Glenfield, NSW 2167

Transport-hub suburb about 36 km south-west of the Sydney CBD in the City of Campbelltown LGA and part of the Macarthur region, best known as the railway junction where the Main Southern, East Hills and South West Rail Link corridors meet. It is a family-focused suburb — at the 2021 census Glenfield had 10,536 residents with higher than average numbers of couples with children (57.1% of households) and 46.0% born in Australia, alongside sizeable migrant communities from India (9.3%), Nepal (4.7%), Bangladesh (4.4%), the Philippines and China. Housing is predominantly low-rise family homes: about 69% separate houses and 28% townhouses, with newer duplex estates such as Panorama and Vista (Smart Property Investment). The suburb is named after the colonial property of surgeon Charles Throsby, but most of today's Glenfield dates from the 1950s and 1960s, with Hurlstone Agricultural High School having moved there in the 1920s.

At a Glance

Transport

Glenfield railway station (opened 6 September 1869) is a major interchange and junction station for South-West Sydney: the East Hills line joins the Main Southern line about 500 m north of the station and the South West Rail Link branches off to the south. It is served by T2 Leppington & Inner West, T5 Cumberland and T8 Airport & South Line services, and since November 2017 the Glenfield–Macarthur corridor has been served exclusively by T8 trains. The station was extensively redeveloped for the South West Rail Link — opened 8 February 2015 — with a new overhead concourse, lifts, bus interchange, multi-storey car park and a fourth platform, plus a grade-separated East Hills flyover opened in June 2014, and now handles around 8,100 passenger entries/exits daily. Transit Systems operates six bus routes via the station plus NightRide route N30, and the M5 South Western Motorway and Hume Highway run along Glenfield's western border.

Schools

Glenfield Public School — NSW government K–6 primary school established in 1882 (it began in a tent the year after the village's first subdivision). Hurlstone Agricultural High School — government selective agricultural high school that moved to Glenfield in the 1920s. Glenfield Park School — NSW government school for specific purposes supporting students with behavioural needs. Ajuga School — NSW government K–12 school for students with complex trauma and/or autism.

Shopping & Amenities

Glenfield's shopping is a local village strip along Railway Parade near the station, anchored by FoodWorks Glenfield supermarket (100 Railway Parade) with surrounding small shops including grocers, a chemist and butchers (FoodWorks Glenfield; Cybo). Bigger retail destinations are a short drive away in adjacent suburbs — Macquarie Fields' town centre to the south and Liverpool's major centres to the north (Smart Property Investment).

Parks & Outdoors

Local parks include Seddon Park (used primarily for cricket and rugby league), Blinman Park (cricket and soccer) and Kennett Park (baseball), spread through the suburb's residential streets.

Property Market

The median house price in Glenfield was around ~$1.18–1.19M (CoreLogic-based trackers, 12 months to mid-2026): $1,190,000 with +10.19% annual growth and 91 house sales (YIP) and $1,182,500 with +9.49% growth (Smart Property Investment) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. The two CoreLogic-backed trackers agree closely (house medians within ~1%, unit medians within ~1%), both retrieved September 2026 with 12-month windows to about mid-2026. Glenfield's housing stock is about 69% separate houses and 28% townhouses, and newer Panorama and Vista estates add duplexes, so 'unit' medians here are lifted by townhouse sales rather than apartment stock (Smart Property Investment). Rental yields are modest — around 3.1% for houses and 3.8–3.9% for units.

New Developments

South West Rail Link and station redevelopment — Glenfield's four-platform interchange, bus interchange, multi-storey car park and East Hills flyover were delivered with the line to Leppington, opened 8 February 2015, cementing the suburb's role as South-West Sydney's rail hub. Sydney Metro future extensions — a proposed metro line would link Glenfield to Bankstown via Liverpool (about 20 km of new track), building on the planned future connection between Glenfield/Leppington and the Western Sydney Airport at Bradfield, with business cases underway (Campbelltown City Council; Sydney Metro). More Trains, More Services — the NSW Government is upgrading rail infrastructure between Glenfield and Campbelltown to deliver high-capacity turn-up-and-go services on the corridor.

Jobs & Local Economy

Transport, freight and logistics are central to Glenfield's employment base: it is the junction of three rail corridors with the Southern Sydney Freight Line passing through, the M5/Hume Highway corridor on its western border, and the Moorebank logistics precinct immediately to the east. Retail and services jobs are found in the Railway Parade village, Macquarie Fields' town centre and Liverpool's commercial district to the north, with education a notable local employer through Hurlstone Agricultural High School and the suburb's schools.

Nearby Suburbs

Casula, Macquarie Fields, Holsworthy, Liverpool, Prestons

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 — Glenfield railway station, Sydney
• NSW Government

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