Marayong NSW, 2148
Marayong Real Estate: Suburb Profile
Is Marayong, NSW 2148 your dream location? It's fundamental to determine if the suburb is worth researching further. The Homes.com.au suburb profile provides information on Marayong house prices, demographics & market trends so that we can allow you to make informed decisions about your next home or investment.
Whether you are upsizing or downsizing to Marayong, have a little read of our history lesson to learn more about the lifestyle and what the suburb has to offer.
Overview Marayong, a Sydney suburb in New South Wales, covers an area of 2.72 square kilometres. This suburb had a population of 7,706 people (2016 census).
Marayong is in the local government jurisdiction of Blacktown in the region of Greater Western Sydney. It is 38 kilometres west of the Sydney city centre.
Living in Marayong
Marayong is a safe place to live in. It has two government-run primary schools - Marayong Heights Public and Marayong Public. It also has a Catholic primary school (St Andrews Primary) and a high school (St Andrews College).
Churches in Marayong include the St Andrew The Apostle Church, Christ the King Church, and the Presbyterian Church. The Marayong Mall and Marayong Shops are along Railroad Road.
The Marayong Railway Station provides services from Marayong to Richmond via Parramatta and Blacktown.
History of Marayong Marayong was founded in 1926. Marayong got its name from "Mariyung," an Aboriginal word that means a place of the cranes. The New South Wales Railways that opened in October 1922 was the first to be given the name Marayong.
Large areas were later subdivided to establish poultry farms and market gardens as part of Quakers Hill. In 1926, there was an application by the Marayong Progress Association to make Marayong an independent suburb.
Marayong used to be a rural suburb. The opening of public housing estates in the 1960s ushered in the urbanisation of Marayong. Most of the housing estates were located in the southern portion of the railway line. An industrial area was also earmarked the northern part of the railway line.
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