Plumpton 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.

Located on the Cumberland Plain, Plumpton is
a generally flat suburb and is rectangular
in shape, bordered by Jersey Road to the north,
the Westlink M7 motorway to the east,
Woodstock Avenue to the south and Pringle
Road to the west. Plumpton is primarily
residential, with a small commercial area based
on the Plumpton Marketplace shopping
complex on the northern edge of the suburb.

Plumpton Park is a large recreational and
conservation reserve in the centre of the
suburb featuring remnant Cumberland Plain
open woodland and a constructed wetland
based on a stormwater retention basin.

Plumpton Marketplace is a shopping centre,
which is home to a Woolworths supermarket, a
Big W discount department store, a medical
clinic, banking, fashion, fast food and other
retail outlets. Plumpton is located close to the
suburb of Mount Druitt which provides many of
the services which are not available in
Plumpton.