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Bonnyrigg
SydneyNew South Wales
Bonnyrigg Buddhist temple.jpg
The Ming Yue Lay Buddhist Temple located on Humphries Road
Population 8,670 (2016 census)
 • Density 2,900/km2 (7,500/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 2177
Area 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Location 36 km (22 mi) west of Sydney
LGA(s) City of Fairfield
State electorate(s) Cabramatta
Federal Division(s)
Suburbs around Bonnyrigg:
Edensor Park St Johns Park Cabramatta West
Bonnyrigg Heights Bonnyrigg Mount Pritchard
Green Valley Heckenberg Heckenberg

Bonnyrigg is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 36 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

History

Bonnyrigg takes its name from Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland. In 1803, Governor King granted land for the building of an orphanage. A two-storey Georgian house was erected in Brown Road and became the Male Orphan Schoolchildren's Residence. It was extended around 1914 and is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.

Location

Bonnyrigg lies approximately 30 kilometres west of Sydney's central business district as the crow flies and about 36 kilometres by road. Its closest major regional centre is Liverpool. The suburb is shaped like a diamond. The suburbs of Mount Pritchard and Cabramatta West lie to the east on the other side of Green Valley Creek. St Johns Park, Greenfield Park and Edensor Park lie to the north. Bonnyrigg Heights, Hinchinbrook and Green Valley are to the west. Busby and Heckenberg lie to the south.

Currently the town centre is undergoing a major regeneration through a new housing scheme - Newleaf Bonnyrigg. This will replace over 800 dwellings with 2,330 new homes that will see the town's population increase by over 3,000 people over 12 years to 2022. The project is being delivered through a Public Private Partnership with Housing New South Wales called Newleaf.

Transport

The closest train station is Cabramatta, on the Inner West & Leppington Line and Bankstown Line. There are bus links to Cabramatta Station and other nearby stations.

Bonnyrigg is served by several bus routes operated by Transit Systems Sydney. The Liverpool to Parramatta T-way transitway service, the T80, operates via Bonnyrigg, stopping near Bonnyrigg Plaza.

Demographics

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 8,670 residents in Bonnyrigg. 21.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 29.4%, Khmer 6.2%, Arabic 5.1%, Cantonese 4.7% and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 4.3%.

The most common ancestries in Bonnyrigg were Vietnamese 25.0%, Chinese 13.1%, Australian 7.1%, Khmer (Cambodian) 6.3% and English 6.0%.

41.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Vietnam 19.9%, Cambodia 5.4%, Iraq 5.2%, Laos 2.6% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8%.

The most common responses for religion were Buddhism 30.6%, Catholic 24.2%, No Religion 13.5%, Not stated 8.1% and Eastern Orthodox 4.3%.

Sport

Soccer

Bonnyrigg is home to the New South Wales Premier League soccer club Bonnyrigg White Eagles Football Club.

Bonnyrigg is also home to the Nineveh Soccer Stadium, home of the Fairfield Bulls football club.

Education

  • Bonnyrigg High School
  • Bonnyrigg Public School
  • Our Lady of Mt Carmel Parish School
  • Bonnyrigg Heights Public School

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