Leppington, New South Wales

Leppington Sydney, New South Wales
Future Leppington Railway Station construction site
Leppington
Coordinates	33°57′54″S 150°48′4″E / 33.96500°S 150.80111°E / -33.96500; 150.80111Coordinates: 33°57′54″S 150°48′4″E / 33.96500°S 150.80111°E / -33.96500; 150.80111
Population	2,383 (2011 census)
Established	1914
Postcode(s)	2179
Location	55 km (34 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Liverpool Camden Council
State electorate(s)	Camden Macquarie Fields
Federal Division(s)	Macarthur Werriwa
Suburbs around Leppington: Austral Austral West Hoxton Horningsea Park Rossmore Leppington Edmondson Park Catherine Field Gledswood Hills Varroville Denham Court

Leppington is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Leppington is located 55 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Liverpool and Camden Council.

The area now known as Leppington was originally home to the Darug people. It was named after a property called Leppington Park granted to William Cordeaux in 1821. Cordeaux used convict labour to build a two-storey mansion and to work in his fields. The house unfortunately burnt down in the 1940s but some of the bricks from the house were re-used at Leppington Public School.

The suburb could easily have become Raby. The first land grant in what is now Leppington was made to Alexander Riley in 1810, who named his property Raby. The property was subdivided in 1914 and a school established in 1923, called Raby Public School. Leppington Post Office opened on 12 February 1924.

In 1955 the name of the school was changed to Leppington Public School, possibly inspired by the bricks they inherited from William Cordeaux's mansion. The suburb has been known as Leppington since then. Ironically, Raby Road which connected the property to Campbelltown would later lend itself to the modern suburb of Raby.

In 2004, Leppington was identified as part of Sydney's South West Growth Centre.

Leppington was the birthplace of convicted Sydney murderer, kidnapper and drug dealer Anthony Perish.

At the 2011 census, the suburb of Leppington recorded a population of 2,383 people. Of these:

Camden Valley Way connects Leppington to Camden and Liverpool as well as the Westlink M7, a pay road providing relatively quick connection to Sydney CBD and other parts of greater Sydney. Leppington railway station on the South West Rail Link connects the suburb with the Sydney Trains rail network at Glenfield. Construction began in mid-2010 and opened 8 February 2015. See Leppington railway station for details of local bus services.