[3] Walter Lamb (1825–1906) established a cannery, fruit preserving works and a coursing (greyhound racing) track on his property Woodstock.

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.

[6] 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 High School, established in 1976, is located in an urban area serving a diverse population within a low socio-economic context.

Plumpton House, a government operated school for children and teens with behavioural problems is also located nearby.

Busways provides regular bus services to Rooty Hill, Mount Druitt, Riverstone and Blacktown railway stations.

The most common responses for religious affiliation in Plumpton were Catholicism (32.6%), Islam (17.8%), No Religion (10.5%), Hinduism (9.1%) and Anglican (5.2%).