Suburb Profiles
About Hoxton Park
Hoxton Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Hoxton Park 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.Hoxton Park also had a small sealed airstrip, Hoxton Park Airport which was used for general aviation and training until its closure and destruction in 2008.
Hoxton Park was named in 1887 when Phillips and Co,syndicates, subdivided the land under that name. Thomas Setrop Amos, a London solicitor, who arrived in Sydney in 1816, was granted 800 acres (3.2 km2) here in June 1818.
A further development of note took place circa 1857 with the construction of Bernera, a weatherboard homestead built byAllan Macpherson, son of a former Collector of Internal Revenue, William Macpherson. Bernera was an early homestead in a vernacular style and is listed on the Register of the National Estate.
The size of Hoxton Park is approximately 2 square kilometres. The population of Hoxton Park in 2006 was 3,667 people. By 2011 the population was 4,202 showing a population growth of 14% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Hoxton Park is 0-14 years. Households in Hoxton Park are primarily couples with children and are likely to be repaying between $2400 - $3000 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Hoxton Park work in a non-specific occupation. In 2006, 78.0% of the homes in Hoxton Park were owner-occupied compared with 78.2% in 2011.
Hoxton Park is home to the Liverpool Catholic Club which has an ice skating complex nearby.
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