Anthony1972

Ermington is great value of money. Nearby suburbs such as West Ryde, Eastwood and Meadowbank cost significantly more. It is very centrally located. There are frequent buses going to Parramatta and Ryde/West Ryde. Although not on a train line, it is a few minutes to Meadowbank and West Ryde stations, which are less than 30 minutes to Central. There are also ferry services from Rydalmere and Meadowbank.
There is a good choice for shopping. The new Top Ryde Shopping Centre, Parramatta and Rhodes are close by. Auburn with range of furniture and electrical stores is a short drive down Silverwater Road.
One of the great things are the parks, sporting facilities and network of cycleways along the Parramatta River. I often ride to work in arramatta which is a bit over 20 minutes. On weekends I often ride across the bridge at Silverwater through Olympic Park, Bicentennial Park and Rhodes and back over the river at Meadowbank. It takes less than an hour.
On the downside there are areas of housing commission in Ermington and some neighbouring suburbs. The Ermington Shopping Centre does get dragged down a bit by this but I haven't had any problems myself.
Another downside are the houses are generally older postwar housing (lots of fibros). However this is changing with a lot of knock down rebuilds and new duplexes.
In terms of schools I have heard the local high schools, Marsden High School has issues.
However there is a good set of options of private schools at high school, from local Catholic high school at Dundas to a range of choice from Catholic to elite private schools - eg Kings School and Tara at North Parramatta, MLC, Meredin, St Patricks and Santa Sabina near Strathfield station (which is only four stops from Meadowbank) to Arden at Epping.