Exercise 9 - Community Profiles

Interior of Campsie Library

I live in Wiley Park which is under Canterbury city council. This is a highly populated urban area with great demand for community facilities. There are about 4 libraries in this council . Campsie library, Earlwood library, Lakemba library, Riverwood library. To my location Campsie library is most convenient. It is located 17 Km south- west of the Sydney CBD and comprises sixteen suburbs spread over approximately 34 square kilometers. Its communication is very convenient and can be accessed by most forms of transport, including car, bus, train etc.

This is fully a multicultural area. The Caterbury had an estimated population of 143,111 persons at June 2009, which is representing 18.1% of the total population residing in the Southern Sydney region. Chinese and Arabic speaking people have the dominating percentage. Among the whole population of this area 57.9% is Christian, 13.7% is Muslim. According to the statistics of June 2010 the Canterbury had a total labour force of 63,785 persons in June which is representing an annual increase of 1.0% since June 2009. In my opinion, the educational improvement is very poor in this area. Because the statistics showing that 50.9% people have no qualification. There are lots of recreational and sporting center in this area , such as: Riverwood wetlands, Gough Whitlam park, Peace park, John Mounford reserve, Narwee, Croydon park, Wiley park.

The link to Canterbury city council is http://www.canterbury.nsw.gov.au/www/html/7-home.asp