Mount Kuring-gai NSW 2080

Living Here

Mount Kuring-gai is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,766 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $2,428 a week, with median rent near $568 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Asquith - Mount Colah statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Kuring-gai itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 12 schools

  • Mount Kuring-Gai Public School
  • Mount Colah Public School
  • Berowra Christian School
  • Berowra Public School
  • Hornsby Heights Public School
  • St Bernard's Primary School
  • Asquith Public School
  • St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
  • Asquith High School
  • Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School

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• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • Bobbin Head Inn
  • Mount Colah Pizzeria
• 1 supermarket

  • ALDI
• 10 parks

  • Seaview Street Playground
  • Mount Kuring-Gai Park
  • Hunt Reserve
  • Oxley Reserve
  • Scribbly Gum Park
  • Orchard Park
  • Orr Park
  • Leonora Close Park
  • Yallambee Road Park Playground
  • Parklands Oval
• 5 Catholic churches

  • St Bernard's
  • St Patrick's Asquith
  • Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church
  • Holy Name
  • St Benedict's
• 1 pharmacy

  • Mt Colah Pharmacy
• 1 medical clinic

  • Mt Kuring-Gai Medical Centre
• 1 dentist

  • The Dentists
• 1 optometrist

  • David Hendry EyeQ Optometrists
• 11 hospitals

  • Lady Davidson Private Hospital
  • Mount Wilga Private Hospital
  • The San Day Surgery
  • Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
  • Neringah Hospital
  • Wyvern Private Hospital
  • Sydney Adventist Hospital
  • Gordon Private Hospital
  • Macquarie University Hospital
  • Northern Beaches Hospital

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• 2 vets

  • Berowra Veterinary Clinic
  • Asquith Vet
• 1 library

  • Berowra Branch Library
• 3 post offices

  • Mount Kuring-gai Post Office
  • Mt Colah Post Office
  • Berowra Post Office
• 4 service stations

  • U-Go Mount Colah
  • Coles Express
  • 7-Eleven
  • Caltex
• 1 gym

  • Anytime Fitness
• 5 golf clubs

  • Asquith Golf Club
  • North Turramurra Golf Course
  • Shortees Golf
  • Pymble Golf Club
  • Thornleigh Driving Range
• 1 dog park

  • Rofe Dog Park
• 1 butcher

  • Mt Kuring-gai Village Butchery
• 1 hairdresser

  • Colah Barbershop
• 3 mechanics

  • Berowra Car Care
  • Patten Motor Repairs
  • Caltex Service Centre
• 1 plumber

  • Watermatic Irrigation
• 2 places to stay

  • Mount Kuring-Gai Motel
  • Marendale Boarding Kennels

Getting around. Train station: Mount Kuring-gai, 300 m south-east · Ferry wharf: Berowra Waters Ferry Berowra Ramp, 5.7 km north · Airport: Palm Beach Water Airport, 18.9 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 78.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 65.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

33,136 bird observations recorded near Mount Kuring-gai — most often seen:

• Australian Brush-turkey (3,454)
• Noisy Miner (2,011)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,988)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,897)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,777)
• Pied Currawong (1,312)
• Australian Magpie (1,277)
• Little Wattlebird (1,240)
• Brown Thornbill (1,103)
• Grey Butcherbird (1,103)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (1,084)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (1,034)
• Eastern Spinebill (1,030)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Mount Kuring-gai:

• Mount Colah (2.5 km)
• Berowra (3.3 km)
• Hornsby Heights (3.5 km)
• Berowra Heights (4.5 km)
• Asquith (4.7 km)
• Berrilee (5.2 km)
• North Wahroonga (5.6 km)
• Duffys Forest (5.7 km)

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