There were six days across the 2025/26 snake season where we dispatched catchers three times in one day to different Blacktown addresses. Six days, three callouts each, all in this one suburb, all in the current season. That kind of density doesn’t happen by accident — and Blacktown has continued to deliver volume on that scale season after season. It sits in our top five most-visited suburbs across the entire Sydney Snake Catcher network.
Most of those callouts are Red-bellied Black Snakes. Eastern Browns are a close second. Both species are well-established residents of this suburb, and both turn up in numbers that warrant taking sightings seriously.
If you have spotted a snake in Blacktown, call Sydney Snake Catcher on 1300 599 938. We are the original and longest-running snake catching business of its kind in NSW, licensed, insured, and available every day of the year.
Stay calm and step back from the snake. Bring children and pets indoors. If possible, keep watching the snake until we arrive. Call 1300 599 938.
You do not need to take a photo. You do not need to identify the snake. You do not need to follow it or get close. But if you can, try to keep a visual on the snake from a safe distance. If it disappears into cover, keep watching the spot where you last saw it — snakes will often reappear within minutes once the area goes quiet. Knowing where the snake last was makes our job much faster when we arrive. We stay on the phone with you, explain everything clearly, and guide you through the process from the moment you call.
Blacktown is one of the largest, oldest and most diverse suburbs in Western Sydney. The land use runs the full range — established residential streets dating back decades, town centre and high-density development around the station, industrial blocks, schools, hospital precincts, parkland, creek lines and reserves. From a snake catcher’s point of view, every one of those land uses contributes to the callout volume in a different way.
Breakfast Creek and its tributaries run through the suburb. Lalor Creek connects through to Seven Hills. The Blacktown Showground and the surrounding reserve system, the cemetery, the parkland along the creek line and the corridors connecting the suburb to Doonside, Marayong, Kings Park and Toongabbie all act as continuous reptile habitat. Snakes have been resident in this suburb for as long as the creek lines have existed — and the modern suburb hasn’t displaced them so much as built around them.
The species mix tells you which part of the landscape is doing the most work. Red-bellied Black Snakes dominate because the creek lines, drainage corridors and frog populations support them year-round. Eastern Browns are a close second because the rodent populations of a large established suburb sustain them. On any given Blacktown callout, either is plausible. Often we’re called for a snake the resident has identified as one and arrive to find the other.
Red-bellied Black Snake — the species we catch most often in Blacktown. They use Breakfast Creek, Lalor Creek and the wider drainage and reserve system as habitat and movement routes. Pool pump housings, garden beds with thick mulch, water features, and properties backing onto creek line or reserve are their reliable spots. Venomous, but generally far less defensive than browns. They will move away if given the chance.
Eastern Brown Snake — a close second, and not by much. Browns follow rodents through the established residential streets, the older industrial blocks, the school grounds, the hospital surrounds and the drier margins of the suburb. They will travel along fence lines, drainage easements and back lanes without warning. The older Blacktown housing stock — gaps under the slab, full sheds, undisturbed corners of yards — gives them plenty of hiding options. Highly venomous, fast, and quick to disappear into cover. Step back, keep a visual from a safe distance, and call us.
Blue-tongued Lizard. Not a snake, but the reptile we are called for almost as often. Blue-tongues are large, slow-moving native skinks that get mistaken for snakes because of their size and the way they flatten their bodies when threatened. They are harmless, beneficial, and good for a garden — they eat snails, slugs and beetles. We will attend, identify the animal on site, and where appropriate either leave it where it is or relocate it to a safer part of the property.
Across decades of work in this suburb, the hiding spots are well-known. For the Red-bellied Black Snakes that make up most of our work, pool pump housings come up on almost every job — warm, dark, undisturbed, close to water. Garden beds with thick mulch, especially anything dense against a boundary fence. Pool surrounds and water features. Under decks, verandahs and outdoor seating. Along fences backing onto creek line, reserve, drainage corridor or the railway. Inside laundries, garages and bathrooms where a snake has followed a frog through a gap.
