"The Ponds" was a name designed to reflect the geography of the area and was derived from the nearby creek called "Second Ponds Creek", and the growing population. The Ponds was officially designated as a separate suburb in January 2007. The Ponds had previously been part of the suburbs of Kellyville and Kellyville Ridge.
Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 11,731 people in The Ponds. 50.3% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were India 14.3%, Philippines 4.3%, England 2.2%, Sri Lanka 2.2% and China 1.9%. 49.4% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Punjabi 5.9%, Hindi 5.9%, Gujarati 2.9%, Mandarin 2.5% and Urdu 2.1%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 24.9%, Hinduism 14.8%, No Religion 14.0%, Anglican 9.1% and Islam 8.3%. According to data from the 2011 census, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ranked The Ponds as the most advantaged suburb of Sydney by the use of twenty-five variables, including income, internet access, number of bedrooms and resident qualifications. With more than 71 per cent of the population aged over 15 years married, census data shows that The Ponds has the highest percentage of married people per suburb in Australia.
Housing
The Ponds is situated in the North West growth corridor, where the first stage of a major shopping centre and commercial space have opened. A new suburb was designed to make the estate a new community. The first lots of land were released on 31 March 2007. In 2012, The Ponds developed received two industry awards; taking out first place in the Residential Development and Sustainable Development categories at the UDIA NSW Austral Bricks Awards for Excellence.
Education
The Ponds has two primary schools. John Palmer Public School which opened in 2008 and Riverbank Public School which opened in 2015. It also has a high school, The Ponds High School which opened in 2015. There is also a 'special needs' school, The Ponds School which was also opened in 2015.
Hospitals
Hospitals nearby include Norwest Private, Westmead Hospital, Westmead Children's Hospital, Westmead Private and Blacktown Hospital. In the near future, a hospital will be built in Rouse Hill, which will be less than a kilometre away.
The main roads in the ponds are The Ponds Boulevard, Riverbank Drive, Ridgeline Drive, Hambledon Road, Stanhope Parkway and Schofields Road. Both the Westlink M7 and the M2 Hills Motorway provide easy road access to the suburb from the south and east, respectively.
on the North West Rail Line is the closest station to The Ponds, providing services every 4 minutes to Norwest Business Park, Castle Hill, Macquarie Park and Chatswood, with connecting Sydney Trains services to Sydney CBD. The line opened on 26 May 2019.. Cooee Busways provides an on demand service connecting The Ponds with Tallawong and Rouse Hill stations, whilst route 752 connects The Ponds with Rouse Hill station. The nearest Sydney Trains station is located at Schofields railway station, providing services to,,, and the Sydney central business district.
Shopping
The Ponds shopping centre opened in 2015. It contains Woolworths as the anchor tenant, a number of cafes and restaurants, a newsagency, a pharmacy and approximately 20 specialty shops as well as a car park. It connects with the former sales and display centre which was renovated and turned into a community resource centre. Rouse Hill Town Centre is located about 1 km away, and features over 250 stores in addition to Coles, Woolworths, Target, Big W and Reading Cinemas. Stanhope Village is located 3 km from The Ponds, with Coles, Kmart and several speciality stores. Additional shopping can be found nearby at Castle Towers and Westpoint Blacktown, located about away. Based on the data from Australia Post and Star Track couriers, residents in The Ponds receive the most online purchases in NSW.
