About Cecil Hills

Cecil Hills is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cecil Hills is located 38 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

In 1817, John Wylde, the judge-advocate of New South Wales, was granted 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) in the Parish of Cabramatta. He named his property Cecil Hills after his British property in Chestnut, Hertfordshire. He lived on the property only briefly before leaving to become Chief Justice of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. His wife Elizabeth remained, however, and managed the property until her death in 1864. It continued as a farm through until the 1980s when it was decided to redevelop it for housing. The suburb of Cecil Hills was named in 1992 and includes part of the old Cecil Hills property along with other neighbouring properties.

According to the 2011 census, there were 6,865 residents in Cecil Hills. Couples with children 69.3% were the most common type of household, much higher than the national average of 44.6%. In Cecil Hills 54.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were Iraq 6.0%, Vietnam 3.9%, Philippines 3.4%, Fiji 2.3% and Italy 2.0%. In Cecil Hills 39.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 7.2%, Arabic 6.0%, Vietnamese 5.7%, Italian 5.0% and Spanish 3.8%.

The size of Cecil Hills is approximately 7 square kilometres. It has 1 park covering nearly 2% of total area. Households in Cecil Hills are primarily couples with children and are likely to be repaying between $1800 - $2400 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Cecil Hills work in a non-specific occupation. In 2006, 87.1% of the homes in Cecil Hills were owner-occupied compared with 85.5% in 2011. 

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