Английская Википедия:Fairfield City Council

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Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox Australian place The Fairfield City Council is a local government area in the west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The council was first incorporated as the "Municipal District of Smithfield and Fairfield" on 8 December 1888, and the council's name was changed to the "Municipality of Fairfield" in 1920, before being proclaimed a city in 1979. The City of Fairfield comprises an area of Шаблон:Convert and as of the Шаблон:CensusAU had a population of 208 475. The mayor of the City of Fairfield is Cr. Frank Carbone, the first popularly-elected independent mayor of Fairfield.

Fairfield is considered one of the most ethnically diverse suburbs in Australia. At the 2021 census, the proportion of residents in the Fairfield local government area who stated their ancestry as Vietnamese and Assyrian, was in excess of sixteen times the national average. The area was linguistically diverse, with Vietnamese, Arabic, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, or Cantonese languages spoken in households, and ranged from two times to seventeen times the national averages.

The Smithfield–Wetherill Park Industrial Estate is the largest industrial estate in the Southern Hemisphere and is the centre of manufacturing and distribution in Greater Western Sydney, with more than 1,000 manufacturing, wholesale, transport and service firms.

Geography

A few small areas of the original bushland remain, including examples of Cumberland Plain Woodland, which is listed under the Threatened Species Conservation Act, and the Cooks River/Castlereagh Ironbark ecological community. There are 580 parks (60 of which are major parks), including one of the largest urban parks in the world, Western Sydney Parklands, which has a precinct that lies in the Fairfield area, called the Western Sydney Regional Park. Fairfield City is mainly residential in nature with large-scale industrial estates at Wetherill Park and Smithfield. Fairfield Showground is an important cultural venue. Prominent roads such as Cumberland Highway and The Horsley Drive wind through it.

Suburbs in the local government area

Suburbs in the City of Fairfield are: Шаблон:Columns-list

History

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Cabramatta Civic Hall, completed in 1944 to a design by J. A. Dobson, was the Cabramatta and Canley Vale seat from 1944–1948 and the Fairfield Council seat from 1949.

For more than 30,000 years, Aboriginal people from the Cabrogal–Gandangara tribe have lived in the area.

One of Sydney's oldest trees, the Bland Oak, was planted in the 1830s in Carramar. European settlement began early in the 19th century and was supported by railway construction in 1856. At the turn of the century the area had a population of 2,500 people and with fertile soils, produced crops for distribution in Sydney. The council was first incorporated as the "Municipal District of Smithfield and Fairfield" on 8 December 1888, becoming the "Municipality of Smithfield and Fairfield" from 1906. On 26 October 1920, the council's name was changed to the "Municipality of Fairfield", in recognition of the changing centre of business in the council area.

Rapid population increase after World War II saw the settlement of many ex-service men and European migrants. Large scale Housing Commission development in the 1950s swelled the population to 38,000. From 1 January 1949, under the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, the Municipality of Cabramatta and Canley Vale was amalgamated into the Municipality of Fairfield. In the Шаблон:CensusAU, the population had reached 114,000 and was becoming one of the larger local government areas in New South Wales. On 18 May 1979, the Municipality of Fairfield was granted city status, becoming the "City of Fairfield".

On Friday 29 June, 2001 the former deputy mayor of Fairfield and councillor from 1987 to 1998, Phuong Ngo, was convicted of the 1994 murder of the local state MP for Cabramatta (and former deputy mayor), John Newman, a crime which has been described as Australia's first political assassination. Ngo's alleged accomplices, Quang Dao and David Dinh, were acquitted and the identity of the killer who shot and fatally wounded Newman remains a mystery. Controversy has arisen in the years since then of the presence of Ngo's name on various council plaques from his time on council.

In September 2006, Fairfield Council announced the introduction of a trial ban on spitting in public on public health grounds. However, it was reported that advice provided to council from NSW Health was that spitting does not impact on the transmission of infectious diseases. The law proved difficult to prosecute.

