Grantham Farm
Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Grantham Farm is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Grantham Farm is located in north-west Sydney in the local government area of Blacktown.
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| Coordinates: 33°39′36″S 150°52′00″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 2020 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 3.62 km2 (1.40 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 33 m (108 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 3,669 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2765 | ||||||||||||
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History
Grantham Farm was gazetted on 6 November 2020.[1][3] It was previously a part of Riverstone.
The suburb is named after the Grantham Farm Estate, which was a subdivision of the original land grant of 'Riverstone'. The land grant was given to Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice Charles O'Connell by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1810. The estate contained a 6-bedroom cottage and other outbuildings as well as vineyards.[1][4][5]
Demographics
According to the 2021 census of population, there were 3,669 people in Grantham Farm. 53.9% of people were born in Australia and 52.8% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion in Grantham Farm were Catholic 25.8%, No Religion 19.7% and Hinduism 17.3%.
