Schofields, roughly 40 km north-west of the Sydney CBD, is a fast-growing suburb on Sydney's rural–urban fringe and part of the NSW Government's North West Growth Area. It has grown from a village of 3,012 people in 2001 to 15,213 at the 2021 census — an increase of about 505% in 20 years — with the suburb still expanding rapidly as new housing estates fill in around the old village core and Schofields railway station. State planning anticipates more than 2,950 new homes across the suburb's development fronts. The population is young and multicultural: Indian ancestry is the largest group (27.0%), ahead of Australian (15.6%) and English (13.9%), Hindi is the second most-spoken language (8.1%), Hinduism the most common religion (29.0%), and the median age is around 32. Agents and planners describe a family-dominated growth market of new estates plus older village homes, popular with young families priced out of closer-in Sydney.
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Sydney |
| Council (LGA) | Blacktown City Council |
| Postcode | 2762 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | About 50–55 minutes by direct train: the Schofields–Central journey is scheduled at roughly 53 minutes… |
| Median house price | $1,320,000 (12-month median house price to July 2026) and $1,277,777 (24-month median, 475 house sales) — NSW Valuer General records via PropertyGo; a buyer's-agent aggregator lists ~$1,301,545 (mid-2026) |
| Median unit price | $625,000 — median unit sale price over the past 12 months, based on 343 unit sales |
| Typical rent | ~$540/week suburb-wide median rent across all dwelling types (inthesuburbs… |
Transport
Schofields railway station is on the Richmond branch of the T1 line, with direct all-stops services to Sydney's Central: departures roughly every 20 minutes and a journey of about 53 minutes (Sydney Trains services via fromto.travel). Buses are operated by Busways: route 748 runs Rouse Hill–Marsden Park via Schofields (also described as Melonba to Tallawong station via Schofields), and school services such as 6062 connect Schofields via Riverstone station to St John Paul II Catholic College and Wyndham College on the Nirimba precinct (Busways; TransitApp; Transit.land). Tallawong station — the terminus of the Sydney Metro North West Line — sits just across the suburb's north-eastern boundary in neighbouring Tallawong. The Westlink M7 and M2 Hills Motorway provide road access from the south and east.
Schools
Schofields' in-suburb government primary schools are Schofields Public School (on Junction Road, serving a catchment that includes parts of Tallawong) and Galungara Public School (95 Farmland Drive, opened at the start of Term 1, 2021 to serve the growing Alex Avenue community; built for about 500 students with plans to accommodate up to 1,000). Catholic schools in the suburb are St Joseph's Primary School (systemic K–6, 78 Alex Avenue) and St John Paul II Catholic College (co-educational Catholic secondary, Years 7–12, in Schofields since 1996) (Catholic Schools Guide; school website; Better Education). Government secondary students are served by high schools in immediately adjacent suburbs — including Riverstone High School in Riverstone and The Ponds High School in The Ponds — and by Wyndham College, the government senior college (Years 11–12) on the Nirimba education precinct in adjacent Nirimba Fields.
Shopping & Amenities
Schofields' village shops cluster around the railway station precinct on Railway Terrace — the small-town strip photographed by Wikipedia as the 'Schofields village shops' — anchored by a Coles supermarket at 227 Railway Terrace, with takeaway and specialty retail alongside. The suburb has a NSW Rural Fire Service brigade and several places of worship including the SMVS Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu temple on Grange Avenue and the Lankarama Buddhist Vihara on Oak Street. For major shopping, residents are a short drive from Rouse Hill Town Centre, the large regional centre in neighbouring Rouse Hill. The Nirimba education precinct — TAFE NSW plus senior schools — sits just south in adjacent Nirimba Fields (NSW Parliament).
Parks & Outdoors
Schofields Park on Station Street is the suburb's main sportsground and home of the Riverstone Schofields Junior Soccer Football Club and the Schofields Cricket Club. The new estates deliver neighbourhood parks and playgrounds as part of North West Growth Area precinct planning, and the suburb still sits on the rural–urban fringe, so paddocks and remnant farmland edge many of the newer developments.
Property Market
The median house price in Schofields was around $1,320,000 (12-month median house price to July 2026) and $1,277,777 (24-month median, 475 house sales) — NSW Valuer General records via PropertyGo; a buyer's-agent aggregator lists ~$1,301,545 (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. House medians cluster around $1.28–1.32M across the more reliable trackers, but methods diverge: PropertyGo (NSW Valuer General) records $1,320,000 for the 12 months to July 2026, while Spachus puts its 12-month median sold price at $962,500 (275 sales) — a spread typical of postcode mixes of houses, townhouses and land sales — and OnTheHouse recorded a small (−0.98%) slip in house median value over the 12 months to Sep 2026 amid a Sydney-wide softening. Suburb street medians mostly sit between ~$1.0M and ~$1.5M, with new-estate four-bedroom houses commonly priced $1.1M–$1.4M and older village homes on the lower end; unit/townhouse medians cluster around $600k–$750k depending on the pocket.
New Developments
Schofields is a priority precinct of the NSW Government's North West Growth Area, with state planning anticipating more than 2,950 new homes in the suburb. Growth has been delivered through successive land releases around the station and the Alex Avenue corridor, matched by new public infrastructure — Galungara Public School at 95 Farmland Drive opened for Term 1, 2021 to serve the Alex Avenue community (School Infrastructure NSW). The suburb's boundaries were re-cast in November 2020, carving the new suburbs of Tallawong and Nirimba Fields out of Schofields' former footprint as development filled in. Adjoining state-led releases — Riverstone East (final rezoning stage delivered May 2025) and the employment lands at Marsden Park — continue the growth corridor around the suburb's edges (NSW Planning).
Jobs & Local Economy
Retail and services at the station village precinct (Coles-anchored shops) are the suburb's core local employment (Coles store directory). The Nirimba education precinct in adjacent Nirimba Fields — TAFE NSW Nirimba College plus Wyndham College and St John Paul II Catholic College — is a significant local workplace (NSW Parliament). The North West Growth Area also zones extensive employment and logistics lands in neighbouring Marsden Park and Riverstone, putting industrial/distribution work a short drive away, and many residents commute by T1 train to Blacktown, Parramatta and the Sydney CBD.
Nearby Suburbs
Riverstone, Marsden Park, Rouse Hill, The Ponds, Quakers Hill, Colebee, Nirimba Fields, Tallawong
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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