Location: Badgerys Creek

Badgerys Creek is a suburb locating in the Greater Western Sydney Region of New South Wales, Australia. The 27.6 square kilometre town is governed by the City of Liverpool, a local government area under the Electoral district of Camden. The localities around Badgerys Creek are: Luddenham, Kemps Creek, Greendale, Bringelly and Rossmore. The postcode of is 2555. The suburb is also known as Badgery’s Creek is closed to three major cities: Penrith, Campbelltown and Sydney. It’s 27 km away from Campbelltown and 52 km away from Sydney. The suburb was named after a British born farmer, James Badgery who bought 3.4 square km of lands for farming in 1806. Today, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and University of Sydney are using this land for farming research. The second Sydney airport is under constructions at Badgerys Creek, to be named Western Sydney Airport. The government selected Badgerys Creek to establish the second Sydney airport. It is expected that work on the airport site could start in 2016, with operations at the proposed airport planned to begin in the mid 2020s.

Bus services are most popular transportation in Badgerys Creek. Ezi Drive Coaches and Mini Buses, KAHE pty ltd, Deluxe Charter and MacArthur Mini Bus provide intercity bus services to Bringelly, Austral, Glenmore and Rossmore. The Hills Motorway (M2) and Westlink (M7) connect Badgerys Creek to Sydney.

People

Source ABS Census 2011, BADGERYS CREEK

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