Small, quiet bushland suburb on the Hornsby Plateau about 31 km north-west of the Sydney CBD, in Hornsby Shire. At the 2021 census just 1,766 people lived here, making it one of the smallest and most sparsely populated suburbs on the Upper North Shore rail corridor. The suburb is divided in two by the Pacific Highway, the Main Northern railway line and the M1 Pacific Motorway: the station, shops and Telstra exchange sit on the western side while the primary school, community hall and sports oval occupy the eastern side, the two halves linked by road and pedestrian bridges. Surrounded almost entirely by national park and regional park bushland, it is a deliberately low-key, family-oriented stop on the line north of Hornsby.
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | Upper North Shore |
| Council (LGA) | Hornsby Shire |
| Postcode | 2080 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | The suburb is about 31 km north-west of the Sydney CBD, and its station is 40.67 km by rail from Central.… |
| Median house price | ~$1.47M (median house price based on 17 house sales in the past 12 months, realestate.com.au, up 4%); YIP/CoreLogic's 12-month house median was $1,570,000 (26 sales, -2.79% annual growth) (mid-2026) |
| Typical rent | $780/week ; 2021 census median weekly household rent was $568 (ABS via QuickStats) |
Transport
Mount Kuring-gai is served by its own railway station on the Main North line, on the western side of the suburb on the Pacific Highway; the station opened in 1901 (as 'Kuring-gai', gaining the 'Mount' prefix in 1904, current building 1909) and lies 40.67 km from Central station. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore Line suburban services (with Berowra as the line's northern terminus) plus some early-morning and late-night intercity Central Coast & Newcastle Line services. CDC NSW bus routes 592 (Hornsby station to Mooney Mooney) and 597 (Hornsby station to Berowra Heights) also call at the station. Car access is via the Pacific Highway, with the M1 Pacific Motorway cutting through the suburb's eastern side.
Schools
Mount Kuring-gai Public School — NSW government primary school on the suburb's eastern side, the only school physically in Mount Kuring-gai, set beside the community hall and sports oval. The suburb has no high school of its own.
Shopping & Amenities
The village shopping centre on the western side of the Pacific Highway near the station: in 2010 the existing centre was demolished and an Aldi supermarket built in its place along with a variety of smaller stores. The eastern side of the suburb holds the community hall and sports oval used by the school and residents. Mount Kuring-gai also has a small industrial area housing light-manufacturing businesses, including a CDC NSW bus depot, electronics firms, a school-paint manufacturer and a book publisher.
Parks & Outdoors
Mount Kuring-gai is surrounded by protected bushland: it is bordered on its eastern side by Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and on its western side by Berowra Valley Regional Park. The bush setting takes in cascades along Calna Creek, and Lyrebird Gully rock shelters on the national park side are noted lyrebird habitat. The suburb's steep, tree-covered blocks and park boundaries give it a distinctly rural-bush character despite the rail line and motorway running through it.
Property Market
The median house price in Mount Kuring-gai was around ~$1.47M (median house price based on 17 house sales in the past 12 months, realestate.com.au, up 4%); YIP/CoreLogic's 12-month house median was $1,570,000 (26 sales, -2.79% annual growth) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Mount Kuring-gai is a very low-volume market, so tracker medians swing widely: 12-month house medians range from $1,405,000 (auspropertyinsights.app, 1,441 historic sales) and $1,470,000 to $1,570,000 — the hint range of $1.7–2.2M was not supported by any tracker retrieved. Units and apartments are scarce; propertyvalue.com.au's suburb-level median sale figure ($985,000) mixes dwelling types across a thin sample. Detached family houses on bushland blocks dominate, with some industrial-zoned land along the Pacific Highway corridor. Vendors face softer conditions than in Hornsby proper: auspropertyinsights rates the suburb 'fair value' and one CoreLogic-based tracker shows slightly negative annual growth.
New Developments
Minimal — Mount Kuring-gai is an established low-density suburb and the biggest recent change was the 2010 redevelopment of the shopping centre around a new Aldi store. National park (Ku-ring-gai Chase) and regional park (Berowra Valley) boundaries hem the suburb in on both sides, leaving little room for significant new residential development.
Jobs & Local Economy
Local employment is limited to the small village centre (Aldi and local stores), the primary school, community facilities and the light-industrial area along the Pacific Highway, which hosts businesses such as electronics manufacturers, a hot-air balloon manufacturer, a school-paint maker, a book publisher and a CDC NSW bus depot. Most working residents commute to Hornsby or the Sydney CBD by train from Mount Kuring-gai station, or by car along the Pacific Motorway.
Nearby Suburbs
Berowra, Berowra Heights, Berrilee, Hornsby Heights, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Mount Colah, North Turramurra
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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