Hebersham, NSW 2770

Family-oriented, established suburb in the Mount Druitt district of Western Sydney, about 47 km west of the Sydney CBD in the City of Blacktown LGA. Hebersham grew with the NSW Housing Commission's large public-housing expansion across the Mount Druitt area in the 1960s–70s (AHURI), leaving a suburb of mostly modest detached homes — older fibro/weatherboard and brick houses now heavily renovated or replaced — that was 54.9% owner-occupied at the 2021 census. It is genuinely multicultural: of the 5,643 residents at the 2021 census, 56.1% were born in Australia and the leading overseas birthplaces were the Philippines (4.7%), Fiji (4.1%), New Zealand (3.7%), Pakistan (2.6%) and Samoa (2.1%), with 53.9% speaking only English at home; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.9% of the population. Demographics skew young and family-centred — the predominant age group is 0–9 years and most households are couples with children.

At a Glance

Transport

Public transport is bus-based — Hebersham has no railway station. Busways routes on the Transport for NSW network connect the suburb to Mount Druitt station, Blacktown and surrounding centres: route 759 (St Marys to Mount Druitt via Ropes Crossing) is listed among services serving Hebersham, and buses to Mount Druitt depart from stops along Carlisle Avenue at the suburb's southern edge, on the Mount Druitt border. Mount Druitt railway station, roughly 2.5 km away, is the nearest station: it sits on the Main Western line 43.29 km from Central and is served by T1 Western Line trains running between the city and Penrith/Emu Plains.

Schools

Hebersham Public School — NSW government primary school, founded 1972, the suburb's school. There is no high school in Hebersham: secondary students attend schools in the surrounding Mount Druitt district, including Chifley College's Mount Druitt Campus (Years 7–10, opened 1969 as Mount Druitt High School) and Chifley College Senior Campus (Years 11–12), both in neighbouring Mount Druitt.

Shopping & Amenities

Day-to-day needs are met by Hebersham Shopping Centre, a small local strip centre in the suburb (Yellow Pages listings). The suburb's real retail and civic heart is neighbouring Mount Druitt, immediately to the south: Westfield Mt Druitt on Carlisle Avenue is the district's major regional shopping centre, and the Mount Druitt town centre also holds the Mount Druitt Hub (public library and community facilities) and Mount Druitt Hospital on Railway Street.

Parks & Outdoors

Heber Park is the suburb's large recreational park in the centre of Hebersham, with several sports fields, a basketball court, playgrounds and off-leash dog areas, plus goalposts, shelters and field lighting for local-level sport. Around it, smaller local reserves and the tree-lined streets of the 1960s–70s housing grid provide everyday green space.

Property Market

The median house price in Hebersham was around ~$954,000 (12-month house medians to mid-2026): CoreLogic via YIP median house price $954,000 on 66 sales (+12.24% annual growth, 12 months to May 2026); Allhomes median house sale price $955,000 (+17% over 12 months); property.carto.au median $954,000 at 27 Aug 2026; buyer's agent tracker put the Aug 2026 median at $952,877 (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Detached houses dominate almost all of Hebersham's stock (1.7 km² suburb, 9 parks covering ~9.7% of its area). Recent recorded sales cluster around $930K–$1.05M for family houses: 11 Radburn Rd (4-bed) $935,000 (May 2026), 7 Ballymena St (4-bed) $990,000 (Mar 2026), 3 Reston Ave $1,000,000 (Mar 2026), 29 Redditch Cres $1,011,000, 1 Bindaree St (4-bed) $1,050,000 (Allhomes sales records). Trackers agree closely at ~$952–955K for the 12-month house median; auspropertyinsights lists a slightly lower all-dwelling figure of $891,000. Vacancy is tight at ~1.17% and htag classifies the suburb as a long-hold capital-growth market (htag). At the 2021 census the median age was 33, median household income $1,341/week and 54.9% of homes were owner-occupied.

New Developments

Hebersham itself is a largely built-out suburb, so visible renewal is mostly renovation of its 1970s housing stock rather than new estates. The development focus is next door in Mount Druitt, where Blacktown City Council's town-centre renewal — funded through the NSW Government's Western Sydney Infrastructure Grants program ($273M for seven projects across the LGA) — is upgrading the district, including the Mount Druitt Hub expansion and Mount Druitt Swimming Centre renewal, while new apartments rise around the station and Westfield precinct (Blacktown City Council via its WSIG case study; Mount Druitt suburb profile).

Jobs & Local Economy

Local employment is retail and service based: the adjacent Mount Druitt town centre and Westfield Mt Druitt are the district's main retail employment hub, with Mount Druitt Hospital a major local health employer. Census data shows the most common occupations among Hebersham residents are machinery operators and drivers, with many workers commuting to warehousing, logistics and industrial jobs in the Rooty Hill area and along the M4 corridor.

Nearby Suburbs

Mount Druitt, Dharruk, Plumpton, Oakhurst, Bidwill, Whalan, Rooty Hill, Shanes 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:

• Wikipedia — Mount Druitt

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