The area is sited at the mouth of a small valley formed by the Wellington Region's tectonic activity and, in part, by Hull's Creek, which discharges into the Hutt River.

[5] Silverstream is on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa railway line, operated by Metlink.

[3] The original section of the line is now owned by the Silver Stream Railway.

It takes part in ICAS mathematics and English competitions and the Otago Problem Solving challenge, and has its own small choir and orchestra.

[10][11] St. Patrick's College is a state-integrated Catholic secondary school for Year 9 to 13 boys,[12][13] with a roll of 710 as of November 2024.

[16] Silverstream is zoned for Fergusson Intermediate and Upper Hutt College.