Macarthur (New South Wales)

Macarthur New South Wales
Hills of the Razorback Range located in between Camden and Picton.
Population	233,065 (2006)
LGA(s)	Wollondilly, Campbelltown, Camden
Region	Sydney Metropolitan
State electorate(s)	Campbelltown, Macquarie Fields, Camden, Wollondilly
Federal Division(s)	Macarthur, Werriwa, Hume
Localities around Macarthur: Western Sydney South-western Sydney South-western Sydney Blue Mountains Macarthur Southern Sydney Southern Tablelands Southern Highlands Illawarra

Macarthur is a region in south-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The region includes the local government areas of the City of Campbelltown, Camden Council and Wollondilly Shire. It covers an area of 3,067 square kilometres and has a population of close to 240,000 residents. The region geographically forms the foothills between the Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands regions.

The region is bounded at the north by Glenfield (45 km south-west of Sydney CBD) and Warragamba (65 km west from the Sydney CBD); at the south by Yanderra (95 km south-west from Sydney CBD) and Buxton; at the east by the town of Appin; and at the west by the hamlet Nattai.

Most of the area is taken up by the semi-rural Wollondilly Shire; most of the population lives within the satellite city of Campbelltown and its surrounding suburbs.

The region is one of the fastest-growing regions in the Sydney metropolitan area, with many new modern suburbs sprouting up in recent decades such as Glen Alpine, Macquarie Links, Harrington Park, Blair Athol, Mount Annan, Currans Hill, Englorie Park, Nangarin Estate and Bingara Gorge.