Woodcroft, New South Wales

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


caption =
lga = City of Blacktown
postcode = 2767
pop =
area =
propval =
stategov = Mount Druitt
fedgov = Chifley
near-nw = Quakers Hill
near-n = Marayong
near-ne = Marayong
near-w = Doonside
near-e = Blacktown
near-sw = Doonside
near-s = Doonside
near-se = Blacktown
dist1 = 42
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD

Woodcroft is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woodcroft is located 42 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

Woodcroft was developed by L.J. Hooker of the former State Brickworks. L.J. Hooker purchased the property in 1989, and after rezoning, residential construction commenced in 1992. It was formally recognised as a suburb in 1996. [cite web | url = http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=KWwGWyWATR | title = Woodcroft | publisher = Geographical Names Board of New South Wales | accessdate = 2007-01-03]

Commercial Area

There is a modest independent retail mall on Richmond Road. Services include a service station, supermarket, video rental store, bookmaking agency, and a variety of independent and franchise fast food outlets.

Facilities such as disabled toilets, parenting rooms, and children's play areas, are either limited or not available.

Transport

The Blacktown Social Plan [cite web | url = http://www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/our-city/statistics/suburb-profiles.cfm | title = Blacktown Social Plan | publisher = Blacktown City Council] shows that Woodcroft households are much more likely to have one car than is usual across both the city of Blacktown, and the Sydney greater metropolitan area. However they are also much less likely to have two or more cars than is usual. This is somewhat of an indication of the transport connections throughout the area and the demographic of the population.

Access to public transport is somewhat limited, being via bus to either Blacktown, Doonside or Quakers Hill railway stations. As such most households have one car.

The M7 motorway is accessible to Woodcroft via either the Richmond Road or Quakers Hill Parkway. Since it opened in December 2005 this has improved access to the Hills District, Liverpool and providing connections to both the M2 and M4 motorways.

Housing

The predominant form of housing throughout the suburb is free standing single homes. Less than 1% of residences are apartment buildings of three or more stories. This modern, low density housing is a reflection of the standard of living throughout the suburb.

Landmarks

Woodcroft features a small sized man-made lake called Woodcroft Lake.

Population

The Blacktown Social Plan indicates that between 1996 and 2001 census, the population increased from 1683 to 4969 people, an increase of over 195%. This is linked directly to the level of residential development occurring throughout the 1990s.

The Blacktown Social Plan shows that compared to the averages across both the City of Blacktown, and the Sydney greater metropolitan area, residents of Woodcroft are more likely to be English literate migrants, working in white collar jobs. They are also very likely to be buying their own house and to be living as a couple with children.

Since there are relatively sparse retail services here, the majority of residents are more likely to work and shop in nearby city centres such as Blacktown, Parramatta or Penrith.

References

External links

[http://web.archive.org/web/20060901172030/www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/shadomx/apps/fms/fmsdownload.cfm?file_uuid=2BB6A49C-E7FF-0ADF-9D99-0BF5EC727F8D&siteName=blacktown Alternate Link for Blacktown City Council Social Plan]