Zetland is part of the Green Square Town Centre district which is an affluent area due to its close proximity to Commonwealth Bank's campus-style headquarters, as well as other high-income employers in the financial services, software, and technology industries.

[citation needed] The Green Square Plaza is surrounded by Sydney's newest high street, Ebsworth Street,[2] the Gunyama Park Aquatic Centre, parklands, upscale and luxurious apartments, a library, and retail tenancies controlled by Mirvac.

Zetland originally featured a lagoon and wetlands which was drained in the early 1900s to create the Victoria Park racecourse.

Woolwash Park Pond is the only remnant of this landscape which connected to a vast aquifer that still runs below the site.

[11] Zetland is a transport hub with rail, bus and cycle way connections to the rest of the city.

Green Square railway station on the Airport & South Line of the Sydney Trains network is located on the southwestern edge of Zetland.