North Shore Sydney Suburb Reviews
The “other side” of Sydney Harbour may not be as densely packed with suburbs, attractions or businesses as their brothers to the south, yet this is a part of Sydney that generally offers a high-end quality of life. Dotted with suburbs that range from concentrated centres of shopping and business to secluded, leafy hubs populated by impressive mansions, the North Shore is largely a wealthy part of Sydney that gives opportunities at more personal space and additional greenery.
Renowned for its prestigious schools, tucked away suburban mansions and clusters of national park, it’s a “Green Gables” type feel in many parts of the North Shore.
Most choose it as a place to live to have access to Sydney city with less of the bustle, yet it’s continually growing and being expanded in and of itself. Major modern working hubs such as Macquarie Park, hotspots for shopping like Chatswood and Ryde, and business focal points like North Sydney coexist side-by-side with highly family-friendly slices of suburbia.
The North Shore is typically far from cheap, however – there’s a price that comes with high-end living in one of the world’s most expensive global cities.
Check out our Sydney North Shore suburb reviews below for more information on each suburb.
North Shore Suburbs
5 years ago
Artarmon Suburb Review
Summary: An excellent all-rounder of a suburb with close to no major faults, Artarmon addresses so many of the needs one could want in a place to live – to the point that we crowned it #1 on our list of “Sydney’s 10 Most Underrated Suburbs”.
Oriented around a frequently-serviced train station on a main line, with a plethora of both budget and expensive accommodation options, and both bigger-box warehouse type shopping and smaller boutique sections of stores and cafes, it can thus fit the needs of many kinds of residents looking for a home on Sydney’s North Shore. Price of property is its only major limiting factor. Read Review
5 years ago
Chatswood Suburb Review
Summary: A highly-convenient North Shore suburb that’s diverse with an extremely strong Asian influence, Chatswood is teeming with quality multicultural dining and shopping opportunities, has several good schools nearby, and is well-connected via public transport. High housing prices and a busy/crowded central area, as well as some significant traffic issues let it down somewhat, however it’s a solid all-rounder for those who like a balance of city life and greenery with a hint of the exotic. Read Review