Erskine Park, NSW 2759

Erskine Park is a growing, predominantly residential suburb of Sydney about 42 km west of the CBD in the City of Penrith local government area, part of the Greater Western Sydney region; along with Colyton it is one of the easternmost suburbs of the City of Penrith, sitting just west of the Westlink M7 at the M4/M7 motorway junction. Gazetted in 1981 and named after James Erskine, Lieutenant-Governor to Governor Lachlan Macquarie, who was granted land in the area in the early colony days, it is an established family suburb of detached homes on medium-to-large lots — about 91% of stock is houses — with some industrial development. At the 2021 census it had 6,486 residents, a median age of 37, median household income of $2,349/week — above the national median — and around 79% of homes owner-occupied. Notable residents have included cricketers Usman Khawaja and Hannah Darlington and netballer Paige Hadley.

At a Glance

Transport

Erskine Park has no railway station — public transport is bus-based, with Busways operating route 775 (Mount Druitt to Penrith via Erskine Park and Nepean Hospital), which runs through the suburb and calls at St Marys Station, giving connections onto the T1 Western Line; Mount Druitt and Penrith stations are also served by the route at either end. The suburb sits right at the junction of the M4 Western Motorway and Westlink M7, with the M7 forming its eastern boundary and a link road proposed from the Erskine Business Park to the M7. AusPropertyFinder lists Mount Druitt Station as the nearest rail stop at roughly 5.2 km from the suburb centre.

Schools

Erskine Park contains two government schools, both in the suburb near the Peppertree Drive–Swallow Drive shopping precinct: Erskine Park High School — NSW government comprehensive secondary school (Years 7–12) with more than 800 students — and James Erskine Public School — NSW government primary school (K–6) with more than 500 students, named after James Erskine after whom the suburb is also named.

Shopping & Amenities

Erskine Park Shopping Centre is the suburb's village centre, on Swallow Drive at the corner of Peppertree Drive; its tenants include an ALDI supermarket (180–188 Swallow Drive) together with a butcher, bakery, pharmacy, hairdresser and other shops — a newsagent closed in late 2017. There is no other major retail in the suburb, and residents travel to larger centres such as Penrith, St Marys or Mount Druitt for more extensive shopping.

Parks & Outdoors

Erskine Park is a leafy suburb with 16 parks covering nearly 3.3% of its roughly 8.4 km². A bike track runs from Erskine Park Road through to Bennett Road in adjoining St Clair, and a natural bushland area in the suburb is used for mountain biking and camping. A large park sits beside the Erskine Business Park along the main road, with a footpath/bike path and a basketball–netball court.

Property Market

The median house price in Erskine Park was around ~$1.32–1.33M on 12-month sales medians: AusPropertyFinder $1,330,000 (up 15.7% year-on-year) and YIP/CoreLogic $1,324,000 (45 house sales, +17.69% year-on-year, ~15 days on market); Cotality's automated valuation is lower at $1,145,136 (31 July 2026) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. A healthy, largely house-based market: 42–45 house sales in the 12 months to mid/late 2026 across roughly 2,268 properties, with houses the dominant dwelling type (~91%) on medium-to-large lots. Unit stock is negligible (1 unit sale in 12 months), so no reliable unit median exists. Median house rent is $700/week with a gross yield around 2.7–3.1%; the suburb skews owner-occupied (79%) family households with a median household income ($2,349/week) above the national median.

New Developments

Erskine Park continues to grow as a residential suburb with significant industrial development. The industrial precinct on the suburb's outskirts — Erskine Business Park — holds warehouses for DHL Supply Chain, Sony DADC, BlueScope Steel, Koorong Bookstore, Hasbro, Ceva and a Woolworths Liquor distribution centre, with a link road proposed from the business park to the Westlink M7; its position at the M4/M7 junction has made it a sought-after logistics address. Residential change is largely incremental infill and new family homes, with the suburb's rapid house-price growth (+15–18% year-on-year through 2026) reflecting demand across the western growth corridor rather than any single large estate release.

Jobs & Local Economy

Industrial, logistics and warehousing work is the suburb's defining employment base: the Erskine Business Park warehouses (DHL Supply Chain, Sony DADC, BlueScope Steel, Koorong, Hasbro, Ceva and the Woolworths Liquor distribution centre) sit at the M4/M7 junction, one of Sydney's major freight corridors, and local retail jobs centre on Erskine Park Shopping Centre. Census data for residents shows the top industries of employment as hospitals (4.1% — largely the Nepean Hospital/health precinct at Kingswood–Penrith), supermarket and grocery stores (3.6%) and road freight transport (3.5%), and many residents commute to Penrith, St Marys and Mount Druitt — the nearest rail and employment hubs — as well as along the M4/M7 corridor.

Nearby Suburbs

St Marys, Colyton, Minchinbury, St Clair, Eastern Creek, Orchard Hills, Kemps Creek, Horsley Park

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:

• Transport for NSW
• NSW Government

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