Milperra is a suburb in the southwest of Sydney, around 25 kilometres from Sydney’s central business district. It’s a small, peaceful neighbourhood with affordable housing options, mostly standalone houses. Milperra is perfect for people searching for a home in a quiet suburb close to the City of Sydney. Find out many interesting facts about the town of Milperra, including its history, people, places to see and things to do.
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The suburb of Milperra falls under the local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown.
It is a part of South Western Sydney.
The postcode of Milperra is 2214.
The population of Milperra, as of 2021, was 4,074.
The meaning of Milperra in the aboriginal language is “a gathering of people.”
The Georges River flows along the western boundary of Milperra.
Deepwater Park, Bankstown Golf Course and Vale of Ah Reserve are major parks and recreation hubs in the neighbourhood.
Bullecourt Avenue and Ashford Avenue are two major commercial hubs in the area and host a number of retail shops. Milperra Road is the main centre of commercial and industrial developments in the region.
The major roads connecting the suburb of Milperra with other surrounding regions, including Sydney CBD, are Milperra Road, the M5 South Western Motorway and Henry Lawson Drive.
Milperra is known for being home to Robyn Denholm, chair of Tesla, Inc. and Ian Thorpe, professional swimmer and 5-times Olympic gold medalist.
Major educational institutions in the area include Western Sydney University Bankstown Campus, Mount Saint Joseph girls college and Milperra Public School.
The settlement in the area began after World War 1 when George Johnson Jr. acquired the land at Milperra.
Milperra and surrounding regions were once home to the returning soldiers of World War 1, who built poultry farms and vegetable gardens here.
Many streets in Milperra are named after battles and officers of World War 1.
The Bankstown campus of Western Sydney University is located in Milperra. It was originally called the Milperra College of Advanced Education when founded in 1974 and was later renamed to the Macarthur Institute of Higher Education in 1983.
Milperra is also known for the 'Milperra Massacre', a fighting incident between members of rival motorcycle gangs that took place in September 1984, where seven people, including a 14-year-old girl, were killed.
According to the latest 2021 Census, 4,074 lived in the suburb of Milperra, of which 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. The total number of families in the area was 1,151, with 1.9 being the average number of children per family. There were 1,402 private homes in Milperra, with 3 persons per household on average. The average weekly income, as of 2021, was $2,117 per household. There were 1,823 (56.6%) married adults (aged 15 years and above) in the region, while the remaining were separated, divorced, widowed or unmarried.
The estimated number of students in the region was 1081, including preschool (112), primary school (367), secondary (336) and Tertiary (266). 610 persons (18.9%) in the suburb had a bachelor's degree or above.
In terms of cultural diversity, Milperra is home to 1,478 (36.3%) Australians, 1,251 (30.7%) English, 384 (9.4%) Irish, 312 (7.7%) Lebanese and 299 (7.3%) Scottish. 80.8% (3,292) of the suburb’s population was born in Australia. Other top countries of birth included Lebanon, England, Vietnam, China and New Zealand. The top languages spoken by residents, apart from English (77.6%), included Arabic (6.4%), Greek (2.6%), Vietnamese (1.9%), Mandarin and Cantonese.