Bexley North, NSW 2207

Quiet, largely residential family suburb 13 km south-west of the Sydney CBD in the St George area of Bayside Council; at the 2021 census it had 4,281 residents, and CoreLogic-based market data describes households as primarily couples with children, with 67.1% of homes owner-occupied and a median age of 42. Housing stock is mostly detached homes built from the 1930s onwards — the area only opened up for home sites after the East Hills line and Bexley North station arrived in 1931. It is multicultural: 57.7% of residents were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces were China (6.6%) and Greece (5.5%), only 43.0% spoke English at home (Greek 16.0%, Cantonese 6.4%, Arabic 6.0%, Mandarin 5.9%), and the top religion responses were Eastern Orthodox 23.5%, No Religion 23.3% and Catholic 21.1%. Daily life centres on the compact station village at the Bexley Road–Slade Road–Shaw Street intersection, home to a Woolworths Metro, pub, cafes, restaurants and specialty shops.

At a Glance

Transport

Bexley North railway station is on the T8 Airport & South Line of the Sydney Trains network — the East Hills line branch that opened through the suburb in 1931 — and sits right beside the village shops on Bexley Road. Services run to the city via the Airport line through Wolli Creek, Mascot and Green Square. Transit Systems and private bus routes also serve the suburb ; bus routes including 410, 420 and M41 stop around the village, with route 420 linking the Burwood–Mascot corridor (Transit app; store-locator listings for the Bexley North Woolworths Metro). The M5 South Western Motorway runs past the suburb but has no interchange at Bexley North itself — access is at Kingsgrove to the west and Arncliffe to the east.

Schools

Bexley North Public School — the suburb's NSW government primary school (K–6, about 340 students, ICSEA 1071), listed among Bexley North's landmarks. There is no high school within Bexley North itself — nearby government secondary options include Kingsgrove High School in the adjacent suburb of Kingsgrove (ACARA school list via GDP), and the area's Catholic primary options sit just over the border, e.g. St Gabriel's School in adjacent Bexley (GDP school list).

Shopping & Amenities

The village shopping centre around the Bexley Road–Slade Road–Shaw Street intersection beside the station is Bexley North's main retail hub: a Woolworths Metro, the Bexley North Hotel pub, cafes, restaurants and specialty shops (including a funeral parlour), plus the Bexley North Library and Holy Trinity Anglican Church close by. There is no major mall in the suburb — for big-centre shopping residents travel to the commercial areas of neighbouring Bexley and wider St George.

Parks & Outdoors

Bardwell Creek runs through the suburb and the 'Prime Minister's Walk' follows its tree-lined banks, part of the popular Bardwell Creek Reserve bushwalking loop in this part of St George. Stotts Reserve, off Churchill Street, is Bexley North's main pocket park, though Bayside Council has flagged removal of its aging playground equipment — nearby alternatives include Whitbread Park in Bexley North and Charles Daly and Slade Road reserves just across the border in Bardwell Park (Bayside Council). Bexley Pool — the Angelo Anestis Aquatic Centre — sits on the suburb's edge in neighbouring Bexley and reopened under BlueFit management in January 2023 (ausleisure).

Property Market

The median house price in Bexley North was around $1,920,000 (median house price, 38 sales, 12 months to May 2026, CoreLogic via YIP); realestate.com.au suburb data put the median house price at $1,805,000–$1,820,000 on 46–51 sales in the past 12 months (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. House medians cluster around $1.7–1.9M but vary by tracker and window: CoreLogic via YIP logged $1,920,000 (38 sales), realestate.com.au logged $1,805,000–1,820,000 (46–51 sales), and AusPropertyInsights put the all-types median at $1,685,000. Sales volume is thin (roughly 38–51 houses a year in a suburb of 4,281 people), so medians swing with a few sales. The stock is predominantly detached family homes from the 1930s–1950s with a smaller unit market; YIP/CoreLogic data shows 67.1% owner-occupation, mostly couples with children, with households earning a median $1,876/week (2021) working mainly in professional occupations.

New Developments

Infill development is modest and contested: Bayside Council — which has moved to restrict apartments to mixed-use and high-density zones, effectively banning them across large R3 medium-density areas — rejected proposals totalling about 200 new homes across Bexley North and Botany at a single meeting in November 2023. On the renewal side, the Bexley North Hotel site on Bexley Road was offered to market with 'mixed-use redevelopment potential', signalling incremental upgrade potential for the station-village precinct (Hospitality Directory).

Jobs & Local Economy

Local jobs centre on retail, hospitality and services in the Bexley Road village — the Woolworths Metro, cafes, pub and specialty shops. Census-based profiles show Bexley North residents mostly work in professional occupations, with many commuting to the Sydney CBD on the T8 line; 67.1% of homes are owner-occupied and median household income was $1,876/week in 2021. Major St George employment and health hubs such as Rockdale and Kogarah (St George Hospital) are a few minutes away by train or car.

Nearby Suburbs

Bexley, Bardwell Park, Kingsgrove, Clemton Park, Earlwood

Sources & method

Researched 5 September 2026 from named public sources — census and government records, transport authorities, council and planning documents — plus published sales data. Where sources disagree on a figure, the guide says so rather than picking one.

Sources cited in this guide:

• Wikipedia — Bexley North
• NSW Government

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