Campsie is 11 kilometres south west of the Sydney central business district, on the southern bank of the Cooks River.

[citation needed] The railway was completed in 1895, encouraging suburban development and leading to the area becoming heavily populated.

The line passed through the Campsie Park estate which was owned by the Anglo-Australian Investment Company.

[2] The earliest model suburb in New South Wales was Harcourt, between Canterbury and Burwood, developed by William Phillips from 1889.

Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 21.5%, Nepali 9.2%, Cantonese 8.6%, Arabic 5.1% and Vietnamese 3.9%.

[4] Campsie railway station is located on the Bankstown line of the Sydney Trains network.

[5][6] Beamish Street runs north–south for 1.6 kilometres and is characterised by retail and commercial developments over most of its length.

In state and federal elections, Campsie residents predominantly vote for the Australian Labor Party.