of Sydney|Hume Highway|City of Liverpool (New South Wales)

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