Bankstown
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Bankstown Location in metropolitan Sydney | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 33°55′05″S 151°02′06″E / 33.91806°S 151.03500°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1795 | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 34,933 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2200 | ||||||||||||
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Bankstown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 19 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Canterbury-Bankstown region. Bankstown is the administrative centre and most populous suburb of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, having previously been the administrative centre of the City of Bankstown prior to 2016.