Hannah Street, the suburb's main commercial street, underwent a significant beautification upgrade in 2005. As of 2016, a large portion of houses and commercial shops in the block have been knocked down to make room for new units and shops. Beecroft Place (at the corner of Hannah Street and Beecroft Road) was officially opened on 20 September 2017 with a Woolworths supermarket as its anchor tenant. Beecroft shopping district was one of the first shopping districts in New South Wales to ban the use of plastic bags. This included Woolworths Beecroft to be the first Woolworths Supermarket to ban plastic bags in the state. Transport Beecroft railway station is on the Main Northern railway line. In addition to passenger railway traffic, the Main Northern Line also acts as an intercity and freight train thoroughfare passing through Beecroft. Beecroft is also serviced by various bus routes including route 553 operated by Busways and routes 651 and 635 operated by Hillsbus. Prior to the construction of the M2 Hills Motorway, Beecroft's main road thoroughfare was commissioned as part of Sydney's Metroad system of major arterial roads and throughways. Beecroft Road was part of the Metroad 2 thoroughfare which took motorists between Sydney's Central Business District and Windsor via the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Epping and Castle Hill. Churches The Anglican Church was especially prominent in Beecroft society, but the suburb has three churches within its boundaries: St John's Anglican Church Beecroft Uniting Church Beecroft Presbyterian Church Education Beecroft has four Primary Schools, an independent Anglican school and a high school on the border of Carlingford: Beecroft Primary School - established in 1897. Roselea Public School Epping Heights Public School St. Gerard Majella Catholic Primary School Arden Anglican School Carlingford High School Sport and recreation Beecroft has a number of recreational facilities within its boundaries. Beecroft is home to Pennant Hills Golf Club, a lawn bowls club now known as "The Beecroft Club" (previously "Beecroft Bowling and Recreation Club"), a lawn tennis club, as well as general park space at the Village Green, walking trails through Chilworth Reserve and other forested areas. Population Demographics At the 2016 census of Population, there were 9,396 residents in Beecroft. Ethnic diversity 64.8% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 7.2%, England 3.1%, Hong Kong 2.8%, India 2.3% and Sri Lanka 1.7%. 66.9% of people only spoke English at home.