Pendle Hill, NSW 2145

Pendle Hill is a multicultural family suburb about 29 km west of the Sydney CBD, in the Greater Western Sydney region. At the 2021 census it had 7,743 residents. The suburb grew around its railway station, opened in 1924, and was long home to a strong Maltese community — the Maltese Monument was unveiled at Civic Park in 1975 as a gift 'to commemorate the presence, contribution and development of the State of NSW by the Maltese community', with an annual Sette Giugno commemoration held there. Pendle Hill High School describes its student body as 'a diverse, multicultural community' (Pendle Hill High School), and the suburb's shopping centre beside the station has over 50 specialty shops, giving the suburb a self-contained, small-town feel within the western rail corridor. The area was Dharug land before colonisation.

At a Glance

Transport

Pendle Hill railway station, on the Main Western line, opened on 12 April 1924 and is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western Line and T5 Cumberland Line services. The station also connects with buses: 16 different bus lines stop at Joyce Street opposite Pendle Hill station. The station was upgraded in 2017 with a new footbridge, concourse and lifts under the Station Accessibility Upgrade Program.

Schools

Pendle Hill Public School — NSW government primary school (Preschool to Year 6) at 27–29 Pendle Way in Pendle Hill, opened in 1955, the suburb's first government school. Pendle Hill High School — NSW government comprehensive co-educational high school (Years 7–12) on Knox Street in Pendle Hill, created in 1965, serving students from the Wentworthville, Pendle Hill, Westmead and Toongabbie communities.

Shopping & Amenities

Pendle Hill has a large shopping centre beside the railway station with over 50 specialty shops, including supermarkets, discount stores, medical centres, grocery shops, cafes, a fish market and butchers — the suburb's main commercial area.

Parks & Outdoors

Civic Park is a large park just west of the railway station, linking the shopping centre towards Girraween; it contains two tennis courts, an outdoor gym, table tennis tables, a playground, open green space and a half-court basketball facility, and is home to the Maltese Monument unveiled in 1975. Binalong Park (Binalong Oval) is a large oval in the north of Pendle Hill bordering Toongabbie, with two tennis courts, four netball courts and four ovals; it hosts the Pendle Hill Tigers football club and Pendle Hill Colts Cricket Club.

Property Market

The median house price in Pendle Hill was around ~$1.4M (median house price over the past 12 months, YIP, retrieved Sep 2026); OnTheHouse put the median house value at $1,380,353 (as at 31 Jul 2026) and realestate.com.au recorded a 12-month house median of $1,252,500 (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. House medians range from roughly $1.25M to $1.4M across trackers depending on sales window and method, with $1.4M the most recent YIP figure. Housing stock is a mix of post-war family houses on modest blocks, townhouses and low-rise apartment blocks concentrated near the station; unit medians cluster around $0.49M–$0.58M. An ABC investigation (Jul 2024) found a completed mid-rise Pendle Hill apartment block among Sydney buildings sitting largely vacant and unoccupied, evidence of soft recent apartment demand in the area (ABC News).

New Developments

Pendle Hill's growth is predominantly infill around the station precinct: new off-the-plan apartment projects (e.g. 70–72 Pendle Way) and townhouse developments are marketed along the Pendle Way/Wentworth Avenue corridor. A mid-rise apartment block completed during the recent building boom was reported by the ABC in July 2024 as sitting largely idle and vacant, highlighting patchy demand for the suburb's newer stock (ABC News). No major masterplanned or high-rise precinct is under way in the suburb.

Jobs & Local Economy

Local employment centres on the shopping centre beside the station — retail, supermarkets, cafes and medical services provide jobs in the suburb itself. Pendle Hill is above all a commuter suburb: the T1 Western line puts Parramatta's commercial district (including the Westmead health and education precinct, two stops east) and the Sydney CBD within a single train trip, and Westmead Hospital's precinct is a short T1 ride away.

Nearby Suburbs

Toongabbie, Old Toongabbie, Girraween, Wentworthville, South Wentworthville, Greystanes

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 — Pendle Hill
• Wikipedia — Pendle Hill railway station
• NSW Government

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