Charnwood is the location of the Charnwood centre shopping area which serves surrounding suburbs. The shopping centre includes several fast food outlets, a branch of the Labor Club, a Shell Service Station and a Woolworths. An emergency services station incorporating ambulance and fire and rescue services was opened was opened in October 2013 by the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, and is located near the Charnwood shops at the south west corner of Lhotsky Street and Tillyard Drive abutting Ginninderra Dr