St Leonards is a suburb on the lower
North Shore of
Sydney
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, Australia. St Leonards is located north-west of the
Sydney central business district
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and lies across the
local government area
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s of
Municipality of Lane Cove
The Lane Cove Council is a Local government in Australia, local government area located on the North Shore (Sydney), Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The administrative seat of Lane Cove is located north-west of the Sydn ...
,
North Sydney Council and the
City of Willoughby
The City of Willoughby is a Local government in Australia, local government area on the North Shore (Sydney), Lower North Shore of Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located north of the Sydney central business d ...
.
History
St Leonards was named after
English statesman
Viscount Sydney of
St Leonards. Originally, St Leonards applied to the whole area from the present suburb of
North Sydney
North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. And is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council.
History
The Indigenous people on the s ...
to
Gore Hill
Gore Hill is an urban locality on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Gore Hill is located within the southern part of the suburb of Artarmon, and the north-west of the suburb of St Leonards.
History
It takes its ...
. The township of St Leonards in 1883 is now North Sydney.
St Leonards railway station
St Leonards railway station is a suburban railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the City of Willoughby, Lane Cove Council and North Sydney Council suburb of St Leonards including the nearby Artarmon Industrial Area and Go ...
is the oldest railway station on the
North Shore railway line
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opening in 1890.
Gore Hill Cemetery was established on the
Pacific Highway in 1868 and was the main burial site for the area until its closure in 1975. It is still maintained as a heritage site by the Department of Local Government and Lands, Willoughby Municipal Council and the Heritage Council of New South Wales.
Heritage listings
St Leonards has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Pacific Highway:
Gore Hill Cemetery
Population
In the
2021 Census, there were 7,212 people in St Leonards. 36.7% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China (without
SARs
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and Taiwan) 9.6%, India 5.5%, Hong Kong 4.9%, Japan 4.4%, and England 3.3%. 47.5% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 11.8%, Cantonese 7.9%, Japanese 4.9%, Hindi 2.6% and Korean 2.4%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 49.1% and Catholic 14.9%.
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Commercial area
St Leonards has a commercial centre that complements the role of
Chatswood,
Lane Cove and
North Sydney
North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. And is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council.
History
The Indigenous people on the s ...
as one of the centres for business on the
North Shore of Sydney. Until the 2010s, St Leonards contained one of Sydney's suburban
skyscraper
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clusters, with major offices for large companies including
CIMIC Group
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History
Founded in 194 ...
,
IBM
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,
Lenovo
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,
Manchester Unity,
Oporto,
Savvytel,
Toyota Australia
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,
2UE
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History 1920s 2EU
Electrical Utilities applied to the P ...
, and
Channel 31.
Fox Sports
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studios are located at the Gore Hill end.
The Forum

The Forum is built over the
railway station
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and comprises three commercial office buildings, two residential towers containing 782 apartments, an independent mini-supermarket, and 34 food and retail shops.
Forum Tower (118m/38 stories) was the suburb's first high-rise apartment building complex completed in August 1999 and Forum West 3 three years later. Both buildings boast a concierge, pool, spa, gym and private & public car parking facilities each. Winten Property Group was responsible for the construction of both Forum buildings.
The Plaza also contains offices for
Cisco
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,
Verizon Business,
Getty Images
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among other companies.
Transport
St Leonards railway station
St Leonards railway station is a suburban railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the City of Willoughby, Lane Cove Council and North Sydney Council suburb of St Leonards including the nearby Artarmon Industrial Area and Go ...
is on the
North Shore railway line
The North Shore Line is a railway line serving the North Shore in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The North Shore Line extends from Sydney Central station through the western limb of the City Circle, across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and ...
of the
Sydney Trains
Sydney Trains is the brand name and operator of Railways in Sydney, suburban and intercity train services in and around Greater Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.
The metropolitan part of the network is a hybrid urban rail, urban-suburban r ...
network. The
Pacific Highway is the major road through the suburb. Bus services through St Leonards are operated by
Busways,
CDC NSW,
Keolis Downer Northern Beaches,
Transdev John Holland
Transdev John Holland Buses is a bus operator in Sydney, Australia. A joint venture between Transdev Australasia, Transdev and John Holland Group, John Holland, it operates services in Sydney Metropolitan Bus Service Contracts, Sydney Bus Regio ...
and
Transit Systems
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History
...
.
Health

A major landuse in the suburb is the
Royal North Shore Hospital which is the largest hospitals in Sydney.
Schools and churches
*A campus of the
University of Technology, Sydney
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*The campus of Northern Sydney
TAFE
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*Northside Community Church
*Royal North Shore Hospital Chapel
Sport and recreation
St Leonards has developed into somewhat of a home for
rugby union
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with the former headquarters of the
Australian Rugby Union
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located at St Leonards (2007-2018), from neighbouring
North Sydney
North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. And is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council.
History
The Indigenous people on the s ...
. The
Northern Suburbs Rugby Club has its clubhouse in St Leonards, featuring the Cabana Bar and Lounge. It also has a popula
Rock Climbing Facilityfor the climbing community.
Gore Hill Oval, located on the grounds of Royal North Shore Hospital, is a synthetic field for AFL & cricket, ½ basketball court, handball courts, perimeter walking track, 2 exercise equipment stations and a playground.
It is also the home ground of
Australian rules football
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club, North Shore Bombers.
References
External links
Willoughby City CouncilSt Leonards- community profile
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Suburbs of Sydney
1853 establishments in Australia
City of Willoughby
Lane Cove Council
North Sydney Council
North Shore (Sydney)