Birrong

Birrong features a large number of community facilities such as six soccer/rugby league fields, tennis courts, a large natural park reserve, a bowls club, and swimming pool. Birrong also has two high schools, Birrong Boys High School and Birrong Girls High School, and a primary school. A small group of shops is located on Auburn Road, featuring a barber, bakery, newsagent, IGA (including bottle shop and butcher), hair salon and florist.

History

The Aboriginal word Birrong meaning star, was adopted as the suburb's name around 1927.^[2]

One of the first settlers of Birrong was Joseph Hyde Potts who was granted land in the area in 1835 and has Potts Hill named after him. Development in the area of Birrong increased with the opening of the railway in 1928. Birrong Park, an area that was subject to flooding was drained as relief work during the Great Depression (1929-1934). The post office opened in 1955.^[3]

Demographics

In the 2011 census the population of Birrong is 2,953, 51.1% female and 48.9% male.

The median/average age of the Birrong population is 37 years of age.

50.3% of people living in Birrong were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were Vietnam 15.7%, China 3.3%, Lebanon 3.2%, New Zealand 2.3%, Fiji 1.1%.

35.3% of people speak English as their first language 19.5% Vietnamese, 13.3% Arabic, 5.8% Cantonese, 3.1% Mandarin, 1.6% Macedonian.

The religious make up of Birrong is 24.7% Catholic, 18% Buddhism, 14% Islam, 9.5% No Religion, 8.4% Anglican.

Education

Birrong Girls High School is a public girls high school that was established as a girls' comprehensive high school in 1957. There are 820 students (2006 estimate) from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds enrolled in the school. 84% of students are from non-English speaking background (NESB) which represents 46 language groups.

Transport

Birrong is served by a railway station on the Bankstown Line of the Sydney Trains network. Birrong is also serviced by a bus network run by Transdev NSW.

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Birrong (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
↑ History Suburb Names
↑ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 30

Suburbs and localities within the Canterbury-Bankstown Council, South-western Sydney, Sydney

Ashbury Bankstown Bass Hill Belfield Belmore Beverly Hills Birrong Campsie Canterbury Clemton Park Chester Hill Croydon Park Chullora Condell Park Earlwood East Hills Georges Hall Greenacre Hurlstone Park Kingsgrove Lakemba Lansdowne Milperra Mount Lewis Narwee Padstow Padstow Heights Panania Picnic Point Potts Hill Punchbowl Regents Park Revesby Revesby Heights Riverwood Roselands Sefton Villawood Wiley Park Yagoona

List of Sydney suburbs

City of Bankstown, South-western Sydney

Suburbs and localities within the City of Bankstown	Bankstown Bass Hill Birrong Chester Hill Chullora Condell Park East Hills Georges Hall Greenacre Manahan Milperra Mount Lewis Padstow Padstow Heights Panania Picnic Point Potts Hill Punchbowl Revesby Revesby Heights Sefton Villawood Yagoona

War history	Bankstown Bunker History of Bankstown during World War II HMS Nabberley No. 1 Fighter Sector RAAF

Crime	Bilal Skaf Milperra massacre Roger Rogerson Sydney gang rapes Villawood Immigration Detention Centre

Education	Alphacrucis Al Amanah College Bankstown Boys (Bankstown Senior College) Bankstown City Library Bankstown Girls Birrong Girls High School Bass High School Georges River Grammar LaSalle Catholic College Malek Fahd Islamic School St Euphemia College Sefton High School University of Western Sydney

Public transport bus service	Highway Tours McVicar's Bus Services Punchbowl Bus Company South Western Coach Lines Transdev NSW

Public transport by rail	Airport line Bankstown Line Bankstown station Birrong station Chester Hill station East Hills station Leightonfield station Padstow station Panania station Punchbowl station Revesby station Sefton station Villawood station Yagoona station

Sports facilities and public parks	Bankstown Oval Dunc Gray Velodrome Garrison Point Georges River National Park Jensen Oval McLeod Reserve Middleton Park Mirambeena Regional Park O'Neill Park Salt Pan Creek Terry Lamb Complex

Other utilities	Bankstown Airport Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital

Sports teams	Bankstown Berries Bankstown Bruins Bankstown City Bulls Bankstown City Lions Bankstown District Cricket Club Bankstown RSL Dragons Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Chester Hill Rhinos Yagoona Lions

Notable residents past and present	Danny Adcock Tahir Bilgiç Bryan Brown John Burgess Paulini Curuenavuli Anh Do Casey Donovan Brett Emerton Mamdouh Habib Hard-Ons Christian Heim Brett Holman Terry Lamb Paul Keating Geoff Robinson Akmal Saleh Vince Sorrenti Ian Thorpe Mark Waugh Steve Waugh

Other topics	Bankstown Bites Food Festival Bankstown Central Shopping Centre Canterbury-Bankstown Division of Banks Electoral district of Bankstown (results)

List of Sydney suburbs

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