Woodbine, NSW 2560

Small, established family suburb of 2,780 people (2021 census) about 55 km south-west of the Sydney CBD, in the City of Campbelltown LGA and Macarthur region, sharing the 2560 postcode with Campbelltown itself. Developed mainly in the 1970s on former farms and orchards, Woodbine takes its name from a local cottage of the Payten family — whose daughter Rose Payten was a NSW tennis champion and Campbelltown's first sports star — although a council in-joke claimed it was named after the cigarettes councillors chain-smoked; the suburb was gazetted in 1976. Quiet and family-oriented, Woodbine is almost entirely detached housing — 93.8% of dwellings were separate houses at the 2021 census, with no Housing Commission stock and about 73% of homes owned outright or with a mortgage — with a young multicultural profile.

At a Glance

Transport

Woodbine has no railway station. Leumeah station on the T8 Airport & South Line sits in the adjoining suburb of Leumeah just across the suburb's north-eastern boundary, reached via Rose Payten Drive — the road that connects Woodbine and Leumeah — and is the usual rail access point, while Campbelltown and Minto stations (also T8) are within roughly 3–5 km. Bus routes 878 and 879 run through Woodbine along Campbelltown Road and Queenscliff Drive, linking residents to Campbelltown town centre, Claymore and Leumeah station, with route 880 services on the same corridor and school-bus routes such as the Woodbine–Campbelltown North service picking up inside the suburb.

Schools

No school is located within Woodbine itself — NSW government and non-government school lists record none in the suburb, and there is no Woodbine Public School. Public primary schooling is found in the immediately adjoining suburbs: Campbelltown Public School in Campbelltown and Leumeah Public School in Leumeah are both a short trip from Woodbine's boundary, and dedicated school-bus services (e.g. Woodbine–Campbelltown North Public School) collect students within the suburb. Secondary students attend the Campbelltown area's government and non-government high schools, several of which run school-bus pickups through Woodbine.

Universities

Western Sydney University's Campbelltown campus is located in the adjoining suburb of Campbelltown, roughly 2–3 km from Woodbine and reachable by bus from the suburb; the campus hosts the university's School of Medicine and health-related teaching and research alongside arts, science and social science programs (WSU).

Shopping & Amenities

Woodbine Neighbourhood Store (83 North Steyne Road) is the suburb's small local food and general store, open daily, and the Campbelltown City Council-run Woodbine Neighbourhood Centre at the same address provides community facilities for hire (australianplanet; Campbelltown City Council). For larger retail, Macarthur Square — one of the biggest regional shopping centres in south-west Sydney — sits in the adjoining suburb of Campbelltown immediately south of Woodbine, and the Campbelltown town centre's shops and services are only minutes away.

Parks & Outdoors

Woodbine's 1.5 km² is well supplied with local green space: 9 parks cover about 30.5% of the suburb. Payten Reserve preserves the hill where the Payten family's Woodbine cottage once stood, and Rose Park is another council-managed reserve in the suburb, while Kanbyugal Reserve is named after a Tharawal leader who met explorer George Caley in the area in the early 1800s — remnant bushland around Woodbine still holds Aboriginal rock engravings, axe-grinding grooves and shell middens.

Property Market

The median house price in Woodbine was around ~$1.0–1.07M: Cotality AVM median house value $1,040,851 (Jul 2026); median sold price $1,065,000 over the 12 months to May 2026 (43 sales); auspropertyfinder (Valuer General sales) $1,050,000, +10.9% YoY; YIP/CoreLogic $1,065,000 with ~12.5% annual growth — retrieved September 2026 (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. CoreLogic-family trackers agree closely on Woodbine houses — Cotality AVM value $1.04M, sold median $1.065M (43 sales in 12 months) — but realestate.com.au's 12-month sold median is markedly lower at $885,000 (31 sales, +18% YoY), a spread typical of differing sales windows and data coverage between listing portals and CoreLogic/VG sources. Stock is 1970s-era brick and fibro homes on standard suburban blocks, mostly owner-occupied (73%) by families and professionals, with no public housing and steady ~3% yields; the 12-month median age is 36 with the largest cohorts children aged 0–9.

New Developments

Infill only: Woodbine is a fully established 1970s suburb with no land-release estates, no public-housing renewal program and no significant development pipeline — activity consists of renovations and knock-down-rebuilds of the suburb's original single-storey homes plus occasional small-scale additions. No notable development proposals were identified in 2026 research.

Jobs & Local Economy

Local employment within Woodbine itself is minimal — the suburb is predominantly residential with only a neighbourhood store and community centre. Census 2021 records Professionals as the suburb's most common occupation, median household income of $1,714 a week and unemployment of 6.2%. The Campbelltown–Macarthur hub in the adjoining suburb of Campbelltown is the main employment destination — LGA administration, Macarthur Square retail and Campbelltown Hospital — with retail, health and education roles dominating, while Leumeah's and Minto's industrial areas to the north and the Sydney CBD further afield also draw workers.

Nearby Suburbs

Campbelltown, Leumeah, Claymore, Eagle Vale, Blairmount, Blair Athol

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:

• Transport for NSW
• NSW Government

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