page_title: Northern Sydney
section_title: Suburbs and Regions of Northern Sydney
hierarchical_section_title: Northern Sydney / Suburbs and Regions of Northern Sydney
caption_attribution_description: English: Federation house, Beecroft, Sydney
context_page_description: Northern Sydney is a large metropolitan area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the north shore of Sydney Harbour and Parramatta River. The region embraces suburbs in Sydney’s north-east, north and inner north west. Northern Sydney is divided into distinctive regions such as the North Shore, Northern Beaches and Forest District.
  The region is characterised by pristine waterways with immense greenery, a well-planned public transport system, hilly roads, large plots of manicured land, and substantially large federation and bungalow style homes. Northern Sydney is home to some of Sydney’s most affluent suburbs, large parks and notable landmarks.
context_section_description: Northern Sydney is described as the area between Port Jackson to the south, Carlingford and suburbs in line with to the west, Hawkesbury River and Pittwater to the north and the Tasman Sea to the east.
  Northern Sydney is divided into unique regions such as the North Shore (the inner north and norther-western part of the region), Northern Beaches (the northern coastal suburbs to the north-east) and Forest District, a small group of suburbs between the Upper North Shore and the Northern Beaches. Despite the region being divided by distinctive definitions, parts of the region are often simply referred to as “Northern Suburbs”, “North” or “North West”.
  This list is not exhaustive.
  The suburbs and localities of the Northern Sydney region are:
caption: Suburban home in Beecroft
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