Macarthur is named after John Macarthur, one of the founders of Australia's Merino wool industry.
It was gazetted on 22 March 1982 and first settled in 1983. The wool industry is the theme for street names. It is next to the suburbs of Fadden and Gilmore, and is located north of Isabella Drive. (source)
Median property value for Macarthur 2904 (source)
2001 | $252k |
2011 | $512k |
| 2016 | $615k |
Statistics about Macarthur (source)
Area of Macarthur | 1.27 sq Kms |
People | 1,427 |
Male | 711 |
Female | 716 |
Median age | 39 |
Families | 413 |
Average children per family | 1.8 |
All private dwellings | 503 |
Average people per household | 2.9 |
Median weekly household income | 2,680 |
Median monthly mortgage repayments | 2,167 |
Median weekly rent | 450 |
Average motor vehicles per dwelling | 2.3 |
The most common ancestries in Macarthur were
Australian | 29.5% |
English | 26.6% |
Irish | 11.3% |
Scottish | 9.2% |
German | 3.5% |
