Residential suburb of Sydney located 37 km west of the Sydney CBD in the City of Fairfield local government area, part of the Greater Western Sydney region, on the traditional lands of the Dharug Nation. At the 2021 census Bonnyrigg Heights had 7,369 residents: 44.0% were born in Australia, with the most common overseas birthplaces Vietnam (12.4%), Iraq (9.4%), Cambodia (3.8%), Laos (2.2%) and Fiji (2.2%), and just 26.2% of people spoke only English at home. It is an almost entirely residential suburb of detached family homes on the elevated ridge west of Bonnyrigg, with no commercial centre of its own, served instead by the shopping of adjoining Bonnyrigg.
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Sydney |
| Council (LGA) | City of Fairfield |
| Postcode | 2177 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | Bonnyrigg Heights sits about 37 km west of the Sydney CBD. There is no station in the suburb… |
| Median house price | ~$1.35M (YIP house median, 48 sales in the past 12 months, 10.66% annual capital growth); tracker spread roughly $1.23M–$1.45M: OnTheHouse median house value $1,226,344 as at 30 June 2026, Domain suburb median around $1.45M (mid-2026) |
| Median unit price | $808,458 |
| Typical rent | ~$620–700/week across trackers: realestate.com.au lists median house rent at $620/week (63 listings… |
Transport
Bonnyrigg Heights has no railway station — public transport is bus-based, with services operated by Transit Systems. The T80 Liverpool–Parramatta Transitway links the suburb to Bonnyrigg, Prairiewood, Smithfield, Liverpool and Parramatta as well as Green Valley and Cecil Hills, with other routes running every 30 minutes: route 805 (Bonnyrigg Heights to Liverpool and Cabramatta), route 806 (Liverpool to Parramatta via Bonnyrigg) and route 807 (Cabramatta to Cecil Hills via Bonnyrigg).
Schools
Bonnyrigg Heights Public School — NSW government primary school (Kindergarten to Year 6) in the suburb (NSW Department of Education school site; School Infrastructure NSW). Freeman Catholic College — Catholic systemic secondary college in the suburb, part of Sydney Catholic Schools. John the Baptist Primary School — Catholic systemic primary school on Mount Street in Bonnyrigg Heights, located next to Freeman Catholic College.
Shopping & Amenities
Bonnyrigg Heights is a purely residential suburb with no large retail centre of its own — Wikipedia lists no commercial area in the suburb. Everyday shopping is done at Bonnyrigg Plaza, the main shopping centre in the adjoining suburb of Bonnyrigg (which borders Bonnyrigg Heights to the north-east) at 100 Bonnyrigg Avenue — a centre of about 63 stores anchored by Woolworths and including BWS and Millers (Bonnyrigg Plaza; australia-shoppings.com; Tiendeo). Community facilities in the suburb itself include the Bonnyrigg Heights Hall (a council-hire community venue) and the Bonnyrigg Heights Fire Station operated by Fire and Rescue NSW.
Parks & Outdoors
Bonnyrigg Heights is 'well equipped with parks, including a dog park, and walking tracks' for local recreation. The suburb's parks and reserves are spread through its residential streets, with the elevated western end giving views across the surrounding Fairfield-Cumberland plain. Larger regional recreation — including Sydney United Sports Centre and the parklands along Edensor Creek — lies in adjoining Edensor Park to the north.
Property Market
The median house price in Bonnyrigg Heights was around ~$1.35M (YIP house median, 48 sales in the past 12 months, 10.66% annual capital growth); tracker spread roughly $1.23M–$1.45M: OnTheHouse median house value $1,226,344 as at 30 June 2026, Domain suburb median around $1.45M (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. A family suburb dominated by detached houses on established blocks: OnTheHouse counts 2,128 properties and shows 5-year median house value growth of 56.69% (as at 30 June 2026). Trackers disagree on the current house median — YIP's sales-based figure is $1.35M, OnTheHouse's value estimate $1.226M and Domain's around $1.45M — so treat ~$1.23–1.45M as the honest range. Rental demand reportedly increased 225% in the 12 months to mid-2026. No reliable rental-yield or growth-rate figures beyond these trackers were retrieved.
New Developments
No major new developments were identified in retrieved sources — Bonnyrigg Heights is a built-out residential suburb where activity is limited to infill housing, renovations and extensions on its existing estate stock (no significant DA or project coverage found in mid-2026 searches). Note: the suburb adjoins Bonnyrigg, where the NSW Government's landmark Bonnyrigg Living Communities Program public-housing renewal has been underway, but that project is physically in Bonnyrigg, not Bonnyrigg Heights.
Jobs & Local Economy
Local employment is concentrated in retail, services and trades serving the Bonnyrigg Plaza retail precinct and surrounding centres, plus schools and community facilities within the suburb. Many residents commute by car or on the T80 transitway to jobs across Greater Western Sydney — Fairfield's commercial and civic centres, Liverpool and Parramatta — and to the Sydney CBD.
Nearby Suburbs
Bonnyrigg, Edensor Park, Cecil Hills, Bossley Park, Abbotsbury, Green Valley
Sources & method
Researched 4 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.
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