Blackett, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Blackett
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption =Road bridge on the cycleway passing Blackett Primary School, showing artwork |
lga = City of Blacktown
postcode = 2770
pop = 2,489 (2001 census)
area =
propval = [http://www.domain.com.au/Public/SuburbReport.aspx?searchTerm=2770&mode=+%24257%2C000 $240,000] (2005)
est =
stategov = Mount Druitt
fedgov = Chifley
near-nw = Bidwill
near-n = Shalvey
near-ne = Marsden Park
near-w = Lethbridge Park
near-e = Oakhurst
near-sw = Emerton
near-s = Dharruk
near-se = Hebersham
dist1 = 48
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD Blackett is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blackett is located 48 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

History

Blackett takes its name from George Forster Blackett, Superintendent of the Government Cattle Station at Rooty Hill 1820–1830. Blackett is primarily a residential suburb with very limited commercial activity, having only a small shopping complex containing a combination liquor/general store, a Halal and non-Halal butcher, a bakery, take-away store, and combined service station/general store, which caters heavily to residents of Pacific Islander extraction. It is quite close to the suburbs of Mount Druitt and St Marys, which most residents would consider to be more commercial areas (having shopping centres, banking facilities and railway stations). Other nearby suburbs with shopping facilities (though no rail access) include Emerton and Plumpton.

Transport

In the 2001 census, for people travelling to work using just one method of transportation from this postcode,71% travelled in a car as the driver, 14% travelled in a car as passenger, 6% took the train, 4% travelled by truck, 2% walked, 2% took the bus and 1% travelled by bicycle.

By road Blackett is adjacent to the Westlink M7 motorway which can provide very easy access to the Great Western Highway and the M4 Motorway, providing road access to the western sections of the city and eastward to the Sydney CBD.This suburb is linked by several private bus companies to the train stations located at Mount Druitt and St Marys.

Cycleways running through Blackett run from Poppondetta Park all the way to Mt Druitt and the M7 cycleway, which in turn connects to the cycleways on the M4 and M2 Motorways.

chools

Blackett Primary School (founded in 1971) and Niland Special School are both public schools in the suburb.

Residents

In the 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census ofPopulation and Housing,the population of the Blackett postcode area was 2,489 people The population was 50.8% females, 49.2?% males.30% of the population was born overseas (see chart for a breakdown of ancestry).

The five strongest religious affiliations in the area were in descending order:
Catholic, Anglican, No religion, Islam and Presbyterian and Reformed. cite web
url = http://www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/our-city/statistics/suburb-profiles.cfm
title=The 2001 City of Blacktown Social Plan
author=WESTIR Ltd | year=2003
accessdate=2006-08-26
format = PDF
publisher = City of Blacktown ]

Housing

Housing is very heavily dominated by public housing built throughout the 1960s and 1970s, with large numbers of freestanding fibro houses and extensive terrace-style complexes . The houses are gradually transferring to private ownership and as this continues these government-built premises are being replaced with privately built, modern homes, similar to those being built in other areas of SydneyFact|date=June 2007.

The three most common forms of dwelling were in decreasing order:a separate house;a semi-detached, row or terrace house, or townhouse;a flat, unit or apartment.Census 2001 AUS|id=SSC11256|name=Blackett (State Suburb)|accessdate = 2006-08-26|quick=on]

Politics

For federal elections, Blackett is in the safe Labor electoral division of Chifley. This seat is currently held by Roger Price, of the Australian Labor Party, and he was last re-elected in the 2004 elections. The seat has been held continuously by the Australian Labor Party since it was proclaimed in 1984

For NSW state elections, Blackett is in the Electoral district of Mount Druitt. This seat is currently held by Richard Amery, of the Australian Labor Party. It has been held by a Labor candidate since it was proclaimed in 1971.

Notes

# " [http://www.seo.nsw.gov.au/electoral_districts/district_index/mount_druitt/results/2003 State Election 2003 - Polling Booth Results] , courtesy State Electoral Office of NSW."
# " [http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/HousePollingPlaceFirstPrefs-12246-386.htm Federal Election 2004 - Polling Booth Results for Chifley] , courtesy Australian Electoral Commission."

References

See also

Westbus

External links

* [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/mrsid/lgamap/show_map.pl?client=gnb&
] , from the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
* [http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/who/profiles/profiles/c/chifley.htm Profile of the federal seat of Chifley] .