Liverpool is one of the oldest urban settlements in Australia, founded on 7 November 1810[2] as an agricultural centre by Governor Lachlan Macquarie.

Mrs. N. G. Bull of Cabramatta had the honour of laying the Stone - such a responsibility given to a woman bringing great indignation by the Mayor and several of the leading men.

An Indignation Meeting held soon after confirmed unanimously that Mrs Bull was "a fit and proper person" to have laid the stone.

Liverpool has a large teaching hospital, two technical colleges and many shopping centres and office buildings.

Post secondary education is catered to with the South Western College of TAFE, Macarthur Community College, Liverpool U3A: School for Seniors, University of Western Sydney English Language Centre, School of Arts in Macquarie Street, and the University Of Wollongong.

Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi is a Mandaean temple located in the city centre of Liverpool, and is the largest of its kind in Australia.

Prominent local teams include Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club which plays in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition, Liverpool City Netball, which has participated successfully in many State and representative competitions, Hinchinbrook Hornets Junior Rugby League and FC Bossy Liverpool which plays in the New South Wales Super League and Liverpool Rangers FC which is located at Ireland Park, Memorial Avenue.

The West Sydney Razorbacks basketball team used to play out of the Gough Whitlam Centre while they were in the NBL.

Liverpool has an arts and creation centre which provides music lessons with instruments such as:guitar, drums and banjo etc.

Liverpool is currently served by a full-time radio station 89.3FM 2GLF which broadcasts local information, music and ethnic programming.

Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 19.2%, Serbian 6.5%, Vietnamese 4.4%, Hindi 3.2%, and Urdu 2.4%.

[1] The suburb of Liverpool is split in its representation at all three levels of government with Hoxton Park Road the divider in each case.

[30] For New South Wales state elections, the north side of Liverpool is located in the Electoral district of Liverpool, held by Charishma Kaliyanda,[31] while the south side is in the electoral district of Holsworthy, held by Tina Ayyad.

Federally, the north side of Liverpool is located in the Division of Hughes held by Jenny Ware of the Liberal Party.

[33] The south side is part of the Division of Werriwa, held by Labor's Anne Stanley.

July to September tend to be drier, due to foehn winds originating from the Great Dividing Range.