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Wahroonga is a leafy garden suburb on Sydney’s Upper North Shore, with wide tree-lined streets, generous established blocks and a genteel residential feel from early 20th century Federation and Californian bungalow homes alongside renovated family houses and some contemporary infill. The area leans towards families and professionals, with a median age of 44 and most homes owner-occupied (a combined 81.4%).

A compact village strip by the railway provides cafes, boutiques and everyday services, while pockets of bushland and nearby national parkland give walking tracks and weekend escape options. The railway station has seen an accessibility upgrade with a new lift, ramps and improved links to the shopping village, and the council is guiding staged park and playspace improvements around Wahroonga Park, Eldinhope Green and the local centre. Whether that suits you comes down to what you’re after in a suburb.

On the figures here, buying a house in Wahroonga works out to about 14.7 times a typical local annual household income at the last Census, which sits well above local incomes. A unit at $900,000 is about 5.8 times a typical local annual household income, putting unit prices somewhat above local incomes.

For renters, a house rent of $1,350 a week would take about 45% of a typical local household's weekly income at the last Census, a large share, while a unit rent of $750 a week would take about 25% of that weekly income, a moderate share. Whether that feels expensive depends on your own income and circumstances.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Over the past 12 months in Wahroonga the clearest movement is a strong rise in unit values, which climbed 15.7%. House values moved the other way, falling modestly by 2.3% over the same period. Rents rose for both property types: house rents increased strongly by 12.5% and unit rents also rose strongly by 10.3%. Put together, the figures show that units provided the strongest capital gain this year while both houses and units saw strong rental growth, with house rents edging ahead of unit rents. For someone weighing Wahroonga up as an investment, those are the headline trade-offs to compare against your own goals.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.