Kingsford is a suburb in Sydney, Australia, that falls under the authority of Randwick council. Its postal code is 2032. Kingsford lies directly south of the University of New South Wales in Kensington, and many of the residents are students living in medium density housing. The suburb also has a substantial Indonesian community. A large Australian Army depot lies in the east of Kingsford. Kingsford is named after the famous Australian Aviator Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith (it also lay directly below the flight path to Kingsford Smith International Airport. It also has a large Greek population (post-1950s) and the largest Greek Orthodox Church in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney).
At the centre of Kingsford (on Anzac Pde/Gardeners Road) there is a large roundabout conecting an excelent public transport system to 9 possible destinations via bus. For this reason the centre of Kingsford (at the roundabout) is sometimes reffered to as “9-ways”.
Kingsford is part of a Labor (ALP) stronghold and is curently represented by ex-rock star Peter Garret (Midnight Oil)
Minor parties of Kingsford include La Fiesta, the Hispanic party of Kingsford, The Socialist Party of Kingsford, popular in the northwest among expatriots from Eauz, and the Prohibition Party, the smallest party in the High House with just one representative.
Kingsford is located in The Plain Flat Plains region.
At one time, there was the Kingsford Pillar League, considered by some to be the largest and most complex domestic league in the world.
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