Holsworthy, NSW 2173

A family suburb in south-western Sydney about 31 km south-west of the CBD, best known for the adjacent Holsworthy Barracks, a large Australian Army reserve where training exercises frequently occur. The residential area — which includes the barracks — is primarily in the City of Liverpool LGA, though most of the wooded land to the south falls in Campbelltown City and part east of Heathcote in Sutherland Shire. The modern village evolved after World War II, remaining semi-rural into the early post-war years before suburban development spread; its streets carry a military theme (Tarakan, Bardia, Wewak, Gona, Anzac, Infantry, Cavalry...), and at the 2021 census Holsworthy had 5,657 residents with a young profile (median age 31) and a high share of families with children (63.4%). The housing mix is mostly detached — 79.6% separate houses plus 19.8% semi-detached/townhouses (ABS 2021 via Andrea Monti). It is a genuine garrison community: 16.7% of employed residents work in the defence industry, and median family income ($2,660/week) sits well above the national median.

At a Glance

Transport

Holsworthy railway station on Macarthur Drive opened on 21 December 1987, when the East Hills railway line was extended from East Hills to Glenfield; it is served by Sydney Trains' T8 Airport & South Line, with services to Central and the City Circle via the Airport (13 weekday morning-peak services via Sydenham) and to Macarthur, with trains roughly every 10 minutes. Transit Systems NSW runs three bus routes via the station: 901 to Westfield Liverpool, 902 to Liverpool station, and 912 Sandy Point–Liverpool (Holsworthy railway station article). The station has commuter parking, is staffed and step-free.

Schools

In-suburb: Holsworthy Public School — NSW government primary school on Infantry Parade, Holsworthy (Better Education; Mapcarta; school's own site); Holsworthy High School — NSW government comprehensive high school on Huon Crescent, Holsworthy, serving Hammondville, Holsworthy, Moorebank, Pleasure Point, Sandy Point and Wattle Grove (School Choice; Holsworthy High School website); St Christopher's Catholic Primary School — Catholic systemic primary at 205 Heathcote Road, Holsworthy, which also services Wattle Grove (Facebook; SCECS). Immediately adjacent in Wattle Grove: Wattle Grove Public School (Cressbrook Drive) and Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox College (independent K–12, 52 Australis Avenue), which the suburb's school community also draws on.

Shopping & Amenities

Holsworthy's shopping is centred on the Anzac Village retail area in the northern part of the suburb (extending into adjacent Wattle Grove), which gained a new shopping centre with the recent 'Mornington' development. The local centre around Holsworthy station is earmarked for renewal — Liverpool City Council's Holsworthy Local Centre Planning Proposal envisages a mixed-use precinct with residential above commercial and retail uses (Liverpool Listens). St Christopher's Catholic Church at Holsworthy services the Holsworthy and Wattle Grove areas.

Parks & Outdoors

The Georges River runs along the suburb's north-eastern edge, around the river-loop peninsulas of adjacent Voyager Point and Pleasure Point. Holsworthy's bushland — home to more than 500 recorded Tharawal Aboriginal sites including campsites, tool-making sites and rock engravings of hands, boomerangs and animals — has been called 'Sydney's Kakadu'. YIP/CoreLogic suburb data counts 41 parks across the suburb, covering nearly 3.7% of its area. The Holsworthy Barracks reserve itself is a vast bushland buffer between the suburb and Heathcote Road to the east.

Property Market

The median house price in Holsworthy was around ~$1.25M (median house sale price, YIP/CoreLogic 12-month data, 2026; realestate.com.au puts the 3-bedroom house median at $1.25M for Aug 2025–Aug 2026); Cotality's median house value is higher at $1,385,333 (OnTheHouse, 31 May 2026) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Tracker spread on the Holsworthy house median is roughly $1.2M–$1.39M depending on method: YIP/CoreLogic $1,255,000 (39 sales, +2.87% 12m), realestate.com.au 3-bed median $1,250,000, AusPropertyInsights ~$1.2M, while Cotality's AVM-based median value is $1,385,333 ; a buyer's-agent dataset showed 27 settled sales ranging $1,188,000–$1,450,000 with median suppressed (Andrea Monti). With conflicting 12-month growth readings growth is left null. Unit stock is negligible (0.7% of dwellings; 3 sales in 12 months). Owner-occupier share was 65.9% in 2021, median household income $2,579/week, and houses average ~21 days on market.

New Developments

Holsworthy Barracks is the suburb's defining (and largest) defence precinct — an Australian Army base whose land was first acquired by the military in 1913 and which hosted a World War I internment camp; it remains an active training establishment. Around the village, the 'Mornington' residential development and an accompanying new shopping centre were recently delivered in the Anzac Village area. Liverpool City Council has been progressing the Holsworthy Local Centre Planning Proposal, which would redevelop the local centre as a mixed-use precinct with residential above shops and offices (Liverpool Listens). Development application activity sits at 15 for the past 12 months, steady year-on-year, with the surrounding 5 km area seeing a modest supply pipeline of about 1.5% of dwellings from 18 months of approvals (Andrea Monti).

Jobs & Local Economy

Defence is the suburb's dominant employer: Holsworthy Barracks is a major Australian Army base, and 16.7% of Holsworthy residents worked in the defence industry at the 2021 census, with Public Administration & Safety making up 22.0% of local jobs — nearly four times the national average. Median family income of $2,660/week and household income of $2,579/week reflect the defence and professional employment base. Retail and services employment clusters around the Anzac Village shopping centre, and the suburb's schools (Holsworthy Public, Holsworthy High, St Christopher's) are significant local employers.

Nearby Suburbs

Wattle Grove, Hammondville, Glenfield, Menai, Voyager Point

Sources & method

Researched 5 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 — Holsworthy
• Wikipedia — Holsworthy railway station, Sydney
• NSW Government

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