Sefton, New South Wales

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


caption = Carlingford Street, Sefton
lga = City Of Bankstown
postcode = 2162
pop = 5,390 (2006 Census)
stategov = Auburn
fedgov = Blaxland
near-nw = Guildford
near-n = South Granville
near-ne = Auburn
near-e = Regents Park
near-se = Birrong
near-s = Yagoona
near-sw = Bass Hill
near-w = Chester Hill
dist1 = 23
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD

Sefton is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sefton is located 23 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Bankstown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Sefton shares the post code of 2162 with the neighbouring suburb of Chester Hill.

History

The name Sefton was taken from Sefton in London, England. James Wood gave the name 'Sefton Park' to the convert|340|acre|km2 of land granted to him in 1839. Prior to subdivision, Sefton was an area of market gardens, orchards and poultry farms. [http://www.bankstown.nsw.gov.au//coun/about/suburbGetItsName.cfm]

Transport and commercial area

Sefton railway station is on the Inner West Line of the CityRail network. There is a small shopping centre clustered around the railway station including Sefton Growers Market, Sefton Newsagency and a Thai/Australian bistro adjacent to the newsagency.

Schools

Sefton Infants School is a small public school catering for years Kindergarten to Year 2 and also includes a pre-school. Sefton High School is a co-educational, partially selective, high school with just over 1000 students. Sefton's selective-school section operates from years 7 - 10 and years 11 - 12 are integrated into the community section of the school.

Sport and recreation

A number of sporting facilities are located around Sefton. This includes Jensen Oval and Sefton Golf Course. Sefton Golf Course [ [http://www.bankstown.nsw.gov.au/rec/places/golfcourse.cfm Sefton Golf Course] ] is a council-owned 18-hole par-3 course on 15.6 hectares and is open all year round.

Population

In the 2006 Australian census, Sefton's population was recorded as 5,390, of whom 40.4% were born overseas—typical of the Bankstown area and other south-western suburbs of Sydney. It is a culturally diverse community whose residents speak over 60 different languages. The most common countries of birth other than Australia include Viet Nam (12.4%) and Lebanon (6.6%). [Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC11901 | name = Sefton (State Suburb) | quick = on | accessdate=2008-02-28]

Politics

At the state level, Sefton is part of the electoral district of Auburn. At the federal level, Sefton is part of the electoral Division of Blaxland.

References

External links

* [http://www.bankstown.nsw.gov.au/rec/places/golfcourse.cfm Sefton Golf Course]