This area was occupied by Irish political prisoners transported after the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Land grants of 40 acres (160,000m2) were made to transportees in 1809 and for some time it was known as Irish Town. John Hawley Stroud, the superintendent of Liverpool Orphans School, received a grant in 1804 on the present site of Warwick Farm Racecourse and named his property after Warwick in England.[2]
Warwick Farm Raceway was a motor racing facility which was in operation from 1960 to 1973. Located within the Warwick Farm Racecourse site,[4] it hosted numerous major events including the Australian Grand Prix. The first big meeting at the track, a round of the Tasman Series in January 1961, drew a crowd of 65,000 spectators.[5] However, the circuit was expensive to run, as two "crossings" had to be placed over the horse racing track, and thus large crowds were needed to sustain racing.[5]
By the early 1970s the Australian Jockey Club (AJC) was receiving financial support from the TAB, and thus did not need the relatively low returns from motor racing, and didn't want to improve the circuit.[5] When the Confederation of Australian Motorsport requested to have Armco fencing erected around the circuit, the AJC refused, and the circuit closed.
According to the 2021 census, the suburb of Warwick Farm had a population of 6,135. 34.2% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were India 6.6%, Vietnam 5.2%, Iraq 4.6%, China 2.6% and Fiji 2.3%. 28.7% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 11.1%, Vietnamese 7.2%, Serbian 4.0%, Hindi 3.0% and Mandarin 2.7%. The most common response for religion was Catholic at 18.3%.[1]
