Dunheved, NSW 2760

Dunheved is a small, largely industrial and commercial locality on the northern side of the Main Western railway line in the St Marys area, about 45–47 km west of the Sydney CBD. It is not a separately gazetted suburb — its Wikipedia article redirects to St Marys, which describes 'the northern portion of St Marys/Dunheved [as] abundant with trade (especially automotive), manufacturing, waste processing, and storage centres, yet also contains a leagues club' — and Penrith City Council's own suburb list does not name Dunheved separately. The name dates to the 1807 'Dunheved' land grant to Anna Josepha King, and the area grew through WWII-era industry — the Commonwealth acquired the Dunheved estate for a munitions filling factory that seeded the surrounding wartime suburbs. Today it is dominated by the Dunheved Business Park, roughly 290 hectares employing more than 4,300 people, mixed with older residential pockets along streets such as Christie Street.

At a Glance

Transport

Dunheved has no operating railway station — the old Dunheved station on the Main Western line (50.35 km from Sydney) is closed (NSWrail.net). Residents and workers use St Marys station, about 47 km from the city, served by T1 Western Line trains and the interchange for 12 local bus routes, or Werrington station further east along the same line. The disused Ropes Creek railway line branched off the Main Western near Dunheved, historically serving the area's industry, and its corridor still carries freight traffic to scrap-metal operations. Dunheved Road links the precinct to the Great Western Highway and the M4 Motorway corridor via St Marys, and is itself the subject of a major Council upgrade (Your Say Penrith).

Schools

No school sits inside the Dunheved precinct itself — it is predominantly industrial. The closest schools are in the immediately adjoining suburbs: St Marys North Public School and Chifley College Dunheved Campus (a NSW government Years 7–10 secondary campus of the Chifley College network — despite its name it is located at 120 Maple Road in North St Marys, not in Dunheved) (NSW DoE). St Marys' schools — St Marys Public School, Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School and St Marys Senior High School — are a short trip away in the adjacent town centre.

Shopping & Amenities

There is no significant shopping centre within the Dunheved precinct — its commercial floorspace is dominated by automotive trade, manufacturing, waste processing and storage businesses. Everyday retail is found in the adjoining St Marys town centre: St Marys Village Shopping Centre (Woolworths- and Target-anchored with more than 40 speciality stores), the Coles-anchored Station Plaza and the Queen Street commercial strip, plus the St Marys & District Historical Society museum in the old council chambers.

Parks & Outdoors

The South Creek corridor — a chain of parks, playing fields and floodplain along the creek that forms the western edge of the St Marys/Dunheved area — is the main green space on the precinct's doorstep, with South Creek Park (home of the historic Bennett wagon exhibits) and Cook Park among the adjoining St Marys parks. The open paddocks and creekline of the Dunheved Business Park's western fringe give way to the Orchard Hills countryside across South Creek, but formal parkland within the industrial area itself is minimal.

Property Market

The median house price in Dunheved was around No reliable standalone Dunheved median exists — most Dunheved properties (industrial and the small residential pockets) address and transact as St Marys, NSW 2760, and the local residential market is best read through St Marys 2760 figures: mid-2026 house medians there run ~$1.1–1.25M (OnTheHouse/Cotality AVM median house value $1,103,953 as at 31 July 2026; Allhomes median house sale price $1,250,000; YIP/CoreLogic ~$1.2M), with listing-based medians lower at ~$865–930k (StMate) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Because Dunheved is an industrial locality inside the St Marys suburb rather than a separate gazetted suburb, all major trackers report its property under St Marys NSW 2760 — realestate.com.au even labels Dunheved Circuit and Dunheved Business Centre listings 'St Marys NSW 2760' — though Cotality/OnTheHouse maintains a legacy 'Dunheved 2760' suburb profile. What is saleable in Dunheved itself is overwhelmingly industrial and commercial stock — factory, warehouse and light-industrial units along Dunheved Circuit and Christie Street — while the modest older housing pockets near the precinct edge trade as part of the St Marys/North St Marys residential market, where typical 2026 detached sales cluster around $930k–$1.25M. Note the postcode split that trips buyers up: most of Dunheved's industrial core is 2760 (St Marys/North St Marys), but the lower reaches of Dunheved Road address as Werrington NSW 2747.

New Developments

The Dunheved Business Park is the focus of local development activity — Penrith City Council adopted a Dunheved Business Park Revitalisation Strategy in 2014 to improve the ~290-hectare precinct (a major Penrith LGA employment area employing 4,300+ people), working with the Penrith Valley Chamber of Commerce on land that is partly owned by Lend Lease-associated companies and partly by Council, including the disused rail corridor between Christie Street and Dunheved Circuit; Council has since resheeted roads and upgraded lighting across the park. The federally funded Dunheved Road Upgrade — funded under the Australian Government's Infrastructure Investment Program — is now in its first phase with early site preparation under way, following 2021 concept consultation, and Penrith Council called tenders (PCC2024-104) for the upgrade's design and construction.

Jobs & Local Economy

Dunheved is one of Penrith's major employment precincts: the Dunheved Business Park covers roughly 290 hectares, employs more than 4,300 people and is prized for its high employment density, anchored by automotive trade, manufacturing, waste processing and storage/logistics businesses. The precinct's trade and industrial character dates to WWII, when the Ropes Creek munitions line and local factories drove the area's growth, and freight operations on the old rail corridor continue today. Retail and service jobs sit just south in the St Marys town centre, and the St Marys metro interchange — the future northern terminus of the Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport line — will link the area directly to the Western Sydney International Airport employment zone.

Nearby Suburbs

St Marys, North St Marys, Werrington

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.

Sources cited in this guide:

• Wikipedia — St Marys
• Wikipedia — Ropes Creek railway line
• NSW Government

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