For Eastern Browns, the pattern shifts toward the older-suburb hiding spots. Garages and the gaps under garage rollers. Sheds and accumulated yard storage. Gaps under the slab on older brick and fibro homes. Retaining walls and rock features. Long grass on vacant blocks and overgrown corners of properties. Around chicken coops, aviaries and outdoor pet bowls. Inside houses where a brown has followed rodents through a gap in the brickwork or beneath an external door.
On commercial and institutional sites — schools, the hospital, industrial blocks, the showground — we find snakes around perimeter fencing, in storage areas, along loading bays, in landscaped frontages and around any quiet corner that hasn’t been disturbed for a while.
Hardware store snake repellents — powders, sprays, ultrasonic devices — do not work. Skip them. What does help on a Blacktown property is anything that addresses the food, water and shelter both species are looking for. For Red-bellied Black Snakes, keep pool pump housings clear and unappealing, thin out heavy garden beds along the boundary side facing creek line or reserve, and manage frog activity where it has become concentrated against the house. For Eastern Browns, reducing rodent activity is the single most effective thing. If you have mice or rats in numbers, browns will eventually follow.
Across both species: keep grass short along fence lines, particularly the sides facing creek, reserve, drainage corridor or vacant land. Tidy sheds, garages and outdoor storage. Seal gaps under sheds, decks, pool equipment housings, and — on older homes — gaps under the slab and around external doors. Done consistently, these measures meaningfully reduce the chance of a snake settling in.
A snake inside a Blacktown home is an emergency. Both Red-bellied Black Snakes and Eastern Browns will work their way inside given the chance — Red-bellies following frogs, Browns following rodents. Entry points are the usual ones: open doors, gaps under garage rollers, plumbing penetrations, cracks beneath external doors, gaps in the brickwork on older homes. We attend snake-inside-the-house jobs in Blacktown regularly through the warmer months. We respond as quickly as we can, locate the snake, remove it safely, and check the house is secure before we leave.
Sydney Snake Catcher is the original and longest-running snake catching business of its kind in NSW. We operate the largest network of qualified snake catchers in the state — when you call, the catcher closest to you is dispatched. Blacktown is one of our top five most-visited suburbs across the entire network, and we have catchers in the area on most operational days through the season. Six days in this past 2025/26 season we sent three different catchers to three different Blacktown addresses on the same day, which gives you some sense of the volume.
We work calmly, without panic, and without making anyone feel judged about the state of their property. Both Red-bellied Black Snakes and Eastern Browns have been resident in this suburb for far longer than the modern streets have existed. That is the landscape, not the housekeeping. We explain what we are doing, what species we are dealing with, why the snake is on the property, and what — if anything — can be done to reduce the chance of the next one settling in.
If you see movement, hear rustling, or notice your pet fixated on one area of the yard, call 1300 599 938 immediately.
Does Blacktown get a lot of snake callouts?
Yes — it is one of the top five most-visited suburbs across our entire Sydney service area. We attend Blacktown throughout the snake season every year, and the volume has been consistent for decades. There were six days in the 2025/26 season where we dispatched catchers three times in the same day to different Blacktown addresses.
What snake is most common in Blacktown?
The Red-bellied Black Snake, with the Eastern Brown Snake a close second. Both species are well-established residents of this suburb. On a given callout, either is plausible — often the species the resident has identified is not the one we arrive to find.
Why are there so many Red-bellied Black Snakes in Blacktown?
Breakfast Creek, Lalor Creek and the surrounding drainage and reserve system support permanent water, dense bankside vegetation, and a strong frog population. That is Red-bellied Black Snake habitat, year-round. Properties anywhere near the creek lines see them regularly.
Why are there so many Eastern Brown Snakes in Blacktown?
The size and age of the suburb sustains substantial rodent populations across older housing stock, industrial blocks, sheds, garages and accumulated yard storage. Browns are specialist rodent hunters, and they have plenty to hunt here.
How quickly can a snake catcher get to Blacktown?
We operate the largest network of snake catchers in NSW and dispatch the catcher closest to you. Blacktown is a top-five priority suburb in our service network and we have catchers in the area on most operational days. Response times vary with traffic and existing jobs, and we prioritise active sightings.
Sydney Snake Catcher — 1300 599 938
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Nearby Suburbs We Service: Doonside, Marayong, Kings Park, Seven Hills
