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Gordon

An Upper North Shore civic centre suburb housing Ku-ring-gai Council headquarters and Gordon Centre shopping. T1 station and the Gordon village strip on Pacific Highway are the spine. Mostly Federation homes and post-war brick. Suits established families and downsizers wanting train, shopping and a settled village feel.

To CBD
~22 min
Schools profiled
4
Pros / Cons
4 / 4

Connectivity

Getting around

Railway
Sydney Trains

Gordon station (T1 North Shore line) in suburb. From Gordon: Chatswood 8 min, North Sydney 16 min, Wynyard 20 min, Town Hall 22 min.

Buses

Routes 555, 575, 580 along Pacific Highway. Chatswood 10 min, Hornsby 14 min, St Ives 8 min.

By car
Motorway access

Pacific Highway and M1 (Sydney-Newcastle Freeway) via Pacific Highway.

Drive times off-peak

Sydney CBD 27 min, North Sydney 19 min, Chatswood 8 min, Macquarie Park 13 min, Parramatta 30 min.

Local life

What's in Gordon

The shops, parks, pubs and landmarks that locals actually use.

Gordon Recreation Groundpark

Gordon Recreation Ground

A popular park in Gordon (4.4★ · 116 reviews). Gordon

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Buds & Beanscafe

Buds & Beans

A popular cafe in Gordon (4.2★ · 89 reviews). Concourse Level inside Gordon Station, Gordon

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Pure Brew & Co. Gordoncafe

Pure Brew & Co. Gordon

A popular cafe in Gordon (4.4★ · 503 reviews). Shop1 & Shop3/1-5 Saint Johns Avenue, Gordon

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Pottery Green Bakers Gordoncafe

Pottery Green Bakers Gordon

A popular cafe in Gordon (4.3★ · 538 reviews). 4 Saint Johns Avenue, Gordon

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Gordon Golf Clubrestaurant

Gordon Golf Club

A popular restaurant in Gordon (4.1★ · 274 reviews). 2 Lynn Ridge Avenue, Gordon

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The Greengate Hotelrestaurant

The Greengate Hotel

A popular restaurant in Gordon (4.1★ · 1929 reviews). Cnr Pacific Hwy &, Greengate Road, Killara

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Sushi Village Gordonrestaurant

Sushi Village Gordon

A popular restaurant in Gordon (4.5★ · 153 reviews). 769/767 Pacific Highway, Gordon

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the Cockatoo Bar & Restaurantvenue

the Cockatoo Bar & Restaurant

A popular venue in Gordon (3.7★ · 130 reviews). Shop 8-9/741 Pacific Highway, Gordon

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Bar Fresko Gordonvenue

Bar Fresko Gordon

A popular venue in Gordon (4.1★ · 192 reviews). 25/767 Pacific Highway, Gordon

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Greengate Parklandmark

Greengate Park

A popular landmark in Gordon (4.4★ · 139 reviews). Bruce Avenue, Killara

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Terrum-Bine Reservelandmark

Terrum-Bine Reserve

A popular landmark in Gordon (4.8★ · 5 reviews). 14A Arthur Street, Killara

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Gordon Centreshop

Gordon Centre

A popular shop in Gordon (3.8★ · 1192 reviews). 802-808 Pacific Highway, Gordon

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Gordon Village Arcadeshop

Gordon Village Arcade

A popular shop in Gordon (3.6★ · 7 reviews). 25/767 Pacific Highway, Gordon

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Education

Schools & tertiary

Primary: Gordon West or Gordon East Public; secondary: Killara High School.

Primary

Secondary

Real estate

Medians (2026)

Numbers coming soon. We're populating medians from Domain and CoreLogic — this section will fill in as the data lands.

The honest read

Pros & cons

What works

  • Gordon Centre shopping and cinema in suburb
  • Ravenswood girls' school in suburb
  • T1 train; 20 min to Wynyard
  • Civic centre with library and council services

Watch outs

  • Pacific Highway traffic
  • Apartment density rising along Pacific Highway
  • Limited heritage character on Pacific Highway side
  • Heritage controls in older streets

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