Emerton is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of
New South Wales, Australia. Emerton is located
46 kilometres west of the Sydney central
business district, in the local government area
of the City of Blacktown and is part of the
Greater Western Sydney region.
Emerton is primarily a residential suburb with
very limited commercial activity centered on
the Emerton Leisure Centre. Emerton is quite
close to the suburbs of Mount Druitt, New South
Wales and St Marys.
Emerton's boundary is formed to the south and
east by Popondetta Road continuing north
around the extent of Popondetta Park. To the
west, the boundary runs along Halmahera
Creek until the creek meets Luxford Road and
follows the road south to the intersection with
Popondetta Road.
There are several retail developments in
Emerton adjacent to the intersection of Jersey
and Popondetta Roads, surrounding the main
shopping centre called 'Emerton Village'. These
include an Australia Post post office,
supermarket, service station, medical centres,
take-away food and a hotel. Banking is limited
to retail EFTPOS and automatic teller machines.
Housing in Emerton is very heavily dominated
by public housing built throughout the 1960s
and 1970s, with large numbers of freestanding
fibro houses and extensive terrace-style
complexes.
The houses are gradually transferring to private
ownership and as this continues these
government-built premises are being replaced
with privately built, modern homes, similar to
those being built in other areas of Sydney