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Airds is a predominantly residential suburb of Campbelltown. Houses within the suburb are owned by Housing NSW.



Governor Lachlan Macquarie named the region Airds, after the Scottish family estate of his wife Elizabeth.

Airds appeared in land grant lists, and referred to almost the entire area between Glenfield and Gilead. The name fell into disuse as Campbelltown and other settlements along the valley floor came to be known by their individual names after the 1820s.

In January 1975, tenders for the first homes in the Housing Commission's "Kentlyn" subdivision were called but the name Airds was not approved until May 1976. Like many public housing estates in Sydney, Airds was constructed on American Radburn principles designed to separate traffic from pedestrians. As a result, houses in the suburb did not face roads, which was later found to create enormous problems relating to crime and passive surveillance in the suburb. It is one of the most socially disadvantaged suburbs of Sydney.



According to the 2016 census of the population, there were 2,926 residents in Airds.



Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.5% of the population.

71.1% of people were born in Australia.

73.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan, spoken by 4.6% of residents.

The most common responses for religion were No Religion 27.5%, Catholic 21.4% and Anglican 17.5%.

Single parent families accounted for 54.9% of all families in the suburb, more than three times the national average (16.0%).
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