Warriewood, NSW 2102

Beachside family suburb on the Northern Beaches roughly 26 km north of the Sydney CBD, sandwiched between Mona Vale and North Narrabeen with its own small ocean beach on the eastern edge. Warriewood takes its name from the Warriewood Estate subdivided in 1906; today it pairs newer residential estates — the product of the Warriewood Valley land release — with older homes closer to the beach, and is a popular choice for families wanting beach lifestyle at a more accessible price point than premium coastal neighbours. At the 2021 census it had 8,379 residents, living mostly in separate houses (52.3%) with a notable share of townhouses (25.1%) and flats (22.2%) — a dwelling mix that reflects the suburb's modern estates.

At a Glance

Transport

Public transport is entirely bus-based — Warriewood has no train station, light rail or ferry wharf. The B1 B-Line express service, launched in November 2017, runs between Mona Vale and Wynyard with stops on Pittwater Road, where Warriewood has undercover bus shelters on both sides of the road and a dedicated two-storey commuter car park on the eastern side; local routes 185, 182 and 199 also serve the suburb, and Warriewood Square on Jacksons Road doubles as a bus interchange.

Schools

There is no government school called Warriewood Public School; Warriewood's local public primary is Narrabeen North Public School in neighbouring North Narrabeen. Mater Maria Catholic College — a Catholic co-educational secondary college (Years 7–12) at 5 Forest Road in Warriewood, set in the foothills of the Warriewood Escarpment overlooking the valley — is the only school physically within the suburb. Depending on address, public high-school catchments are Narrabeen Sports High School in North Narrabeen and Pittwater High School in Mona Vale, and some primary students attend Mona Vale Public School, which hosts an Opportunity Class.

Shopping & Amenities

Warriewood Square, at 12 Jacksons Road in the suburb's south, is the retail heart: a single-level sub-regional centre anchored by Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and Kmart with about 70 specialty stores, roughly 29 km north-east of the Sydney CBD. The Jacksons Road corridor around the centre also holds light-industrial and business uses plus a cinema complex, and there is a small cluster of village shops on Narrabeen Park Parade opposite Warriewood Beach, along with a McDonald's, golf driving range and mini-golf on the suburb's commercial edges.

Parks & Outdoors

Warriewood Beach is a small, reddish-sand beach between Mona Vale and North Narrabeen backed by Narrabeen Park Parade, with weekend and summer patrols, a brown-brick surf life saving club at its southern end and a lifesaving kiosk — the Warriewood Surf Life Saving Club was formed in the 1950s. The suburb sits at the northern edge of the Narrabeen Lagoon system and hosts Boondah Reserve sports fields and the Boondah Road courts (completed November 2020), while the North Narrabeen Reserve sporting fields — including the famous 'Rat Park' — actually fall within Warriewood's boundaries; the coast path links the beach to Mona Vale Beach to the north and Narrabeen Head toward North Narrabeen Beach to the south.

Property Market

The median house price in Warriewood was around ≈$2.35M–$2.5M on mid-2026 trackers: $2,430,000 median house price over the last 12 months (NSW Valuer General sales data via auspropertyfinder, retrieved Sep 2026); stmate cites an overall median of ~$2.50m with median sale prices of $2.10m (3-bed), $2.50m (4-bed) and $2.69m (5+ bed); a 2026 Northern Beaches broker guide puts the figure at $2,365,000 (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Real mid-2026 medians (~$2.35M–$2.5M) sit below the $2.7M+ figures sometimes quoted for premium beachfront Northern Beaches suburbs — Warriewood's newer, denser housing stock (roughly half detached houses, entry-level product from $1.8M, premium around $2.58M per stmate) keeps it at the more accessible end of coastal Northern Beaches pricing. Premium 5-bedroom and elevated homes sell well above the median (stmate 5+ bed median $2.69m). Tracker medians swing with the small number of sales (roughly 40–75 houses a year), so treat any single figure as indicative.

New Developments

Warriewood Valley Release Area is the suburb's defining development story: identified by the NSW State Government as a land-release area and rezoned to allow residential intensification, the release area now spans about 195 hectares with an anticipated 2,544 dwellings, associated facilities and infrastructure, and 3.7 hectares of employment-generating development. The rezoning and staged development also drove cleanup of water bodies and wetlands, with water-management works to handle flooding, and tracking services list the Warriewood Valley release — estimated at around $850M — among the largest committed projects in the Northern Beaches LGA (AreaSearch).

Jobs & Local Economy

Local employment is anchored in retail and services around Warriewood Square (Woolworths, Coles, Aldi, Kmart plus dozens of specialty stores) and the light-industrial/business precinct along the Jacksons Road corridor, with the cinema, golf range and hospitality adding casual roles. Many working residents commute to the Sydney CBD and other Northern Beaches centres by bus — NSW journey-planning data estimates the door-to-door AM-peak CBD trip at about 79 minutes (TfNSW via auspropertyfinder) — while nearby Mona Vale, just to the north, adds further retail and commercial employment options.

Nearby Suburbs

North Narrabeen, Mona Vale, Ingleside, Elanora Heights, Narrabeen

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 — B-Line (Sydney)
• Wikipedia — Warriewood Square
• Transport for NSW
• NSW Government

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