Heritage listings

The City of Fairfield has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Bonnyrigg, Cartwright Street: Bonnyrigg House
• Bonnyrigg, Lot 1 Cartwright Street: Male Orphan School land
• Fairfield, Great Southern railway: Fairfield railway station, Sydney
• Horsley Park, 52–58 Jamieson Close: Horsley complex
• Lansvale, Hume Highway: Lansdowne Bridge

Business and industry

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Yennora industrial zone, showing Pine Road and the Hume Building Products warehouses.

Fairfield is a centre of manufacturing and distribution for Greater Western Sydney and home to the Smithfield-Wetherill Park Industrial Estate, which is the largest industrial zone in the Southern Hemisphere. It is also home to the Yennora industrial zone, where key operators in the area include Toll, Woolworths, Linfox, Australian Wool Handlers, Qube and Hume Building Products.

Demographics

At the Шаблон:CensusAU there were 208 475 people in the Fairfield local government area, of these 49.3 per cent were male and 50.7 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7 per cent of the population; significantly below the NSW and Australian averages of 3.4 and 3.2 per cent respectively. The median age of people in the City of Fairfield was 39 years; slightly higher than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 17.9 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 46.5 per cent were married and 12.9 per cent were either divorced or separated.

Population in the City of Fairfield between the Шаблон:CensusAU and the Шаблон:CensusAU declined by 0.78 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the Шаблон:CensusAU, population growth was 4.38 per cent. At the 2016 census, the population in the City increased by 5.89 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in the Fairfield local government area was a little over half the national average.

The median weekly income for residents within the City of Fairfield was lower than the national average, being one of the factors that place the city in an area of social disadvantage.

As at the 2016 census, the influence of Vietnamese culture and language was statistically strong, evidenced by the proportion of residents with Vietnamese ancestry (nearly twenty times higher than the national average), the proportion of residents who spoke Vietnamese as either a first or second language (also nearly twenty times higher than the national average), and the proportion of residents who stated a religious affiliation with Catholicism and Buddhism (the latter being in excess of nine times the national average).

