Menangle Park

Menangle Park Sydney, New South Wales
Menangle Park station
Population	241 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	2563
Location	56 km (35 mi) southwest of Sydney
LGA(s)	City of Campbelltown
State electorate(s)	Campbelltown
Federal Division(s)	Macarthur
Suburbs around Menangle Park: Spring Farm Mount Annan Glen Alpine Camden Park Menangle Park Gilead Menangle Menangle Gilead

Menangle Park34°6′10.58″S 150°44′32.79″E / 34.1029389°S 150.7424417°E / -34.1029389; 150.7424417 is a suburb in Sydney the state of New South Wales, Australia. Menangle Park is located 56 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown. Menangle Park is a largely rural area and is part of the Macarthur region.

According to the 2011 census, Menangle Park had a population of 241 people, who are mostly Australian born. The area has a particularly high number of people from the Anglican church (41%), over double the proportion of Anglicans nationwide (17%). The median income of $443 per week is lower than the national average ($577).

Menangle Park was originally home to the Tharawal people and it was they who gave the name, transcribed as Manangle or Manhangle, to a small lagoon on the west bank of the Nepean River. The river was important to the Tharawal both for its consistent water supply as well as the fish and yabbies that could be caught there.

When British settler Walter Davidson established a farm on the west side of the river in 1805, he named it Manangle after the lagoon. Another early settler Thomas Taber built Menangle House on the east side of the river, indicating the name was being used to describe the district. The Main South railway line came through in 1863 and stations were established on either side of the river but following a north-south line so that the station in what is now known as Menangle Park was initially called North Menangle.