Beachside suburb of northern Sydney about 23 km north-east of the Sydney CBD, in the Northern Beaches region and Northern Beaches Council LGA. The suburb sits on Narrabeen Lagoon with Narrabeen Beach on its eastern edge — one of a continuous four-beach stretch that also takes in North Narrabeen, South Narrabeen and Collaroy — giving it a long, sporty, outdoors-focused beach-town character. It is home to the Sydney Institute of Sport, which became the headquarters of the NRL's Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, and its rock pools, lagoon trail and surf breaks make it a favourite for swimmers, paddlers and boardriders. Locals and agents describe it as a classic family beach town with a village feel around Ocean Street rather than a high-rise resort strip.
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | Northern Beaches |
| Council (LGA) | Northern Beaches Council |
| Postcode | 2101 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | About 45–60 minutes by B1 B-Line express bus from the Narrabeen B-Line stop to Wynyard station in the Sydney CBD — the direct citybound run… |
| Median house price | $3,800,000 (median house price based on 26 sales in the past 12 months, realestate.com.au Narrabeen market data, retrieved Sep 2026); yourinvestmentpropertymag reported $3,925,000 from 28 sales over a similar window, and realestate.com.au property-page data put the yearly house median at about $3,500,000 (mid-2026) |
| Median unit price | $1,196,000 ; the 2-bedroom unit median was $1,295,000 based on 84 sales in the preceding 12 months |
| Typical rent | No reliable suburb rent median captured in this research pass; mid-2026 listings illustrate the spread… |
Transport
Public transport is entirely bus-based — Narrabeen has no railway station, light rail or ferry. The B1 B-Line express double-decker buses link Mona Vale and Warriewood/Narrabeen with Wynyard in the city via stops on Pittwater Road, with the 'Narrabeen B-Line, Pittwater Rd' stop in the heart of the suburb; B-Line services run frequently (roughly every 5 minutes in peak) along the Pittwater Road corridor. Local bus routes also run along Pittwater Road and into surrounding suburbs such as Warriewood, Collaroy and Dee Why, and the Wakehurst Parkway (opened 1946) connects North Narrabeen toward Frenchs Forest and the city's north shore for drivers.
Schools
Government primary schools are Narrabeen Lakes Public School and North Narrabeen Public School, with St Joseph's Catholic Primary School also in the area; the suburb's public secondary school is Narrabeen Sports High School, one of NSW's designated sports high schools. Secondary students also attend nearby options including Northern Beaches Secondary College campuses and the Catholic colleges around the peninsula.
Shopping & Amenities
The village centre clusters around Ocean Street at the beach end and along Pittwater Road, with a compact strip of cafes, takeaways, surf shops and small retailers plus the beachfront holiday-park precinct. The main full-service shopping is Warriewood Square, a single-level sub-regional centre about 29 km north-east of the CBD in neighbouring Warriewood, anchored by Kmart, Aldi, Coles and Woolworths. Community and sporting facilities, including the Narrabeen centre used by the Sydney Institute of Sport and Sea Eagles, are spread around the lagoon foreshore and parklands.
Parks & Outdoors
Narrabeen Beach is a long, wide surf beach with strong rips and a surf life saving club, part of the North Narrabeen–Narrabeen–South Narrabeen–Collaroy beach stretch. Narrabeen Lagoon and its surrounding wetlands form the Narrabeen Lagoon State Park, circled by the Narrabeen Lagoon Trail — an easy, wheelchair-accessible shared path of about 8.4 km around the lagoon. North Narrabeen Rock Pool, a 50-metre eight-lane ocean pool with diving blocks beside the headland, is one of Sydney's most scenic and hosts swimming competitions (oceanrockpools.com.au). Just north of the stretch, Turimetta Beach sits below cliffs at Turimetta Head on the Warriewood side, reached by walking tracks from Narrabeen Park Parade with no direct road access (Pittwater Online News; Tripadvisor). The suburb is also a base for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, whose HQ is at the Narrabeen sporting precinct.
Property Market
The median house price in Narrabeen was around $3,800,000 (median house price based on 26 sales in the past 12 months, realestate.com.au Narrabeen market data, retrieved Sep 2026); yourinvestmentpropertymag reported $3,925,000 from 28 sales over a similar window, and realestate.com.au property-page data put the yearly house median at about $3,500,000 (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. House medians track roughly $3.5M–$3.9M depending on tracker and sales window, well above the older 'sub-$3M' figures still quoted in some guides — Narrabeen's low sales volumes (26–28 house sales a year) make medians swing, with realestate.com.au showing house prices up about 15% year on year. Units cluster around $1.2–1.3M. Beachfront and lagoon-front locations, proximity to the beach/lagoon trail and the sporty Northern Beaches lifestyle drive demand, while apartment stock is mostly along the Pittwater Road corridor and around the lagoon foreshore.
New Developments
NSW Government housing reforms announced in 2025 will allow low- and mid-rise apartment development within 800 m of designated town centres and stations across metropolitan Sydney, which Northern Beaches Council's explainer notes will reshape town centres across the LGA — much of Narrabeen–Warriewood's new supply is expected around the Pittwater Road corridor and Warriewood Square precinct. The Warriewood town centre continues to see apartment and mixed-use projects, while smaller-scale beachside and lagoon-side infill, renovations and single-home DAs around Narrabeen and North Narrabeen appear week in, week out in Northern Beaches Council's development-application roundups (Manly Observer).
Jobs & Local Economy
Retail, hospitality and tourism anchor local employment: the Ocean Street and Pittwater Road village strip, beachfront cafes and the holiday-park precinct serve a steady stream of day-trippers and holidaymakers, while Warriewood Square (Kmart, Coles, Aldi, Woolworths plus specialty stores) is the main retail employer just to the north (Vicinity Centres; adventurehq.com.au). The sporting precinct around the Sydney Institute of Sport and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles headquarters adds sports-administration and training-related roles. Northern Beaches Council is the wider area's biggest employer, and many residents commute to jobs in the Sydney CBD or Chatswood/Macquarie Park via the B-Line.
Nearby Suburbs
Collaroy, Warriewood, North Narrabeen, Elanora Heights, Cromer
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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