Selected historical census data for Fairfield local government area
Census year			2001	2006	2011	2016	2021
Population		Estimated residents on census night	181 300	Шаблон:Loss 179 893	Шаблон:Gain 187 766	Шаблон:Gain 198 817	Шаблон:Gain 208 475
		LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales			5Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Decrease 11Шаблон:Small
		% of New South Wales population			2.71%	Шаблон:Decrease 2.66%	Шаблон:Decrease 2.58%
		% of Australian population	0.97%	Шаблон:Loss 0.91%	Шаблон:Loss 0.87%	Шаблон:Loss 0.85%	Шаблон:Loss 0.82%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses		Vietnamese			14.6%	Шаблон:Increase 16.8%	Шаблон:Increase 19.5%
		Chinese			11.7%	Шаблон:Increase 11.4%	Шаблон:Increase 13.1%
		Australian			8.6%	Шаблон:Increase 7.8%	Шаблон:Steady 8.8%
		English			7.4%	Шаблон:Decrease 6.9%	Шаблон:Increase 7.2%
		Assyrian				5.7%	Шаблон:Increase 8.2%
Language, top responses (other than English)		Vietnamese	15.5%	Шаблон:Profit 17.0%	Шаблон:Profit 19.1%	Шаблон:Increase 20.4%	Шаблон:Increase 21.1%
		Arabic	4.9%	Шаблон:Profit 6.4%	Шаблон:Profit 7.3%	Шаблон:Increase 7.9%	Шаблон:Increase 9.3%
		Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	4.9%	Шаблон:Profit 6.1%	Шаблон:Loss 5.6%	Шаблон:Increase 6.7%	Шаблон:Increase 7.8%
		Cantonese	5.8%	Шаблон:Loss 5.6%	Шаблон:Loss 5.0%	Шаблон:Decrease 4.3%	Шаблон:Decrease 3.7%
		Khmer	n/c	n/c	n/c	Шаблон:Increase 3.6%	Шаблон:Ndash
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses		Catholic	35.2%	Шаблон:Profit 35.3%	Шаблон:Loss 33.9%	Шаблон:Decrease 30.9%	Шаблон:Decrease 30.3%
		Buddhism	21.2%	Шаблон:Profit 22.1%	Шаблон:Profit 23.0%	Шаблон:Decrease 20.7%	Шаблон:Decrease 19.9%
		No religion, so described	5.9%	Шаблон:Profit 6.4%	Шаблон:Profit 7.7%	Шаблон:Increase 12.6%	Шаблон:Increase 14.6%
		Not stated	n/c	n/c	n/c	7.3%	Шаблон:Decrease 7.0%
		Islam	n/c	n/c	n/c	5.9%	Шаблон:Increase 6.3%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income		Median weekly personal income		$319	Шаблон:Increase $369	Шаблон:Increase $439	Шаблон:Increase $485
		% of Australian median income		68.5%	Шаблон:Decrease 64.0%	Шаблон:Increase 66.3%	Шаблон:Decrease 60.2%
Family income		Median weekly family income		$873	Шаблон:Increase $1,065	Шаблон:Increase $1,263	$1,482
		% of Australian median income		85.0%	Шаблон:Decrease 71.9%	Шаблон:Increase 72.8%	Шаблон:Decrease 69.9%
Household income		Median weekly household income		A$946	Шаблон:Increase $1,022	Шаблон:Increase $1,222	Шаблон:Increase $1,390
		% of Australian median income		80.8%	Шаблон:Increase 82.8%	Шаблон:Increase 85.0%	Шаблон:Decrease 79.6%

Council

Current composition and election method

Fairfield City Council is composed of thirteen councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor has been directly elected since 2004, while the twelve other Councillors are elected proportionally to two separate wards, each electing six councillors. The most recent election was held on 2 December 2021, and the makeup of the council, including the mayor, is as follows:

Party		Councillors
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Dai Le Team	3
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Independent	6
Шаблон:Australian party style|	Australian Labor Party	3
	Total	13

The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election by ward, is:

Ward	Councillor		Party	Notes
Mayor	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Frank Carbone	Independent	Labor until 29 August 2016, serving as mayor for a fixed four-year term from 2021.
Fairfield/Cabravale	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Kien Ly	Australian Labor Party
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Dai Le	Dai Le Team	Deputy Mayor 2021–2022. Also serving as the member for Fowler since May 2022.
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Milovan Karajcic	Independent
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Kevin Lam	Dai Le Team
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Carmen Lazar	Australian Labor Party
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Charbel Saliba	Independent	Currently serving as Deputy Mayor as of February 2024.
Parks	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Reni Barkho	Independent	Deputy Mayor 2023–2024.
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Hugo Morvillo	Independent
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Andrew Rohan	Dai Le Team
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Marie Saliba	Independent
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Michael Mijatovic	Independent
	Шаблон:Australian party style|	George Barcha	Australian Labor Party

Town Clerks/General Manager/City Managers

Name	Term	Notes
George Edward Young	28 February 1889 – 1 September 1891
Francis Atkin Kenyon	1 September 1891 – 4 November 1892
Edward Farr	4 November 1892 – 17 July 1900
Richard Henry Stokes Dummett	17 July 1900 – 3 April 1916
George Davis	3 April 1916 – 1 August 1942
William James Witt	1 August 1942 – May 1953
Vic Winton	May 1953 – 1976
F. A. Elliott	1976–1986
Terry Barnes	1986 – October 1999
Alan Young	October 1999 – date

Sister cities

• Шаблон:Flagicon Palmi, Italy
• Шаблон:Flagicon Zhenjiang, China

External links

• Шаблон:Official website