Gilead, NSW 2560

Tiny, semi-rural suburb on the south-western fringe of Campbelltown's urban area, about 58 km south-west of the Sydney CBD in the Macarthur region. Gilead is the old 'Mount Gilead' wheat estate of the 1810s and, in the words of Campbelltown City Council's history, 'remains farmland just beyond the edge of suburbia' despite repeated talk of suburban development. It is a large land area — about 25.9 km² — with a small population of 882 at the 2021 census, up from 417 in 2016 (+111.5%), with acreage lots, hobby farms and a notably retired demographic: the median age is 74 and households are mainly childless couples.

At a Glance

Transport

Gilead has no railway station and no bus route through its rural interior — Wikipedia lists no transport infrastructure for the suburb, and public transport is effectively absent, making it a car-dependent locality. The nearest railway stations are Campbelltown and Macarthur on the T8 Airport & South line, roughly 7–10 km to the north-east via Appin Road and Menangle Road.

Schools

Gilead has no school within its boundaries — the suburb is rural-residential and its small population is served by schools in surrounding suburbs. St Helens Park Public School (NSW government primary, Kellerman Drive) sits in the immediately adjacent suburb of St Helens Park to the north-east and is the closest government primary (NSW Department of Education via St Helens Park PS website). Secondary students travel to government high schools in the Campbelltown area several kilometres away.

Shopping & Amenities

Gilead has no commercial centre of its own — there are no shops, cafes or service strip within the suburb, reflecting its farmland character. Just four small parks dot the suburb, covering about 1.5% of its 25.9 km² area. Everyday retail and services are found in Campbelltown's town centre, roughly a 10-minute drive to the north-east.

Parks & Outdoors

Gilead is open rural country on the eastern flank of the Nepean River valley west of Campbelltown — its western boundary adjoins Menangle Park and Menangle along the Hume Motorway/Nepean corridor, while Wedderburn bushland lies to the south-east (OpenStreetMap boundary relations). The landscape is cleared farmland and acreage lots, with rural views over the river flats toward Mount Gilead; heritage-listed farm estates Beulah (767 Appin Road) and Sugarloaf Farm (Menangle Road) sit within the suburb. Public parkland is minimal — about 1.5% of the suburb's area across four small parks.

Property Market

The median house price in Gilead was around ~$1.1M — CoreLogic 12-month median house price of $1,150,000 (61 house sales, 12 months to May 2026, YIP/CoreLogic); Cotality's AVM put the median house value at $1,073,894 as at 31 October 2025 (OnTheHouse) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Not a classic thin acreage market: ~61 house sales a year are dominated by new house-and-land and land sales on Gilead's developing northern fringe marketed under the 2560 postcode (e.g. Dallas Drive/Glen Lorne Circuit land lots selling for $595k–$686k in late 2025, while established houses on streets such as Ellison Street list around $1.47M). Tracker medians cluster around $1.07M–$1.15M, but the mix spans raw land, new estate homes and established acreage; unit data is not meaningful as the suburb has no unit stock. The established southern portion of the suburb remains acreage farmland with a retirement-age demographic (median age 74).

New Developments

Minimal within the rural core: Campbelltown City Council's history records that while there 'has been talk of suburban development', Gilead has remained farmland. The real growth is on the northern fringe adjoining the Figtree Hill release area, where residential-estate land and house-and-land sales marketed under the Gilead 2560 postcode helped lift the suburb's population from 417 (2016) to 882 (2021).

Jobs & Local Economy

Gilead has no significant local employment base of its own — it is a rural-residential suburb whose residents mostly commute to Campbelltown and Macarthur for work in retail, health, education and administration, or to trade and industrial jobs along the Hume Highway corridor. Census data lists clerical as the most common occupation, and with a median age of 74 a large share of the population is retired.

Nearby Suburbs

Glen Alpine, Figtree Hill, Rosemeadow, St Helens Park, Menangle Park, Menangle, Wedderburn, Appin

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
• Dictionary of Sydney
• NSW Government

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