North Sydney
73,705 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 11 km², 13 suburbs. Council website: northsydney.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
73,705
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.8% in a year
Density
7,020/km²
11 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$3.3M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$35
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
6.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
10 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
13
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 38
- Median household income
- $2,524/week
- Median rent
- $580/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $3,000/month
- Households renting
- 51.9%
- Average household
- 2.0 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 10 of 10
Suburbs
13 suburbs where North Sydney holds most residents, plus 1 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cremorne (NSW) | 11,263 | All | $4.1MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Neutral Bay | 10,090 | All | $2.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| North Sydney | 8,964 | All | $3.1MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Wollstonecraft | 8,115 | All | $5.5MDec 2025 | – / 8% | 10 |
| St Leonards (NSW) | 7,212 | 34% | $3.2MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Cammeray | 7,088 | All | $3.7MDec 2025 | – / 5% | 10 |
| Crows Nest (NSW) | 4,974 | All | $3.1MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Kirribilli | 3,629 | All | $4.4MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Waverton | 2,981 | All | $4.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Milsons Point | 2,529 | All | – / 0% | 10 | |
| McMahons Point | 2,315 | All | $3.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Cremorne Point | 2,270 | All | $6.0MDec 2025 | – / 3% | 10 |
| Kurraba Point | 1,401 | All | $10MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Lavender Bay | 870 | All | $5.8MDec 2024 | – / 0% | 10 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 12 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $2.9M
- Median of suburb medians
- $4.1M
- Highest suburb median
- $10M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 12 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 237
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 47
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 597
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,076
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Warringah · Zali STEGGALL (IND)96%
- Bradfield · Nicolette BOELE (IND)4%
State districts
- North Shore · Felicity Wilson (LIB)62%
- Willoughby · Tim James (LIB)38%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.