| Type: | suburb |
| Warriewood | |
| City: | Sydney |
| State: | NSW |
| Map Type: | nomap |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 12 |
| Lga: | Northern Beaches Council |
| Postcode: | 2102 |
| Pop: | 8,379 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation: | 8 |
| Area: | 4.2 |
| Stategov: | Pittwater |
| Fedgov: | Mackellar |
| Coordinates: | -33.6938°N 151.3046°W |
| Near-Nw: | Ingleside |
| Near-N: | Mona Vale |
| Near-Ne: | Mona Vale |
| Near-W: | Ingleside |
| Near-E: | Tasman Sea |
| Near-Sw: | Elanora Heights |
| Near-S: | North Narrabeen |
| Near-Se: | North Narrabeen |
| Dist1: | 26 |
| Dir1: | north |
| Location1: | Sydney CBD |
Warriewood is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Warriewood is located 26 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. Warriewood is part of the Northern Beaches region.
Warriewood takes its name from the Warriewood Estate that was subdivided in 1906 by Henry F. Halloran, who had purchased it from the McPherson family.[2]
Warriewood Square (previously known as Centro Warriewood) is a medium-size shopping centre in the southern part of the suburb.[3] There is also a small cluster of shops located on Narrabeen Park Parade opposite Warriewood Beach. The suburb also contains a cinema complex, industrial area, a mini putt-putt golf, golf driving range and a McDonald's restaurant.
Warriewood has a Catholic high school, Mater Maria Catholic College. The local primary school is North Narrabeen Public however, some students appeal to attend Mona Vale Public School or take the Opportunity Class for MVPS. Depending on the student's address Narrabeen Sports High and Pittwater High the two main high schools.
Warriewood Valley was identified by the NSW State Government as a potential land release area. It was subsequently rezoned to allow intensification of residential dwellings and infrastructure. The rezoning and development of Warriewood valley has also resulted in the cleaning up of the water bodies and wetlands and water management techniques were applied to deal with the flooding.[4]
As of the 2016 Census, 49.1% of the dwellings in Warriewood were separate houses, 26.8% were semi-detached, and 23.8% were flats or apartments.
As of the 2016 Census, Warriewood had a population of 7,501. Their median age was 39, similar to the national median of 38. 70.0% of people were born in Australia; the most common other countries of birth were England 7.2%, New Zealand 2.0%, South Africa 1.6%, Brazil 1.1% and China 0.7%. 80.5% of people only spoke English at home; other languages spoken included Portuguese 1.4%, Italian 1.1%, Serbian 1.1%, Croatian 0.9% and German 0.9%. The most commonly reported religious affiliation was No Religion 28.1%, followed by Catholic 26.6%, Anglican 19.8%, and Uniting Church 3.7%.
Warriewood is serviced by the B-Line bus service, launched in November 2017 with buses running between Mona Vale and Wynyard. Warriewood has undercover bus shelters located on both sides of Pittwater Road and a dedicated two-storey commuter car park on the eastern side of the road. The 185, 182 are the main buses that run through the suburb alongside the 199 and B-Line.
Warriewood Wetlands contains several Endangered Ecological Communities.