North Sydney - Lavender Bay
New South Wales · North Sydney - Mosman · Sydney - North Sydney and Hornsby
Why “North Sydney - Lavender Bay”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of North Sydney into several statistical areas (SA2s); this profile covers one part of it. Other parts are listed further down. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
North Sydney - Lavender Bay is a locality in the North Sydney - Mosman area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the North Sydney - Lavender Bay SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the North Sydney - Lavender Bay SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Nth Sydney PS
The government school your child can attend for free by living in North Sydney - Lavender Bay.
This is the zoned in-area government school for North Sydney - Lavender Bay (NSW catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in North Sydney - Lavender Bay
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment1,724ICSEA1205
- Combined · Catholic · Years K-12Enrolment1,609ICSEA1166
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment1,385ICSEA1187
- Secondary · Independent · Years 7-12Enrolment1,186ICSEA1179
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment933ICSEA1195
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment905ICSEA1135
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment756ICSEA1144
- Primary · Independent · Years K-6Enrolment40ICSEA1179
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSGowrie NSW North Sydney Community Vacation CareCentre-Based Care · 80 places · North Sydney
- Exceeding NQSSDN North Sydney Children's Education and Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 75 places · Crows Nest
- Exceeding NQSBerry Cottage Childcare NaremburnCentre-Based Care · 70 places · Naremburn
- Exceeding NQSAtchison CottageCentre-Based Care · 65 places · Crows Nest
- Exceeding NQSKelly's Place Childrens CentreCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Crows Nest
- Exceeding NQSWilloughby Community Pre-SchoolCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Naremburn
- Exceeding NQSGuthrie Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 42 places · Wollstonecraft
- Exceeding NQSKU - Grandstand PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 40 places · North Sydney
- Exceeding NQSCrows Nest KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 32 places · Crows Nest
- Exceeding NQSKU - Greenwich Community PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Greenwich
- Exceeding NQSKU Greenwood Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 28 places · North Sydney
- Exceeding NQSGowrie NSW Shirley Road Preschool Crows NestCentre-Based Care · 25 places · Crows Nest
+ 29 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 547
- vs previous year
- -10%
- vs 2021
- 720
- Theft 192
- Against justice procedures 105
- Assault 49
- Drug offences 49
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 40
Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 5
- Supermarkets
- 10
- Parks
- 30
- Train stations
- 2
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the North Sydney - Lavender Bay SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $4,650,000
- House price YoY
- +55.0%
- Median 3BR house rent
- —
Where did the gain come from?
+213Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
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