At the southern end of the suburb, bordering the Nepean River is Camden Airport, a site for gliding and skydiving.

[2] Cobbitty is home to a New South Wales Rural Fire Service brigade.

Settlement began in the early 19th century following the establishment of John Macarthur's Camden Park Estate nearby.

A large proportion (79.3%) of these people were born in Australia, with other common countries of birth being England (3.4%), New Zealand (1.1%), Philippines (0.8%), China (0.6%) and India (0.6%).

[1] Cobbitty is part of the north ward of Camden Council represented by Lara Symkowiak and Usha Dommaraju (both Liberals) and Cindy Cagney of the Labor Party.