Padstow Heights NSW 2211

Living Here

Padstow Heights is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,594 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,938 a week, with median rent near $495 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Padstow statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Padstow Heights itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 57 schools

  • Padstow Heights Public School
  • St Therese Catholic Primary School
  • Peakhurst West Public School
  • Padstow Park Primary School
  • Revesby South Public School
  • Georges River College Peakhurst Campus
  • Peakhurst South Public School
  • De La Salle College
  • Southside Montessori School
  • Lugarno Public School

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• 41 cafés & restaurants

  • Elatte Cafe
  • Manoush & Co
  • Brunch & Co
  • Caffe Due Amici
  • Chinese Kitchen
  • Sienna on Forest
  • The Heights Cafe
  • House of Lee
  • Thai Elephant
  • Gloria Jean's

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• 10 supermarkets

  • Eastern Groceries
  • Chan's Grocery Asian Food Centre
  • Alpha Mart
  • Woolworths
  • Aldi
  • Tower Street Mixed Business
  • Coles
  • Woolworths
  • IGA
  • Woolworths
• 69 parks

  • Villiers Reserve
  • Roma Reserve
  • Rorie Reserve
  • Starr Reserve
  • Richardson Reserve
  • Little Salt Pan Reserve
  • Tallowwood Avenue Reserve
  • Grandview Crescent Reserve
  • Blackbutt Avenue Reserve
  • McGowan Reserve

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• 17 Catholic churches

  • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
  • St Joseph's Catholic Church
  • St Luke's Catholic Church
  • St Christophers Catholic Church
  • St. Joseph's Church
  • St Declan's Catholic Church
  • Regina Coeli Memorial Church
  • St. Jerome's Catholic Church
  • Holy Family Catholic Church
  • St Joseph's Como-Oyster Bay

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• 8 pharmacies

  • Lugarno Pharmacist Advice
  • Cincotta Discount Chemist
  • Blooms The Chemist
  • Smith's Pharmacy
  • Galluzzo's Pharmacy
  • Galluzzo's Home Care Chemist
  • Soul Pattinson Chemist
  • Alfords Point Chemist
• 4 doctors & medical clinics

  • Doctors Plus
  • Padstow Parade Clinic
  • The Good Shepherd Medical Centre
  • MDPlus Clinic
• 2 dentists

  • Padstow Ideal Dental
  • Bupa Dental Mortdale
• 4 physiotherapists

  • SportsLink
  • Mortdale Physiotherapy
  • Beverly Hills Physiotherapy
  • Penshurst Physiotherapy
• 5 optometrists

  • Mortdale Eyecare
  • OPSM
  • Stephen Daly Optometrist
  • Eyestore
  • Dorothy Optic
• 31 hospitals

  • Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
  • Hurstville Private Hospital
  • Waratah Private Hospital
  • Kingsgrove Day Hospital
  • Holsworthy Health Centre
  • Canterbury Hospital
  • Tresillian Family Care Centre - Belmore
  • President Private Hospital
  • Wesley Hospital Kogarah
  • St George Hospital

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• 7 vets

  • Padstow Veterinary Clinic
  • Cahors Road Animal Hospital
  • Panania Veterinary Hospital
  • Greencross Vets
  • Greencross Vets
  • Como Veterinary Clinic
  • Beverly Hills Animal Hospital
• 2 childcare & kindergartens

  • KU Padstow Preschool
  • Jennys Kindergarten
• 7 libraries

  • Padstow Library
  • Riverwood Library and Knowledge Centre
  • Panania Library
  • Penshurst Library
  • Oatley Library
  • Menai Library
  • Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre
• 10 post offices

  • Lugarno Post Office
  • Australia Post
  • Riverwood Post Office
  • Peakhurst Post Office
  • Revesby Post Office
  • Illawong Post Office
  • Oatley West Post Office
  • Panania Post Office
  • Revesby North Post Office
  • Manahan Post Office
• 17 service stations

  • Metro
  • Ampol Foodary
  • Coles Express
  • BP
  • Stop n Save
  • Ampol
  • 7-Eleven
  • Metro Petroleum
  • Metro Petroleum
  • BP

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• 6 gyms & sports centres

  • Plus Fitness
  • F45 Training
  • ONE
  • Crunch Fitness
  • Max Parker Leisure and Aquatic Centre
  • Morris Iemma Indoor Sports Centre
• 16 golf clubs

  • Hurstville Golf Course
  • Canterbury Public Golf Course
  • Bankstown Golf Club
  • Riverlands Golf Course (closed)
  • Brighton Lakes Golf Club
  • Bexley Golf Course
  • Kareela Golf Course
  • Georges River Golf Course
  • Brighton Lakes Golf Club
  • The Ridge Golf Course & Driving Range

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• 2 playgrounds

  • Gannons Park Playground
  • Caledonia Cres Reserve
• 1 dog park

  • Riverwood Park
• 5 bakeries

  • Vita Hot Bread
  • Padstow Bakehouse
  • The Cheesecake Shop
  • Monte Carlo Bakery
  • Peakhurst Bakery
• 4 butchers

  • Winluck Butchery
  • Barry's Quality Meats
  • The Meat Boss Butchery
  • Jumbuck Meats
• 4 hardware stores

  • Mitre 10
  • Bunnings Warehouse Padstow
  • Panania Mowers
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 8 hairdressers

  • Shine Hair Design
  • Dom's Hair Studio
  • Samsons for Men
  • TO BE Hair, Skin & Body
  • Cool Cuts
  • Hair Dynamics
  • Boss Man
  • Shaydz
• 6 beauty salons

  • Ivy Skin
  • SK Beauty Gallery
  • The Beauty Shed
  • Deja Vu
  • Lips to Lashes
  • Revive Beauty Clinic
• 5 mechanics

  • McQ Smash Repair
  • Mortdale Automotive Service
  • Oatley Auto Centre
  • Bosch Car Service Milperra
  • Bargwanna & Sons
• 1 electrician

  • LV2 Pty Ltd
• 3 carpenters

  • The Cubby House
  • Southern Stairs
  • Olivardo & Co
• 4 places to stay

  • Mortdale Hotel
  • Penshurst Hotel
  • Mercure Sydney Bankstown
  • Bankstown Sports Club

Getting around. Train station: Padstow, 1.9 km north · Metro station: Punchbowl, 5.1 km north · Bus interchange: Bankstown Station, 5.6 km north · Airport: Bankstown Airport, 6.2 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 48% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 54.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

113,995 bird observations recorded near Padstow Heights — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (12,296)
• Noisy Miner (11,018)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (10,038)
• Australian Raven (7,766)
• Pied Currawong (7,138)
• Australian Magpie (6,091)
• Grey Butcherbird (5,156)
• Australian White Ibis (5,088)
• Laughing Kookaburra (4,820)
• Welcome Swallow (4,027)
• Brown Thornbill (2,713)
• Red Wattlebird (2,588)
• Chestnut Teal (2,518)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Padstow Heights:

• Revesby Heights (1.5 km)
• Lugarno (1.8 km)
• Padstow (1.8 km)
• Peakhurst Heights (2 km)
• Peakhurst (2.2 km)
• Alfords Point (2.4 km)
• Riverwood (2.8 km)
• Picnic Point (2.9 km)

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