Banksia is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the
state of New South Wales, Australia. Banksia is
located 12 kilometres south of the Sydney
central business district, in the local
government area of the City of Rockdale and is
part of the St George area.
Banksia is mainly residential with a few
commercial developments. It features mostly
low density houses and some medium density
blocks of flats. Banksia shopping centre consists
of a small group of shops on Railway Street
beside Banksia railway station. It includes
Banksia Bakery, a take-away shop, a
convenience store, chemist, Australia Post and
a number of hairdressers.
More shops and commercial developments are
located on the Princes Highway. This
commercial area extends to the adjacent
suburbs of Arncliffe and Rockdale. Many of the
commercial developments are part of an
automotive precinct featuring car yards, auto
accessory retailers, tyre shops and auto
repairers, other businesses include hotels and
various take away food shops.
A market garden is located on the eastern side
of West Botany Street, close to St George
Soccer Stadium. Located next to St George
Stadium on the grounds of Barton Park lies the
Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre, the home of
the Rockdale Ilinden Football Club, a largely
Macedonian supported NSWSL soccer club.