Hinchinbrook, New South Wales

Hinchinbrook is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Hinchinbrook is located 35 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool. It is bordered by Hoxton Park and Green Valley.

Hinchinbrook
Sydney, New South Wales
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Population11,222 (2016 census)[1]
Established1986
Postcode(s)2168
Location35 km (22 mi) south-west of Sydney
LGA(s)City of Liverpool
State electorate(s)Liverpool
Federal Division(s)Werriwa
Suburbs around Hinchinbrook:
Cecil Park Green Valley Busby
Middleton Grange Hinchinbrook Miller
West Hoxton Hoxton Park Prestons

The main shopping precinct features the Valley Plaza. Schools include Hoxton Park High School, Hinchinbrook Public School, Good Samaritan Catholic College and James Busby High School.

It is also homes to various clubs, such as the Uruguyan Social Sporting Club. Population has boomed as a result of new housing developments. New facilities have been developed to cater for the area, most notably the M7 Motorway.

History

Hinchinbrook is quite a new suburb, having only been formed in 1986 from what was then the southern part of Green Valley and the northern part of Hoxton Park. Its name comes from Hinchinbrook Creek which runs through the suburb. The creek was named after a property in adjacent Cecil Hills which had belonged to former Supreme Court Judge Barron Field, who in turn had named the property after the English estate of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.[2][3]

A Hinchinbrook Post Office was open from 1 August 1883 until 1885.[4]

Population

At the 2016 census, there were 11,222 residents in Hinchinbrook. 49.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Iraq (7.0%), Fiji (5.7%), Vietnam (4.6%), Philippines (3.0%) and New Zealand (2.1%). 34.2% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic (9.7%), Vietnamese (7.6%), Hindi (6.9%), Spanish (5.5%) and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (4.6%). The top responses for religious affiliation were Catholic (32.6%), Islam (11.4%), No Religion (9.9%) and Buddhism 9.6%.[1]

Sport

Hinchinbrook is home to the Hinchinbrook Hornets Junior Rugby League Club, and compete in the Western Suburbs District Junior Rugby League competition and the Sydney combined competition

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hinchinbrook (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. "History of our suburbs: Green Valley". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 18 April 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  3. "History of our suburbs: Cecil Hills". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 18 April 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  4. Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 23 January 2021.


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