Fairfield Heights, New South Wales
- Fairfield Heights, New South Wales
Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Fairfield Heights
city = Sydney
state = nsw
caption =
lga = City of Fairfield
postcode = 2165
est =
pop =
area =
propval =
stategov = Fairfield
fedgov = Prospect
near-nw = Smithfield
near-n = Smithfield
near-ne = Fairfield
near-w = Fairfield West
near-e = Fairfield
near-sw = Fairfield West
near-s = Canley Vale
near-se = Fairfield
dist1 = 31
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD
Fairfield Heights is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fairfield Heights is located 31 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. Fairfield Heights is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
Fairfield Heights shares the postcode of 2165 with the separate suburbs of Fairfield, Fairfield East and Fairfield West.
History
Aboriginal people from the Cabrogal tribe, a sub-group of the Gandangara tribe, have lived in the Fairfield area for over 30 000 years. European settlement came to the area in the early 1800s. An application for a post office at Fairfield Heights was made by Mrs Beard in 1950. In 1955, when the population had increased sufficiently a post office was opened.
Geography
The elevation of this suburb is approximately between 20-40 metres above mean sea level.
port
Prospect View Reserve is home to the Fairfield Hotspurs football club.
Notable residents
Fairfield Heights was once the home of tennis player Jelena Dokic and her family.
External links
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