Marsden Park, New South Wales

Marsden Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Marsden Park is located 49 kilometres (30 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Blacktown local government area and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Marsden Park Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales
Marsden Park
Coordinates	33°41′21″S 150°48′10″E
Population	14,610 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	2765
Elevation	30 m (98 ft)
Area	13.68 km2 (5.3 sq mi)[2]
Location	49 km (30 mi) NW of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Blacktown
State electorate(s)	Londonderry Riverstone
Federal division(s)	Chifley
Suburbs around Marsden Park: Melonba Angus Riverstone Shanes Park Marsden Park Schofields Willmot Shalvey Colebee

The rapid development of Marsden Park beginning 2013 led to a large increase in the suburb's population. However, slow creation of adequate infrastructure and services such as shops, schools, roads, public transport and healthcare to match the increased houses and rising population, has led Marsden Park to be seen as a prime example of urban sprawl within the outskirts of Sydney.^[3][4]

The suburb name should not be confused with the park and surrounding housing estate with the same name Marsden Park, also known as 'Park Central' located in Campbelltown, in the Campbelltown local government area part of both the Macarthur region and South Western Sydney.^[5][6]

History

The suburbs takes its name from Samuel Marsden (1764–1838), a Church of England priest and landowner in the area.^[7]

The suburb boundaries of Schofields were changed in November 2020, resulting in the creation of new suburbs of Melonba and Angus in the west and north respectively.^[2][8][9]

Heritage listings

Marsden Park has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• 1270 Richmond Road: Clydesdale^[10]

Schools

• Marsden Park Public School, established in 1889.
• Australian Christian College, Marsden Park campus.
• St Luke's Catholic College (K-12), established in 2017.
• Northbourne Public School, established in 2021.^[11]
• Marsden Park Anglican College, established in 2024.

Places of worship

• Baitul Huda Mosque is located on Hollinsworth Road.

Amenities

The suburb includes a caravan park, a golf driving range, a Hamrun Maltese Club and a chicken farm. The suburb is currently being developed with new residential and commercial areas. Sydney Business Park is a new commercial precinct in the suburb, adjacent to the Westlink M7 Motorway.^[12] The site includes an IKEA store and Costco warehouse with Costco Fuel Station,^[13] among many other businesses in the area.

Notes

1.^ Originally a campus of Richard Johnson Anglican College, from 2016 to 2023.