The ‘fibro belt’ is the name given to an area in Western Sydney where the use of asbestos-containing products is especially concentrated. The suburbs that form part of the ‘fibro belt’ were largely built in the 1950s and 1960s and had streets where every house was built using fibro sheets reinforced with asbestos.
The local government areas (and their respective suburbs) that are considered to form part of the ‘fibro belt’ include Canterbury-Bankstown, Blacktown, Fairfield, Cumberland, Liverpool and Wollondilly. The use of asbestos was equally prevalent in the Gosford/Wyong area.
