Semi-rural, very leafy suburb 25 km north of the Sydney CBD in the Forest District of the Northern Beaches, with large acreage homes, horse properties and bushland on three sides — a quiet achiever 'surrounded on three sides by national parks'. It owes its name to landholders Samuel Hills and Obediah James Terrey (who took up 640 acres in 1881) and retains a semi-rural character where many residents board horses; riding schools and trails run throughout the area, and the suburb is a centre of Sydney's equestrian culture. Known as the 'laterite capital' of the Sydney Basin, with heritage-listed laterite quarries (including the main quarry, now the Terrey Hills playing field) and Aboriginal rock carvings near Larool Road. Terrey Hills' elevation and tree canopy give it the mildest recorded temperatures of any Greater Sydney weather station. Suburb profiles frame it as family-friendly acreage living — privacy, bush blocks and horse-agistment just 25 km from the city (LJ Hooker; Sitchu).
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | Northern Beaches |
| Council (LGA) | Northern Beaches Council |
| Postcode | 2084 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | Roughly 50–60 minutes by the L70 limited-stops or 270 bus from Terrey Hills to the Sydney CBD, more in peak traffic.… |
| Median house price | ~$1.9M–$2.7M depending on window and method: $2,330,000 median house price on 31 sales in the 12 months to April 2026 (+1.97%, 20 days on market, YIP/CoreLogic) and a $2.31M median with typical range $2.23M entry to $2.63M premium (StMate), against $1,897,500 on 22 sales (−21%, realestate.com.au) and a Cotality automated median value of $2,718,438 as at 31 Jul 2026 (OnTheHouse) (mid-2026) |
| Median unit price | $1,394,137 — effectively a house-only market with just 1 unit sale in 12 months, so unit figures rest on almost no transactions |
| Typical rent | $1,300/week median house rent at a 2.66% gross yield ; realestate.com.au put the median house rent at $1,295/week on 13 house listings… |
Transport
Bus-based public transport with no railway: services are operated by CDC NSW, which has a depot in the suburb, and run to the CBD (L70 and 270), Chatswood (283/284), Gordon (196), Macquarie Park (197), North Sydney (260), Mona Vale (196/197) and Manly (141). Mona Vale Road is the main road through Terrey Hills, connecting it east to the Northern Beaches and west toward Chatswood and Hornsby.
Schools
Five schools are based in Terrey Hills itself: Terrey Hills Public School (NSW government primary), Northern Beaches Christian School, Kinma School (independent), The Sydney Japanese International School (112 Booralie Road) and German International School Sydney (33 Myoora Road).
Shopping & Amenities
Terrey Hills' village shopping centre on Mona Vale Road holds a Friendly Grocer supermarket, Australia Post office, specialty shops, restaurants, and landscaping and plant suppliers, and is the practical heart of the suburb. The big local garden centre is Flower Power Terrey Hills — the former Bonds Nursery, a northern-suburbs institution converted in 1998 — also on Mona Vale Road (Flower Power). Community infrastructure includes the Terrey Hills Rural Fire Brigade station at Frank Beckman Reserve, an SES presence, and the Bureau of Meteorology's Sydney weather radar station, with the local skatepark at Terrey Oval opened in 2018. For major shopping, Mona Vale and Belrose are the nearest full-service centres a short drive down Mona Vale Road (LJ Hooker).
Parks & Outdoors
Terrey Hills is edged by Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park on its north-western side and sits within easy reach of Garigal National Park bushland to the south-east, giving it the semi-rural 'three sides of national park' setting. Within the suburb are the Terrey Hills Golf & Country Club championship course on the suburb's north-eastern fringe — widely praised as one of the most secluded metropolitan courses in Sydney — plus Terrey Oval and its skatepark (opened 2018), Yulong Oval (home of the Terrey Hills Wolves rugby club), Frank Beckman Reserve and the heritage laterite quarry site that is now the Terrey Hills playing field, with equestrian and bushland riding trails throughout.
Property Market
The median house price in Terrey Hills was around ~$1.9M–$2.7M depending on window and method: $2,330,000 median house price on 31 sales in the 12 months to April 2026 (+1.97%, 20 days on market, YIP/CoreLogic) and a $2.31M median with typical range $2.23M entry to $2.63M premium (StMate), against $1,897,500 on 22 sales (−21%, realestate.com.au) and a Cotality automated median value of $2,718,438 as at 31 Jul 2026 (OnTheHouse) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Acreage skews everything: Terrey Hills spans about 9.0 km² — 15 parks cover roughly 36% of the area — and blocks range from suburban 700 m² lots to multi-hectare horse properties, so medians swing wildly with the mix of sales. Sales evidence confirms the spread: a 6-bedroom acreage at 214 Cooyong Road sold around $9M in mid-2026 while a 3-bedroom house at 27 Currong Circuit changed hands near $1.72M (StMate). Most homes are owner-occupied (84% in 2021), buyers are typically couples with children, and premium listings commonly tout equestrian potential, income-producing acreage and bushland privacy on 1–2 hectare parcels.
New Developments
Minimal — Terrey Hills is zoned and planned as a low-density, semi-rural suburb where acreage living, equestrian use and bushland predominate and new supply is scarce. No significant residential developments were identified; the long-running change is infrastructure rather than housing, notably decades of Mona Vale Road widening plans that residents have fought to keep from encroaching on the heritage laterite exposure at Tumbledown Dick. Around 84% of homes are owner-occupied, and the occasional subdivision of large rural lots is the main source of new housing.
Jobs & Local Economy
Local employment centres on the village's retail and services, the large Flower Power Terrey Hills garden centre (horticulture and retail, ex-Bonds Nursery), and the equestrian sector of agistment, riding schools and horse-related services (Flower Power; LJ Hooker). Public-sector and community employers include the Bureau of Meteorology's Sydney radar/climate station, RFS and SES facilities, the Manly-Warringah Media Co-Operative and the CDC NSW bus depot in the suburb. Many residents commute to the CBD, Chatswood or Macquarie Park — regular bus destinations from Terrey Hills — for professional work.
Nearby Suburbs
Belrose, Davidson, Duffys Forest, Frenchs Forest, Mona Vale
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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