Camden South, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Camden South
city = Sydney
state = nsw
lga = Camden Council

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caption = Aerial view of the suburb Camden South. Camden is towards the top of the picture, Remembrance Driveway is through the middle and the Nepean River is in the top right.
postcode = 2570
pop = 4,653 (2001)
stategov = Camden
fedgov = Macarthur
near-nw = Cawdor
near-n = Camden
near-ne = Elderslie
near-w = Cawdor
near-e = Spring Farm
near-sw = Cawdor
near-s = Camden Park
near-se = Camden Park
dist1 = 65
location1= Sydney CBD Camden South is a suburb on the outskirts of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is to the immediate south of Camden, New South Wales and shares the same postcode 2570.

History

The area now known as Camden South was originally home to the Muringong, southernmost of the Darug people and the Gandangara people of the Southern Highlands. In 1805, wool pioneer John Macarthur was granted 5,000 acres (20 km²) at Cowpastures (now Camden). After the land was cleared, it was used for farming for most of the next 200 years until Sydney's suburban sprawl reached the town of Camden and modern suburbs like Camden South were subdivided into housing blocks.cite web | url = http://www.camdenhistory.org.au/chcamden.html |title= "The History of Camden" | publisher = Camden Historical Society | accessdate = 2008-03-20] cite web | url = http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/barani/themes/theme1.htm |title= "Aboriginal People and Place" | publisher = City of Sydney | accessdate = 2008-03-20]

People

Demographics

In the 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census, the suburb of Camden South had a population of 4,653 people. Statistically, the suburb is similar in nature to much of Australia. The majority of families are couples with children (54%) who are Australian born (83%) or from English speaking countries such as England (6%), New Zealand (1%) or Scotland (1%). One area of difference is religion, where more people are Anglican (34%) than Catholic (30%), reversing the trend in the rest of Australia. Another notable point is the housing is almost entirely detached houses (94%) with the owners more likely to be paying them off (37%) than the national average (27%).Census 2001 AUS|id=SSC11396|name=Camden South (State Suburb)|accessdate=2007-06-30|quick=on]

Politics

Camden South lies in the south ward of Camden Council, currently represented by Chris Patterson (who is also the Mayor of Camden), Eva Campbell and Fred Whiteman. It sits within the state electorate of Camden, represented by Labor's Geoff Corrigan, the former Mayor of Camden, and the federal electorate of Macarthur, represented by Liberal's Pat Farmer, the former ultra-marathon runner.

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