Quiet, family-oriented suburb of about 3,205 people (2021 census) perched on a bench at the base of the Blue Mountains escarpment, on the western side of the Nepean River and 58 km west of the Sydney CBD. Emu Heights is a strongly owner-occupied, low-density suburb — at the 2021 census 97.3% of occupied private dwellings were separate houses and 82.2% of homes were owner-occupied, with couples with children the dominant household type. The area was first settled by George Innes in 1831, but the name Emu Heights was only officially assigned in 1976, and the suburb's housing is a mix of post-war and later family homes with bushland and parkland threaded through.
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Sydney |
| Council (LGA) | Penrith City Council |
| Postcode | 2750 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | Roughly 55–65 minutes by train from nearby Emu Plains station on express services to Central… |
| Median house price | ~$1.18M (median house sale price over the past 12 months, realestate.com.au, retrieved Sep 2026); AVM-based house medians cluster at $1.14–1.18M (Cotality: $1,139,223 as at 31 Jul 2026; andreamonti: $1,155,107) (mid-2026) |
| Median unit price | $965,000 to ~$1,011,000 — very few units exist in the suburb, so unit medians are based on thin sales and should be treated with caution |
| Typical rent | ~$700–710/week for houses |
| Price growth | +13% over the 12 months to mid-2026 ; Cotality AVM shows house median values up 37.3% over five years |
Transport
Emu Heights has no railway station — public transport is bus-based. Blue Mountains Transit (CDC) route 688 runs from Penrith through Emu Heights as a loop service, with around 28 weekday services, and connects to Emu Plains Station, which is in the immediately adjoining suburb of Emu Plains. Emu Plains Station is the closest rail access: it sits on the Main Western railway line and is the last suburban station before the line climbs into the Blue Mountains, with many express services to the city. The Great Western Highway and M4 Motorway are nearby via Emu Plains for drivers.
Schools
Emu Heights Public School — NSW government primary school founded in 1972, which opened with 87 pupils and three teachers and now enrols more than 300 students. Secondary students in the local area typically attend Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School in the adjoining suburb of Emu Plains, the district's government high school, with Emu Plains Public School also close by in the neighbouring suburb.
Shopping & Amenities
Emu Heights is essentially residential with no shopping centre of its own — only a handful of local businesses on the small strip at the Old Bathurst Road/Russell Street corner on the suburb's Emu Plains border (local business listings, e.g. australia247, place a butcher and other shops at Russell St and Old Bathurst Rd addresses in Emu Heights). Everyday shopping is done in the immediately adjacent suburb of Emu Plains, whose Russell Street village centre is anchored by Lennox Village (formerly Centro Lennox), Emu Plains' main commercial centre, with a McDonald's right on the Old Bathurst Rd/Russell St corner. Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, the Penrith region's public art gallery, is at 86 River Road in adjoining Emu Plains.
Parks & Outdoors
The suburb's northern edge opens onto the Nepean River through an unnamed riverfront parkland that gives wide public access to the river, where fishing and canoeing are popular because that section of the river is not used by power boats. Around 10 parks cover nearly 24.6% of the suburb's 3.5 km², a high green share for a Sydney suburb. The bush-covered foothills of the Blue Mountains escarpment rise along the suburb's western edge, and Emu Plains' river flats and the escarpment trails toward Lapstone sit just over the boundary for walks.
Property Market
The median house price in Emu Heights was around ~$1.18M (median house sale price over the past 12 months, realestate.com.au, retrieved Sep 2026); AVM-based house medians cluster at $1.14–1.18M (Cotality: $1,139,223 as at 31 Jul 2026; andreamonti: $1,155,107) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. A classic Penrith-foothills family market: overwhelmingly detached houses on quiet, leafy streets, with 31–37 sales over the past 12 months depending on the tracker. Buyer demand was up ~27% over the year to mid-2026 and the suburb is catching up to the broader Western Sydney price boom, but medians here run well below the Blue Mountains towns across the escarpment. Note: some directories mislabel Emu Heights' postcode — it is 2750 (shared with Emu Plains and Penrith), not 2770, which belongs to the Mount Druitt cluster.
New Developments
Established and largely built-out between the Nepean River, the railway corridor and the escarpment, Emu Heights has little greenfield land; growth is mostly knockdown-rebuilds, extensions and the occasional new home, with realestate.com.au reporting rising buyer demand (+27% year on year) rather than new supply. The suburb sits inside Penrith LGA, one of NSW's fastest-growing local government areas, so nearby growth areas absorb new development while Emu Heights itself keeps its low-density, bushland character.
Jobs & Local Economy
Local employment is modest — retail, trades and services, including jobs in Emu Plains' village shops and Lennox Village in the adjoining suburb. Penrith, roughly a 10-minute drive to the east, is the district's main employment and retail hub, and many residents commute by train (via Emu Plains or Penrith stations) to Parramatta and Sydney's CBD. Cotality census data describes the typical Emu Heights worker as professional, in couple-with-children households.
Nearby Suburbs
Emu Plains, Lapstone, Glenbrook, Castlereagh, Mount Riverview
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:
Corrections are welcome — if something here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will fix it.
Back to all Sydney suburb guides.