Colyton, New South Wales

Colyton
Federal division(s)
Colyton; Federal division(s)	Lindsay
	Suburbs around Colyton:

Colyton is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 43 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Colyton, along with

M4 Western Motorway. Colyton is one of the older suburbs in the St Marys area with homes on large blocks of land – primarily 1/4 acre and 1/3 acre blocks. Colyton is primarily a residential area with large sporting fields, Bennett Road Primary School, Colyton High School, Colyton Shopping Centre and the Life Education Centre. There is some industrial activity along Roper Road. Note that Colyton Primary School is not located in Colyton, but across the Great Western Highway in Old Mt Druitt

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History

Colyton is named after Colyton in

Ropes Creek.^[2]

Historically, the name Colyton generally referred to the area east of Ropes Creek. The present site of Colyton was originally part of St Marys.

Colyton Post Office opened on 15 October 1892 and closed in 1962.^[3]

Demographics

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 8,439 people in Colyton.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.1% of the population.
66.9% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.0%, Philippines 2.4%, England 2.1%, Fiji 2.0% and India 1.4%.
68.9% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 4.2%, Hindi 2.3%, Tagalog 1.7%, Samoan 1.5% and Greek 1.3%.
The most common responses for religion were Catholic 30.7%, No Religion 19.6% and Anglican 15.0%.
The most common occupations included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.3%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Labourers 13.3%, and Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%.
Of occupied private dwellings in Colyton, 94.9% were separate houses and 4.0% were semi-detached.^[1]

Transport

Colyton has convenient access to both the

Westfield Mount Druitt and Mount Druitt railway station

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Schools

Bennett Road Public School and Colyton High School are the two schools in the suburb.^[4]

Bennett Road Public School was first established on 14 October 1961, serving the growing suburb of St Marys, with 230 pupils. Warren Kennedy was the first school principal. The library was opened in 1984 and the hall and a new canteen were opened in 1986.^[5]

Colyton Public School (located in Old Mt Druitt) was established during the late 1800s.^[6] Its new school hall opened in November 2009 and the canteen has been connected to the hall.

Churches

Colyton Baptist Church has been ministering to the people of Colyton and the surrounding suburbs since 2014. Services are held in Bennett Road Public School which is 100-114 Bennett Rd, Colyton NSW at 4pm^[7]
Christian Reformed Church is located on Marsden Road
Presbyterian Community Church is located on Marsden Road