Leafy, largely residential harbourside suburb on the Lower North Shore, about 6 km north-east of the Sydney CBD, situated between Mosman and Neutral Bay with the separate harbourside enclave of Cremorne Point immediately to its south. At the 2021 census Cremorne had 11,263 residents. Housing spans Federation and California bungalow homes — the suburb's most outstanding example, Belvedere in Cranbrook Avenue, has state and federal heritage listings — plus townhouses near Ben Boyd Road and older apartment blocks. The village commercial centre clusters around Cremorne Junction on Military Road and is smaller than neighbouring Neutral Bay's strip. Demographic data characterises residents as predominantly professionals aged 30-39, with 53.2% of homes owner-occupied at the 2021 census. Buyers' guides frame Cremorne as family- and professional-friendly 'village' living on the harbour; it sits in the Domain-tracked North Sydney-Mosman region, where the median house price jumped 8.9% in the quarter to September 2025.
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | North Shore |
| Council (LGA) | North Sydney Council |
| Postcode | 2090 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | Cremorne sits roughly 6 km north-east of the Sydney CBD. Commutes typically run about 15-25 minutes depending on mode:… |
| Median house price | ~$4.25M — proplo's median house price for Cremorne was $4,250,000 (+11.8% YoY, updated 2 Jun 2026), while Cotality's automated-valuation median value for houses was $3,712,662 as at 30 Jun 2026 (proplo; OnTheHouse) (mid-2026) |
| Median unit price | $1,348,853 — median unit value ; an earlier OnTheHouse snapshot quoted a unit median of ~$1,365,604 |
| Typical rent | median rent $855/week for units and $1,375/week for houses |
Transport
Cremorne has no railway station or train line — all transport is by road or water. Military Road connects Cremorne to Neutral Bay and the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the west and to Mosman to the east. Bus routes operated for Transport for NSW along Military Road (services such as 100, 151, 169, 178, 243, 244, 245, 247 and E69) link the suburb to the CBD, with other routes to North Sydney, Chatswood and the Northern Beaches. Ferry: the Sydney Ferries F6 Mosman Bay service links Circular Quay with Cremorne Point wharf (at the end of Milson Road in the adjacent suburb of Cremorne Point) and Old Cremorne wharf (near Kareela Road, serving Cremorne's central area), with services every half hour on weekdays. The nearest railway stations are North Sydney and Milsons Point, across Neutral Bay to the south-west.
Schools
SCECGS Redlands — a large independent co-educational K-12 school whose senior campus fronts Military Road (274 Military Road, itself a North Sydney LEP heritage item), with junior and middle school campuses in Alister Street and on the Murdoch Street site of the former Cremorne Girls High School, all within Cremorne. Cremorne has no government school of its own: the nearest NSW public primary is Neutral Bay Public School on Ben Boyd Road in the immediately adjacent suburb of Neutral Bay (Neutral Bay Public School; Better Education).
Shopping & Amenities
The village centre at Cremorne Junction on Military Road has a supermarket, restaurants and cafes, the Cremorne Hotel pub and the Park Regis Concierge Apartments hotel; small companies lease office space in the commercial zone, which is smaller than neighbouring Neutral Bay's. Cremorne's cultural landmark is the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace, a restored 1935 Art Deco cinema with a Wurlitzer organ still played at selected screenings, restored in 1987.
Parks & Outdoors
Cremorne's own open space is modest — 15 parks covering nearly 11.8% of the suburb — and its signature outdoor drawcard is immediately to the south: the suburb of Cremorne Point is one of the few Sydney Harbour peninsulas with public waterfront parkland running around its edges, secured when Cremorne Reserve was proclaimed in 1905 with North Sydney Council as trustee. The Cremorne Point foreshore walk loops around the point past the ferry wharves with sweeping harbour and city views, and the Sydney Amateur Sailing Club is based on the eastern side of the Point.
Property Market
The median house price in Cremorne was around ~$4.25M — proplo's median house price for Cremorne was $4,250,000 (+11.8% YoY, updated 2 Jun 2026), while Cotality's automated-valuation median value for houses was $3,712,662 as at 30 Jun 2026 (proplo; OnTheHouse) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Harbourside suburb with heritage constraints; stock spans Federation and California-bungalow houses, townhouses and older apartment blocks. Median estimates diverge by method: Regionally, the North Sydney-Mosman SA3 — which includes Cremorne, Cremorne Point, Neutral Bay, Kirribilli and Cammeray — saw its median house price rise 8.9% in the three months to September 2025.
New Developments
New supply is limited by the suburb's scale, topography and heritage fabric: Cremorne carries multiple State Heritage Register and North Sydney LEP listings including Dalkeith (8 Bannerman Street), Belvedere and Egglemont (Cranbrook Avenue), the SCEGGS Redlands site and the former Cremorne Girls High School. Recent notable projects are boutique: WINIM's Huntington Residences, a $42 million luxury apartment development in Cremorne announced for launch in 2026, and a new-generation boarding house at 288 Military Road (DesignInc), designed to provide affordable accommodation for singles, retirees, students and essential workers. Most large-scale lower-north-shore apartment growth is occurring in neighbouring Neutral Bay and North Sydney rather than in Cremorne itself.
Jobs & Local Economy
Cremorne's local employment base is retail, hospitality and small professional and office tenants around the Cremorne Junction village centre on Military Road. The suburb is primarily residential, and most working residents commute: demographic data shows residents predominantly work in professional occupations, with the Sydney CBD, the adjacent North Sydney commercial centre and Mosman/Neutral Bay retail strips the main job destinations, reached by Military Road buses, ferry or car.
Nearby Suburbs
Neutral Bay, Cammeray, Mosman, Kirribilli, North Sydney
Sources & method
Researched 4 September 2026 from named public sources — census and government records, transport authorities, council and planning documents — plus published sales data. Where sources disagree on a figure, the guide says so rather than picking one.
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