Small, quiet, family-focused suburb about 44 km west of the Sydney CBD in the City of Blacktown LGA and part of Greater Western Sydney; officially declared a suburb in 1987 and named after William Glendenning, a Plumpton butcher whose slaughteryard stood in Lamb Street in the early 1900s. It is compact — about 3.5 km² — with 5,196 residents at the 2021 census (+1.3% on 2016), most of them born in Australia. The suburb reads as a classic outer-western 'mortgage belt': about 68% of homes are owner-occupied, households are primarily couples with children, and 0–9-year-olds are the largest age group. It also has a visible Tongan community — its Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga on Glendenning Road was officially opened in October 2008 by King George Tupou V of Tonga.
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Sydney |
| Council (LGA) | Blacktown City Council |
| Postcode | 2761 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | Public-transport commutes go bus-then-train: a typical trip is a bus from Glendenning to Blacktown or Mount Druitt station followed by a T1… |
| Median house price | ~$0.97–1.07M — Cotality's AVM median house value was $1,067,686 as at 31 July 2026 (OnTheHouse); realestate.com.au's median sold price for houses over the past year is $965,000 and propertyvalue.com.au reports a $985,000 median sale price (mid-2026) |
| Median unit price | $920,858 |
| Typical rent | ~$660/week median house rent and ~$430/week median unit rent as at 31 July 2026 |
| Price growth | Houses ~+40% and units ~+36% in median value over the 5 years to July 2026 ; 58 properties sold in the past 12 months |
Transport
Glendenning has no railway station — public transport is bus-based, with Busways services linking the suburb to Blacktown and Mount Druitt stations: route 756 (Blacktown to Mount Druitt via Woodcroft and Plumpton) is listed under Glendenning by Busways, and route 754 runs the Blacktown–Mount Druitt corridor through the Glendenning/Plumpton area. Quakers Hill station (T1) and Doonside station are the closest rail options, each within a few kilometres in adjoining suburbs, and Busways' regional depot at 150 Glendenning Road operates out of the suburb itself.
Schools
Glendenning Public School — a government, co-educational primary school (Kindergarten to Year 6) in Glendenning with around 620 students — is the suburb's school (NSW Department of Education; My Choice Schools). There is no high school in Glendenning; secondary students head to the high schools of the surrounding suburbs, including Quakers Hill High School (Quakers Hill), Wyndham College (Nirimba Fields) and Doonside High School (Doonside), all a short distance away.
Shopping & Amenities
Glendenning's local shops and services cluster along Glendenning Road — small retail, trade and convenience businesses such as Vella Stock Feeds (96 Glendenning Road), Deane Apparel (118 Glendenning Road) and The Wine Guild cellar door on Lamb Street, with a light-industrial pocket around Owen and Rayben streets (aussiestoresonline; local directories). The suburb has no supermarket of its own — residents shop at the Woolworths-anchored Quakers Court in neighbouring Quakers Hill or drive to the major centres of Blacktown and Mount Druitt, each about 10 minutes away (local business directories). Busways' Western Sydney depot at 150 Glendenning Road and the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga are also within the suburb.
Parks & Outdoors
Glendenning is one of the leafier parts of Blacktown City: 14 parks cover nearly 22% of the suburb's 3.5 km², much of it open space along the creek-line corridors and green edges on the suburb's boundaries. Glendenning Reserve is the suburb's main sports facility, with tennis courts bookable through Blacktown City Council (Blacktown City Council parks directory).
Property Market
The median house price in Glendenning was around ~$0.97–1.07M — Cotality's AVM median house value was $1,067,686 as at 31 July 2026 (OnTheHouse); realestate.com.au's median sold price for houses over the past year is $965,000 and propertyvalue.com.au reports a $985,000 median sale price (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Compact, young-family market: 1,958 properties across 3.5 km², around 68% owner-occupied, couples with children the dominant household type and 0–9-year-olds the largest age group. House sale medians vary by tracker — realestate.com.au $965,000 (past 12 months), propertyvalue.com.au $985,000 — while Cotality's AVM value sits higher at $1,067,686; the realistic house band is roughly $0.97–1.07M, noticeably below the ~$1.25–1.31M of neighbouring Quakers Hill.
New Developments
Glendenning is a fully established suburb with its population roughly flat (+1.3% between the 2016 and 2021 censuses), so development is small-scale infill — dual occupancies, subdivisions and knock-down-rebuild DAs processed by Blacktown City Council — rather than new greenfield estates.
Jobs & Local Economy
Busways' Glendenning depot at 150 Glendenning Road, servicing bus operations across Western Sydney, is the suburb's most notable single employer. Local shops along Glendenning Road and the light-industrial pocket around Owen and Rayben streets provide trade and retail work (aussiestoresonline). The suburb sits close to the M7 corridor's logistics and warehousing belt and within easy reach of Blacktown's and Mount Druitt's major retail, health and employment hubs, which most Glendenning residents commute to — the local workforce skews to clerical and services occupations.
Nearby Suburbs
Colebee, Dean Park, Quakers Hill, Oakhurst, Plumpton, Rooty Hill, Doonside
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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