Rockdale is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the
state of New South Wales, Australia. Rockdale is
located 13 kilometres south of the Sydney
central business district and is part of the St
George area. Rockdale is the administrative
centre for the local government area of the
City of Rockdale

Rockdale has a mixture of residential,
commercial and light industrial areas. The
main shopping strip runs along the Princes
Highway, on the eastern side of Rockdale
railway station. The commercial centre spreads
out into surrounding streets and on the western
side of the railway line. King Street has
developed into a cosy strip of cafes and grocery
shops. Commercial developments run along
the length of the parts of Bay Street and West
Botany Street. The light industrial areas are
located around West Botany Street.

Rockdale Plaza, which opened in 1997, is a
medium-sized shopping centre located on
Princes Highway. It contains two supermarkets,
two discount department stores, a motor
registry, a medical centre, a food court,
real estate agent, sports store, electrical
appliance store, video rental shop and
specialty shops. It was built on the site of the
previous, smaller Southside Plaza complex
(1963), which had featured a Waltons
department store (originally a Mark Foys, then
McDowells), Woolworths Food Fair and
Franklins supermarkets, specialty stores and a
tenpin bowling centre.