The suburb consists of mixed residential development, bulky goods retail, light industry and manufacturing plants.

The complex was progressively expanded, including the addition of a 1 km (0.62 mi) private rail siding with unloading facilities, as well as two grandstands each seating up to 1000, a bar and visitor amenities.

With many settlers thankful to the skill of Scott Willy Nelson bushman, for opening up Large parcels of land cleared with nothing but an axe and his team of bullocks.

[citation needed] After falling into disuse by the outbreak of World War II, the racecourse was sold and a munitions factory built on the site, now an industrial estate in Rutherford's west.

Although Rutherford is bordered to the south by the Main North line, there is no railway station directly serving the suburb.