Griffith

Griffith has a population of 24,364 and is comprised of approximately 49.8% females and 50.2% males. It has an indigenous population of 999 (4.1%) and the median age is 36. Griffith is located in the Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN). This fact sheet provides an overview of the community profile for the MPHN.

Griffith Airport is located just north of Griffith. Rex provides daily flights to Sydney.

Griffith railway station is served by a weekly NSW TrainLink Xplorer service from Sydney.

NSW TrainLink also operates a daily road coach service from Mildura to Wagga Wagga stopping at Griffith. This service connects at Wagga Wagga with NSW Trainlink rail services to Sydney and Melbourne.

Griffith Base Hospital is a 116 bed C1 peer grouped District Hospital providing a range of acute specialist services (resident & visiting) including emergency medicine, general medicine, general surgery, paediatric medicine, oncology, obstetrics, intensive care, respiratory medicine, renal dialysis and rheumatology. Of the 116 beds, 16 are day surgery beds, six are renal dialysis chairs 10 are Hospital in the Home ‘beds’, and 14 are bassinets.  Allied Health Services include Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Pharmacy and Aboriginal Health. There are a range of diagnostic services including Pathology, CT, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, General X-Ray and Mammography.

St Vincent’s Private Community Hospital Griffith is a 40 bed Acute Private Medical/Surgical Hospital that is opening at the end of October 2016. There are 20 In-Patient beds that will provide 24/7 care for overnight surgical and medical patients. There are also 20 beds allocated to Day Surgery. Specialties at the hospital include Ophthalmology, Endoscopy, Gynaecology, Urology, Orthopaedics, Vascular Surgery, ENT and General Surgery. The hospital also has the Murrumbidgee Teaching and Learning Centre which provides a state of the art facility for students from UNSW, Notre Dame, Wollongong and Charles Sturt Universities to access training and learning facilities that include, hot desk learning areas, clinical simulation facilities and quick access to hospital based training and learning opportunities.

Griffith is supported by an ambulance service.

Griffith is the third largest centre for education in the Riverina and is home to three high schools and 13 primary schools.

Griffith also has one of the largest campuses of Riverina Institute of TAFE. There have been recent plans to construct a fifth campus of Charles Sturt University in Griffith.

Griffith has a number of large supermarket including both Coles and Woolworths.

It also has several shopping areas featuring well known national chains such as Target, Big W, Harvey Norman and many unique boutique stores.

Sporting Activities
Aero Club
Australian Rules
Badminton
Basketball
Boating
Bowling
Cycling
Cricket
Darts
Golf
Hockey
Jockey Club
Karting
Lifeball
Little Athletics
Motorcycle Sports Club
Netball
Pony Club
Rugby League
Rugby Union
Sailing
Shooting
Soccer
Speedway
Swimming
Tennis
Touch Football
Griffith Community Services Directory 

Cultural Activities
Griffith Regional Art Gallery
Griffith Regional Theatre
Griffith Aboriginal Community

Social Media Groups
Griffith Council
Griffith LAC – NSW Police Force
Griffith Buy and Swap and Sell….
Griffith Community Notice Board
Griffith Work Wanted and Vacancies

Annual Events
Griffith Easter Party (March/April)
Fiesta Della Salsicce (Festival of the Sausage) (August)
Real Juice Company Citrus Sculptures (October)
Griffith Festival of Gardens (October)
Mulitcultural Festival (October)
Taste Griffith (October)
Griffith Festivals

Points of Interest
Griffith has many tourist attractions. These include Pioneer Park, a 510-seat Regional Theatre, the Italian museum, the Griffith Regional Art Gallery, craft and antique shops, and many high standard restaurants. Many of the Griffith wineries also have wine tasting at the cellar door. Annual events include:

• Riverina Field Days, which is held annually in May.
• La Festa, Wine, Food and Multicultural Festival, which is held annually over the Easter weekend.
• Festival of Gardens, which is held annually in October
• Sikh Games, held annually on the June Long Weekend
• unWINEd, held annually on the June Long Weekend
• MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL OF GRIFFITH – each year in October