Eastgardens is located 9 km south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Bayside Council.

It has a large shopping centre, Westfield Eastgardens at the corner of Wentworth Avenue and Bunnerong Road.

The suburb took its name from the Westfield Eastgardens shopping centre in Wentworth Avenue which opened in 1987.

[2] The site was originally government owned land which was used as an Urban Transit Authority bus depot and also as a Holden car manufacturing plant.

[1] Media related to Eastgardens, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons