The Ponds is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) west-northwest of the Sydney central business district in the Blacktown local government area.

[1] According to data from the 2011 census, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ranked The Ponds as the most advantaged suburb of Sydney by the use of twenty-five variables, including income, internet access, number of bedrooms and resident qualifications.

[5][6][7] The Ponds is situated in the North West growth corridor, where the first stage of a major shopping centre and commercial space have opened.

Both the Westlink M7 and the M2 Hills Motorway provide easy road access to the suburb from the south and east, respectively.

The Ponds is served by Busways which provides services to Blacktown (734, 752), Rouse Hill (752), Schofields and Riverstone (734).

Tallawong station on the Metro North West & Bankstown Line is the nearest station to The Ponds, providing services every four minutes to Norwest Business Park, Castle Hill, Macquarie Park , Chatswood , TownHall and Central (Sydney CBD).

It includes Woolworths as its anchor tenant, a number of cafes and restaurants, a news agency, a pharmacy, about 20 speciality shops, and a car park.

Based on the data from Australia Post and StarTrack couriers, residents in The Ponds receive the most online purchases in NSW.