Road and Halamahera Creek, from Jersey Road to Bougainville Road. This park incorporates extensive sporting fields for cricket, netball, rugby league and soccer. Population According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 2,252 people in Emerton. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.8% of the population. 58.0% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was New Zealand at 6.7%. 64.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan at 5.8%, Tongan at 2.6%, Cook Islands Maori at 2.2% and Arabic at 1.7%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 25.5%, No Religion 18.2% and Anglican 14.7%. The median age of people was 31 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 25.4% of the population The unemployment rate (14.3%) was more than double the national rate of 6.9%. Politics For federal elections, Emerton is in the safe Labor electoral division of Chifley. This seat is currently held by Ed Husic of the Labor Party, elected in the 2010 election. He was Australia's first Muslim in the federal government during Kevin Rudd's second stint as prime minister. Chifley has been held continuously by Labor since it was proclaimed in 1984. For NSW state elections, Emerton is mainly in the Electoral district of Londonderry. It is represented by Prue Car of the Labor Party. References Australian Bureau of Statistics (Postal Area) The 2001 City of Blacktown Social Plan External links Image of Emerton's boundaries, from the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Suburbs of Sydney City of Blacktown