R&H Suburb Profile NORTH SYDNEY

North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on Sydney’s Lower North Shore, 3km north of the CBD. It is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council.

The commercial district of North Sydney includes the second largest concentration of office buildings in NSW, with a large representation from the advertising and information technology industries, including Cisco Systems, Novell, Sun Microsystems, AGL and AAMI.

Unlike other major suburban hubs within the Sydney metropolitan area, North Sydney has limited shopping facilities and almost no Sunday trading. There are only two medium sized supermarkets. The main shopping complex is the Greenwood Plaza, connected to North Sydney station. Berry Square is another shopping centre in Berry Street, formerly known as North Sydney Shopping World.

North Sydney is directly linked to the CBD by road and rail across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. North Sydney Railway Station is on the North Shore line of the CityRail network. The Warringah Freeway links North Sydney south to the Sydney CBD and north to Chatswood.

Primary schools include North Sydney Demonstration School and St Marys Catholic School. High schools include the public North Sydney Boys High School and North Sydney Girls High School, Catholic Marist College North Shore, Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College, and independent schools Wenona School and Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore).

St Aloysius' College of Milson's Point and Loreto Kirribilli are also within the confines of the North Sydney local government area. Post-secondary education providers include the Australian Catholic University, Raffles College of Design and Commerce, and Billy Blue College.

The area is served by several major hospitals including Royal North Shore.