Established family suburb about 46 km west of the Sydney CBD in the City of Blacktown LGA and the Greater Western Sydney region, tucked between the Mount Druitt cluster to the west and Quakers Hill to the east, immediately south of the new Marsden Park estates. It is named to honour Rowland Hassall (1768–1820), a Church of England minister associated with the area. At the 2021 census Hassall Grove had 4,401 residents and a distinctly multicultural, young-family profile: 57.5% born in Australia, with the Philippines (8.4%), India (3.9%) and Fiji (2.9%) the next most common birthplaces, 54.3% speaking only English at home alongside Arabic (7.3%) and Tagalog (6.0%), Catholic the largest religion at 30.5%, a median age of 32 and 23.1% of residents aged 0–14. Suburb visitors describe it as a quiet, green slice of suburbia centred on the Hassall Grove Plaza shops — compact brick-and-tile family housing on leafy streets.
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Sydney |
| Council (LGA) | Blacktown City Council |
| Postcode | 2761 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | Roughly 55–65 minutes door-to-door by bus and train — the Busways 754 loop takes residents to Mount Druitt or Blacktown station… |
| Median house price | ~$1.03M (Cotality median house value of $1,026,349 as at 30 June 2026, via OnTheHouse); auspropertyfinder put the 12-month median house price at about $1,100,000 (mid-2026) |
| Median unit price | $735,901 |
| Typical rent | $620/week for houses and $480/week for units |
Transport
Public transport is bus-based — Hassall Grove has no railway station. It is served by the Busways 754 loop service from Mount Druitt to Blacktown via Hassall Grove, which links the suburb to Mount Druitt station (a short bus ride to the west) and Blacktown station and interchange. For rail, Mount Druitt station on the T1 line is the nearest main station served directly by the local bus route; Quakers Hill station on the T1 line is a short drive to the east through adjacent Dean Park. Hassall Grove sits in the state electorate of Mount Druitt and the federal Division of Chifley.
Schools
Hassall Grove has two schools of its own: Hassall Grove Public School, a NSW government Kindergarten–Year 6 comprehensive primary school in the suburb, and St Clare's Catholic High School, a Catholic secondary school also in Hassall Grove (NSW Department of Education; St Clare's Catholic High School). In immediately adjacent Bidwill to the west sits Chifley College Bidwill Campus, the government high school of the Mount Druitt school network, listed alongside Hassall Grove's own schools as the local secondary options.
Shopping & Amenities
Hassall Grove Plaza on Buckwell Drive is the suburb's local shopping centre — a small strip of shops anchored by a Friendly Grocer supermarket, with a pharmacy, barber and specialty retailers, plus a medical and allied-health presence in the plaza's commercial tenancies. For a full Woolworths supermarket shop, residents head to Greenway Village in adjacent Colebee or the small Dean Park Shopping Centre in adjacent Dean Park, with the Sydney Business Park retail precinct (IKEA, Costco, Bunnings) in adjacent Marsden Park a few minutes north.
Parks & Outdoors
Hassall Grove is a compact suburb of tree-lined streets with neighbourhood parks and playspaces; Mittigar Reserve on Luxford Road is one of Blacktown City Council's local parks, listed for a playspace upgrade in the 2025–26 financial year (Blacktown City Council). Suburb observers note the green, established feel of its streets and reserves compared with the bare new estates springing up to the north (Completing Sydney).
Property Market
The median house price in Hassall Grove was around ~$1.03M (Cotality median house value of $1,026,349 as at 30 June 2026, via OnTheHouse); auspropertyfinder put the 12-month median house price at about $1,100,000 (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Hassall Grove is a small, established market: about 1,409 properties with 39 sales in the 12 months to June 2026, and house values up 42.94% over five years per Cotality. Tracker medians cluster in a roughly $955K–$1.1M band depending on the sales window — OnTheHouse's suburb-profile snapshots have shown house values around $954K–$1.03M, while auspropertyfinder's 12-month median was about $1,100,000 — making Hassall Grove noticeably more affordable than the newer release suburbs to its north and east. The suburb's age profile skews young, with 31% of residents aged 0–19 at the 2021 census, consistent with its family character.
New Developments
Hassall Grove is a fully built-out, established suburb with little greenfield room, so local residential activity is limited to infill — dual occupancies, renovations and the occasional small subdivision under Blacktown City Council approvals — while the region's growth is happening in the new estates immediately to the north in Marsden Park and Colebee and in the Mount Druitt renewal area to the west.
Jobs & Local Economy
Local employment centres on retail and services at Hassall Grove Plaza and neighbouring centres, plus the commercial and industrial jobs of the Sydney Business Park precinct in adjacent Marsden Park (IKEA, Costco, Bunnings and logistics uses) (openinghoursau; Sydney Business Park). More broadly, residents draw on the retail, logistics, warehousing and community-service jobs across the Mount Druitt–Blacktown corridor, with many commuting to Blacktown, Parramatta and the Sydney CBD.
Nearby Suburbs
Marsden Park, Colebee, Bidwill, Dean Park, Hebersham, Oakhurst
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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