Guildford, New South Wales

Guildford Sydney, New South Wales
St Marys Anglican Church
Guildford
Coordinates	33°51′17″S 150°59′3″E / 33.85472°S 150.98417°E / -33.85472; 150.98417Coordinates: 33°51′17″S 150°59′3″E / 33.85472°S 150.98417°E / -33.85472; 150.98417
Population	19,851 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	2161
Location	25 km (16 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Cumberland Council
State electorate(s)	Auburn Granville Fairfield
Federal Division(s)	Blaxland
Suburbs around Guildford: Woodpark Merrylands West Merrylands Guildford West Guildford South Granville Yennora Old Guildford Chester Hill

Guildford is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Guildford is located 25 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Cumberland Council. Guildford is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Guildford was named in 1837, in honour of the Earl of Guildford.

Guildford is the home of the first KFC in Australia.

Prior to colonisation, the Dharug people lived in small groups across the Cumberland Plain, including in the area which is now the Woodville Ward. The Bidjigal clan lived around the area which is now Guildford.

Lieutenant Samuel North was granted 640 acres (2.6 km²) in this area in 1817 and named his property Guildford, as he had ties with the Earl of Guildford. A small hamlet developed in the area around Woodville Road and by 1870 a school had opened here and a church was built here in the 1880s. After the railway station opened in 1876, a new settlement developed around it and the former settlement became known as Old Guildford.

Guildford is one of a small number of Sydney suburbs which houses the most significant portion of the Arabic-speaking diaspora in Australia. The first arrivals were from Lebanon in the 1970s following its civil war and since then numbers have grown to make Guildford one of Australia's true multicultural places, with many other resident nationalities and identities adding to the harmonious mix. The suburb has transformed in only 30 years into what is now a fast-growing and dynamic hub of Arab-Australian society, culture and food in Sydney.

Located in Cumberland Council, Guildford has a variety of schools, parks and sports grounds, pools, a locally significant retail precinct and several neighbourhood shops, a train station with parking, several churches and mosques and is on bus routes to Bass Hill, Yagoona, Bankstown, Harris Park, Merrylands, Parramatta, Liverpool, Auburn and Fairfield. The suburb also has notable commercial and industrial areas.