Woodcroft, New South Wales

From 1969 to 1988 Woodcroft was the State Brickworks in Doonside (and prior to 1969 it was the location of the State Timberworks). In 1989, the land was purchased by estate agents and developers LJ Hooker. After rezoning, residential construction commenced in 1992 and Woodcroft was formally recognised as a suburb in 1996.^[2]

There is a modest independent retail mall on Richmond Road. Services include a service station, supermarket, doctor's surgery, and a variety of independent and franchise fast food outlets.

Facilities such as disabled toilets, parenting rooms, and children's play areas, are limited.

The Blacktown Social Plan^[3] shows that Woodcroft households are much more likely to have one car than is usual across both the city of Blacktown, and the Sydney greater metropolitan area. However they are also much less likely to have two or more cars than is usual. This is somewhat of an indication of the transport connections throughout the area and the demographic of the population.

Access to public transport is somewhat limited, being via bus to either Blacktown, Doonside or Quakers Hill railway stations. Most households have one car.^{[citation needed]}

The M7 motorway is accessible to Woodcroft via either Richmond Road or Quakers Hill Parkway. Since it opened in December 2005, this has improved access to the Hills District, Liverpool, and provided connections to both the M2 and M4 motorways.

The predominant form of housing throughout the suburb is free standing single homes; no residences are apartments and 19.0% are townhouses, semi-detached or similar.^[1] This modern, low density housing is a reflection of the standard of living throughout the suburb. A number of streets in Woodcroft are named after well-known Australian lakes; for example, Burrinjuck Drive is named after Burrinjuck Dam and Burragorang Street is named after Lake Burragorang.