area and a busy business district. However, the homestead and old farm buildings have been preserved and this portion of the former Pearce family property is now owned by The Hills Shire Council. The Friends of Bella Vista Farm Park has been formed and they are working actively to achieve the continued restoration of all buildings on this unique site. Heritage listings Bella Vista has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Elizabeth Macarthur Drive: Bella Vista (homestead) Seven Hills Road: Pearce Family Cemetery Demographics According to the , there were 7,837 residents in Bella Vista. 51.2% of residents were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth who weren’t born in Australia were, India 7.6%, China 5.9%, Sri Lanka 4.3%, England 2.3% and the Philippines 2.1%. 49.0% of residents spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 8.6%, Hindi 4.5%, Tamil 4.5%, Cantonese 4.4% and Punjabi 2.6%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.8%, No Religion 18.0%, Hinduism 12.6%, Anglican 9.1% and Pentecostal 5.8%. Commercial area The suburb has shopping complexes and a major hotel. It is rapidly becoming the main business centre within the Hills District. The biggest commercial area is the Norwest Business Park on Norwest Boulevard to the east. Norwest Business Park incorporates retail, commercial, industrial and hotel developments. The industrial areas in West Bella Vista are still heavily under development, with many new warehouses appearing recently. Health services Bella Vista has numerous established medical centres and dental surgeries, including Norwest Private Hospital on Norbrik Drive, and Hospital for Specialist Surgery located on Solent Circuit. Shopping centres Circa Retail is a shopping centre located near Old Windsor Road, featuring a Woolworths supermarket as the anchor tenant with 25 specialty stores. Corporate hub In 2006, Woolworths, a public Australian retail company, joined all of its sub-management offices into a $200 million complex in Norwest Business Park in Bella Vista. The move meant Bella Vista was listed in Fortune's Global 500 list as one of the suburbs (Bella Vista is a suburb of Sydney) where Global 500 companies have their headquarters, ranked above Singapore, Miami and Baltimore and alongside Bangkok and Boston. Other large scale corporations with their headquarters in the Norwest Business Park include Homeart, ResMed and AAMI and the Reserve Bank of Australia. Transport A major factor in the recent growth of Bella Vista has been its prime location