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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type      = suburb
| name      = Padstow Heights
| city      = Sydney
| state     = nsw
| image     = Padstow Heights.JPG
| caption   = Henry Kendall Avenue, Padstow Heights
| local_map = yes
| zoom      = 13
| lga       = [[City of Canterbury-Bankstown]]
| postcode  = 2211
| pop       = 3,594
| pop_year  = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name=census>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL13132|name=Padstow Heights (State Suburb)|accessdate=3 October 2024|quick=on}}</ref>
| elevation = 47
| area      = 
| est       = 
| stategov  = [[Electoral district of East Hills|East Hills]]
| fedgov    = [[Division of Banks|Banks]]
| near-nw   = [[Revesby, New South Wales|Revesby]]
| near-n    = [[Padstow, New South Wales|Padstow]]
| near-ne   = [[Peakhurst]]
| near-w    = [[Revesby Heights]]
| near-e    = [[Riverwood, New South Wales|Riverwood]]
| near-sw   = [[Picnic Point, New South Wales|Picnic Point]]
| near-s    = [[Alfords Point]]
| near-se   = [[Lugarno]]
| dist1     = 22
| dir1      = south-west
| location1 = [[Sydney central business district]]}}

'''Padstow Heights''' is a suburb of [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] of the [[City of Canterbury-Bankstown]], located 22 kilometres south-west of the [[Sydney central business district]], in the state of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. It is a part of the [[South-western Sydney]] region. [[Padstow, New South Wales|Padstow]] is a separate suburb to the north and One Tree Point is a locality within Padstow Heights.

==Geography==
Padstow Heights is a mostly residential suburb bounded on the east by [[Salt Pan Creek]] and to the south by the [[Georges River]]. The [[Alfords Point Bridge]] links Padstow Heights to [[Alfords Point]] in the [[Sutherland Shire]].

==Transport==
[[U-Go Mobility]] bus route 927 from One Tree Point to [[Padstow railway station, Sydney|Padstow railway station]] serves Padstow Heights.<ref>[https://transportnsw.info/routes/details/transdev-nsw/927/32927 Route 927] [[Transport for NSW]]</ref>

==History==
[[Image:Padstow Heights Reservoir.JPG|left|thumb|Padstow Heights Reservoir, built in 1935]]
The Padstow area was first named Padstow Park Estate after a town called [[Padstow]] in [[Cornwall]], England. It was named for being the "holy place of St Petrock" (not to be confused with St Patrick), an important Cornish saint.<ref>''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon, [[Angus & Robertson]], 1990, Published in Australia {{ISBN|0-207-14495-8}}, page 197</ref>

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==Population==
As per the 2021 Census, there were 3,594 people in Padstow Heights. 73.4% of people were born in Australia and 71.1% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 5.0% and Arabic 4.8%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 28.7%, No Religion 20.6%, Anglican 14.2% and Eastern Orthodox 11.7%.<ref name=census/>

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==Notable residents==
*[[Jason Clare]] – Member for [[Division of Blaxland|Blaxland]] in the federal parliament is currently living in Padstow Heights.<ref>[https://icacpls.github.io/interests/jason-clare.html Register of Members Interests] [[Australian House of Representatives]] September 2016</ref>
*[[Roger Rogerson]] – former detective-sergeant of the [[New South Wales Police Force]]<ref>[https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-life-of-roger-rogerson--not-to-be-used-until-verdict-20160609-gpfg81.html The life of Roger Rogerson] ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' 15 June 2016</ref>

==References==
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