North Shore

Summary: A land of long driveways, immaculately-kept gardens, and sprawling grand homes, Killara on the North Shore is an impressive concentration of greenery-draped wealth. Freestanding houses here rank among the upper tier of northern Sydney, however there’s enough of a selection of modern apartments to keep things viable for others at earlier stages of life. It’s leafy, it’s safe, it’s quiet, and it’s not too far a commute from the CBD – as long as you’re happy with not much to do at all in your own backyard, and willing to fork out some cash. Read Review

Summary: A high-end, green and peaceful slice of suburbia, Lindfield’s popularity has grown in recent years with additional modern developments helping to round out what is overall a grand old suburb. It’s highly leafy, clean and visually appealing while still having city connectivity courtesy of its rail line.

It’s also almost utterly lacking in activities and things to see and do, while its large and often impressive housing blocks carry with them prohibitively high purchase prices out of reach for many. Read 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

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