North Epping, NSW 2121

Leafy, quiet family suburb about 19 km north-west of the Sydney CBD and part of the local government area of Hornsby Shire — as a pene-exclave of the shire separated from it by Lane Cove National Park bushland, and connected to neighbouring Epping by a single road, Norfolk Road. It is surrounded on several sides by the bushland of the upper Lane Cove National Park, so many of the suburb's mid-century homes on large blocks sit at the bushland edge with walking access to the Great North Walk. North Epping is a low-density, relatively wealthy suburb: at the 2021 census 92.0% of occupied private dwellings were separate houses, the average weekly household income of $3,062 was well above the national $1,746, the median age was 44 and the population was 4,657. Its small retail village sits at the corner of Roma Street and Malton Road, and the suburb leans on Epping for transport, libraries and pools. North Epping was split off from Epping as a separate suburb on 1 December 1995.

At a Glance

Transport

Public transport is bus-based: the suburb has no railway station, and Busways North West route 295 runs as an Epping–North Epping loop service along Norfolk Road, the suburb's only road connection to adjacent Epping. Epping railway station in the adjacent suburb of Epping is the main rail access point, served by the T9 Northern Line and Sydney Metro North West services into the city. Wikipedia notes North Epping relies on nearby Epping for much of its infrastructure, including transport.

Schools

Epping North Public School — NSW government comprehensive primary (K–6) on Boundary Road in North Epping, established in 1960; it enrolled about 434 students in 2023 and 'proudly serves our North Epping community'. Secondary students from North Epping typically attend government high schools in immediately adjacent suburbs: Cheltenham Girls High School in Cheltenham (public comprehensive girls' high school, established 1957, about 1,260 students Years 7–12) and Epping Boys High School in Marsfield (public comprehensive boys' high school, also established 1957) — agents marketing North Epping homes routinely cite the 'Epping North Public/Cheltenham Girls' school pairing.

Shopping & Amenities

The main local shopping is the small North Epping village at the corner of Roma Street and Malton Road, with a number of specialty shops (including one small supermarket), cafes and restaurants. For anything more, North Epping relies on adjacent Epping for much of its infrastructure — transport, libraries and public swimming pools — and the shopping and services of the Epping town centre are a short drive down Norfolk Road. North Epping is administered as Ward C of Hornsby Shire Council, whose ward list pairs it with Beecroft, Cheltenham, Castle Hill, Cherrybrook and West Pennant Hills.

Parks & Outdoors

The suburb's big draw is its bushland edges: North Epping is surrounded by the bushland of the upper section of Lane Cove National Park, an exclave of Hornsby Shire geographically cut off by the park. Many walking trails start from or pass through the suburb, including the Great North Walk, which links neighbouring South Turramurra, Marsfield and West Pymble, and well-known local landmarks include Whale Rock and Brown's Waterhole. The bushland fringe follows the riparian corridors of Devlins Creek and Terrys Creek, with fire trails and creek crossings reached from streets such as Boundary Road on the suburb's eastern edge.

Property Market

The median house price in North Epping was around ~$2.3–2.55M (realestate.com.au suburb data put the median house price at $2,300,000–$2,340,000 based on 44 sales over the past 12 months, retrieved Sep 2026; Allhomes listed a $2,550,000 median house sale price) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Trackers cluster the 12-month median house price around $2.3M–$2.55M, roughly matching Domain's automated estimate of ~$2.54M (range $2.2M–$2.88M) for a 6-bedroom house on Durham Street. North Epping is a house-dominated market — 92.0% of dwellings are separate houses — with very few unit sales. Demand centres on the suburb's large original blocks, which agents actively market for knock-down-rebuilds and extensions (e.g. 241 Malton Road advertised as a huge north-facing block 'optimal for building purposes'), keeping prices firm despite a flat 12-month growth line.

New Developments

Development is small-scale and homeowner-driven rather than project-based: North Epping remains a low-density suburb of mostly detached houses (92.0% separate houses at the 2021 census) with no significant apartment or estate pipeline. Infill activity takes the form of individual knock-down-and-rebuilds and extensions on the suburb's large mid-century blocks — agents market holdings such as 241 Malton Road explicitly as knock-down/rebuild opportunities — all assessed under Hornsby Shire Council's Development Control Plan framework that governs the municipality's residential areas.

Jobs & Local Economy

North Epping itself has a small local employment base of village-shop retail, cafes and restaurants plus the local primary school. It is chiefly a commuter suburb of well-paid professional and managerial households — average weekly household income was $3,062 in 2021, well above the national average — with most workers travelling to the Sydney CBD, Chatswood and the Macquarie Park/North Ryde employment corridor via Epping Road and Epping station.

Nearby Suburbs

Epping, Cheltenham, Pennant Hills, Marsfield, South Turramurra, West Pymble, Wahroonga, Macquarie Park

Sources & method

Researched 5 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.

Sources cited in this guide:

• Wikipedia — Cheltenham Girls High School
• Transport for NSW
• NSW Government

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