Putney, NSW 2112

Leafy, established riverside suburb on the northern bank of the Parramatta River, about 11 km north-west of the Sydney CBD. Putney's history reaches back to the earliest days of the colony — the area was part of Kissing Point, where brewer James Squire settled in 1792, and the suburb's name was later changed from the 'Village of Eugenie' to Putney after the Thames-side London town. Today it is a quiet family suburb of older homes and newer riverside apartments around a small village shopping area with a post office, sporting fields, parks and a handful of restaurants, anchored by the Kissing Point ferry wharf and its riverside park. Locals rate it highly: on Homely it carries a 4.5/5 score from resident reviews (Homely). Real-estate copy sums up the appeal: positions near the wharf sell on the 'upcoming Putney Marina and the Kissing Point Ferry Wharf, offering easy access to Sydney's waterways' (Ray White Riverside).

At a Glance

Transport

Public transport is bus- and ferry-based — Putney has no railway station or light rail. Busways route 507 links Putney with Gladesville and Meadowbank wharf. Kissing Point ferry wharf, at Kissing Point Park on the suburb's riverfront, is served by Sydney Ferries' F3 Parramatta River service running between Circular Quay and Parramatta, using RiverCat and River-class ferries; the wharf was rebuilt in December 2020. The nearest train stations, Meadowbank and West Ryde on the T9 line, sit just across the suburb's borders and are a short bus ride away.

Schools

Putney Public School — NSW government primary school on Morrison Road in the suburb (official school website; Better Education). There is no high school in Putney; secondary students typically travel to the neighbouring suburbs, where government options include Ryde Secondary College (co-educational, Years 7–12) on Malvina Street in adjacent Ryde.

Shopping & Amenities

Putney's village shopping area — described by Wikipedia as a shopping area with a post office, sporting fields, parks and a few restaurants — clusters near the suburb's northern end around the Ryde border, with cafes and bistros strung along Waterview Street toward the wharf and Kissing Point Park. Local cafe culture is well established: TripAdvisor lists 10 Putney restaurants, and Yelp reviews flag neighbourhood favourites such as Patio at Putney, Charles Street Kitchen and Cav & Co (TripAdvisor; Yelp). A rental listing on Waterview Street sums up the convenience as 'moments from Kissing Point Wharf, Morrison Bay, Putney Village Shops, Buses... and Top Ryde Shopping Centre'. The big Top Ryde City shopping centre is a few minutes away in the neighbouring suburb of Ryde.

Parks & Outdoors

The Parramatta River is Putney's defining feature: its foreshore frontage runs from Kissing Point in the east around to the Tambourine Bay inlet on the suburb's western edge, where the parkland continues toward neighbouring Meadowbank. Kissing Point Park sits right on the river beside the ferry wharf, with an off-street car park for commuters. The riverfront boatyards recall Putney's wartime shipbuilding past — Slazengers ran a shipyard on Pellisier Road during World War II building landing craft and other vessels. Cleves Park is the possible burial site of the Aboriginal leader Bennelong and carries a memorial plaque, and Putney Park provides play equipment and open space for families (In the Cove).

Property Market

The median house price in Putney was around ~$3.5–3.7M — realestate.com.au (PropTrack) reported a Putney median house price of $3,670,000 based on 57 sales over the past 12 months (retrieved Sep 2026), while CoreLogic data via YIP put the 12-month median at $3,506,844 (62 house sales, to May 2026, −4.05%) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Riverfront and waterview houses in Putney regularly trade well above the suburb median, so headline medians swing with the mix of sales in any 12-month window — YIP's CoreLogic series showed house values down 4.05% over the 12 months to May 2026 while realestate.com.au's PropTrack snapshot (57 sales to Sep 2026) recorded a 9% rise to $3.67M, reflecting how sensitive this small, prestige-tinged market is to a handful of waterfront sales. Note also that several trackers' older figures sit below the current realestate.com.au median. Housing stock is largely established low-rise: separate houses and older villas dominate away from the river, with apartments concentrated near the wharf. Putney Public School and the ferry wharf are the two things most frequently cited in local listing copy.

New Developments

Development in Putney is limited and boutique — the suburb has no large masterplanned precinct. Recent and proposed supply centres on the riverside Waterview Street corridor near Kissing Point: 20 Waterview Street is listed as a development-approved site within a 10-minute walk of the ferry wharf (Development Ready), and 21 Waterview Street sold on the strength of the 'upcoming Putney Marina' beside the wharf (Ray White Riverside). The planned Putney Marina, repeatedly proposed for the Kissing Point foreshore, remains the suburb's most significant pending project. Putney's apartment stock is small — only 7 unit sales in the 12 months to May 2026 — and the suburb's older housing is protected by its character and heritage appeal, including St Chad's Anglican Church (1912).

Jobs & Local Economy

Putney itself offers only local employment — village retail, cafes and restaurants, marine and boatyard businesses along the riverfront — and most working residents commute: CoreLogic/YIP demographic data shows the dominant occupation group in Putney is Professionals. The nearby Top Ryde City shopping centre and the City of Ryde civic/commercial area in neighbouring Ryde are the main local job hubs, with many residents commuting to the Sydney CBD or Macquarie Park.

Nearby Suburbs

Ryde, Gladesville, Tennyson Point, Meadowbank, West Ryde (across the Parramatta River: Mortlake, Breakfast Point and Rhodes; Hunters Hill lies further downstream/east across the river, reached by road via the Gladesville Bridge area rather than directly opposite Putney)

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.

Sources cited in this guide:

• Wikipedia — Putney
• NSW Government

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