Newington is a leafy, modern suburb of Sydney about 16 km west of the CBD in the City of Parramatta LGA, purpose-built as the Athletes Village for the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games and converted into a residential suburb (gazetted 2002) by Mirvac and Lend Lease after the Games. The 2000-vintage stock of houses, townhouses and apartments now sits on tree-lined streets around Newington Marketplace, with a reserve opposite the shopping centre carrying a memorial to the 2000 Australian Olympic team. Its 2021-census population of about 5,600 skews young and family-oriented — a large share of households are families with children — and locals describe it as family-friendly with bike-friendly streets and easy access to Sydney Olympic Park next door.
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Sydney |
| Council (LGA) | City of Parramatta |
| Postcode | 2127 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | Newington is about 16 km west of the Sydney CBD. A typical public transport trip takes roughly 40–55 minutes:… |
| Median house price | ~$1.9M–$2.3M depending on tracker: quickproperty reported a ~$2.3M house median (up 20.5% YoY, mid-2026), yourinvestmentpropertymag put the sales-based median at $1,930,000, and OnTheHouse's automated median value was $1,809,697 (mid-2026) |
| Median unit price | $809,466 |
| Typical rent | ~$830–1,050/week for houses ; unit/townhouse rents around $750/wk |
Transport
Newington has no railway station; it is served by buses — routes 525 and 526 connect the suburb (via Newington Marketplace and Holker Street) with Sydney Olympic Park, Concord and Strathfield, and the 526 runs about every 15 minutes between Strathfield and Newington. The nearest station is Olympic Park station in the immediately adjacent suburb of Sydney Olympic Park, roughly 1 km east, on the T7 Olympic Park line shuttle to Lidcombe with additional direct event services from Central during major events. Lidcombe station, a 5-minute drive away with frequent peak trains to the city, is the other practical rail option (Homely).
Schools
Newington Public School — NSW government primary school, the suburb's only school, opened with the new suburb and sitting at the heart of the residential area. Domain's catchment data confirms Newington PS (K–6, co-educational) is the local government school for Newington addresses. There is no government high school inside Newington; secondary students are zoned to high schools in surrounding suburbs.
Shopping & Amenities
Newington Marketplace is the suburb's outdoor village shopping centre, anchored by a Woolworths supermarket with specialty shops, cafes and restaurants, and Newington also contains a number of commercial buildings providing office and warehouse space. The Olympic Village Memorial reserve sits opposite the Marketplace. Larger-scale shopping, dining and event facilities lie just east in the adjacent suburb of Sydney Olympic Park.
Parks & Outdoors
Newington is a landscaped, park-filled suburb: local open spaces include Blankers Koen Park, Buruwang Park and Cumberland Park within the suburb, alongside the Olympic Village Memorial reserve opposite the Marketplace. The suburb is criss-crossed with shared paths, and locals praise it for cycling — the Louise Sauvage Pathway, a major shared cycle/pedestrian route running beside Haslams Creek (the creek that borders Newington's southern edge) links into Sydney Olympic Park's trail network. Immediately adjacent, on the Parramatta River at Sydney Olympic Park's edge, Blaxland Riverside Park offers a large regional playground and riverfront open space popular with Newington families (ParraParents).
Property Market
The median house price in Newington was around ~$1.9M–$2.3M depending on tracker: quickproperty reported a ~$2.3M house median (up 20.5% YoY, mid-2026), yourinvestmentpropertymag put the sales-based median at $1,930,000, and OnTheHouse's automated median value was $1,809,697 (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Newington's market is built on 2000-Olympics-vintage housing: houses, attached townhouses and apartments laid out by Mirvac, now tightly held in a mature, leafy estate that has ridden Sydney Olympic Park's rise. Tracker medians diverge widely with sales mix — quickproperty ~$2.3M (houses, mid-2026, +20.5% YoY), YIP sales median $1.93M, OnTheHouse AVM $1,809,697 — so a realistic house range is about $1.8M–$2.3M, with the 2000-era terraces and townhouses (often strata-titled) trading well below the freestanding-house figure. REA coverage notes Sydney Olympic village homes have appreciated enormously since their original post-Games release prices.
New Developments
Newington itself is the product of the largest single development in its history: the Olympic athletes' village, delivered under a 1997 contract worth about $590M between the Sydney Olympic Park Authority and a consortium of banks and developers including Mirvac, then converted into a new residential suburb after the 2000 Games. Since the 2002 gazettal, infill apartments and freestanding houses have continued to be built out within the suburb. Ongoing growth is concentrated in the immediately adjacent Sydney Olympic Park precinct rather than inside Newington itself.
Jobs & Local Economy
Local employment in Newington centres on Newington Marketplace retail and the suburb's small office/warehouse buildings. The dominant regional employer is Sydney Olympic Park immediately to the east — its event venues (Accor Stadium, Qudos Bank Arena), corporate offices and functions industry draw much of the local workforce — with Parramatta's commercial and health precinct and the Sydney CBD also major commute destinations for residents.
Nearby Suburbs
Silverwater, Ermington, Wentworth Point, Sydney Olympic Park, Auburn, Lidcombe
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:
Corrections are welcome — if something here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will fix it.
Back to all Sydney suburb guides.