Wakeley, New South Wales
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  Wakeley Location in greater metropolitan Sydney | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 33°52′34″S 150°54′44″E / 33.87611°S 150.91222°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1980 | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 4,893 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2176 | ||||||||||||
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Wakeley is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the council seat in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. Wakeley is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. At the 2021 census, Wakeley has a population of 4,893.
The City of Fairfield Council Chambers are located in Wakeley.[2]
Wakeley is named after Daniel Wakeley, an early settler in the area. It was mainly used for farming until being redeveloped as a residential suburb in 1980.[3]
Demographics
The largest ancestry in the suburb is Vietnamese 17.6%, followed by Assyrian 16.2% and Chinese 13.1%.[4] English only is used at home by 21.2% of residents compared to an average 67.6% in New South Wales. The most common languages spoken after English are Vietnamese 17.9%, Assyrian-Neo Aramaic 15.1%, and Arabic 7.1%.[4]
37.9% of people in Wakeley were born in Australia compared to an average 65.4% in New South Wales. The most common places of birth after Australia are Iraq 16%, Vietnam 14%, and Cambodia 4.2%.[4]
