Joe Hockey has been honoured to represent the residents of the North Sydney federal electorate since his election to Parliament in 1996.

The North Sydney electorate was created for the first federal parliamentary elections following Federation in 1901. Back then the electorate included all of Sydney’s northern suburbs and the Manly Warringah peninsula. As Sydney’s population grew, more electorates were created on the north shore and North Sydney has progressively reduced in area to become, one of the smallest but most densely populated electorates in the federal parliament, covering an area of approximately 40 square kilometres.

Currently the North Sydney electorate extends from Cremorne to the eastern edge of Gladesville and from the Harbour to North Willoughby. It includes major business centres like North Sydney, which is one of Australia’s largest CBDs, and is the base for approximately 20,000 small businesses.

North Sydney is a culturally vibrant part of Sydney and almost one third of residents were born overseas.

Relative to other parts of NSW, the electorate is also distinguished by having among the highest proportion of residents holding university qualifications and women in the workforce (almost 50% of women). Unemployment levels in North Sydney are among the lowest in Australia.

Despite being so close to the centre of Sydney, residents enjoy the benefits of many wonderful local parks and recreational areas, bushland and heritage precincts and, of course, Sydney’s beautiful Harbour foreshores. A strong community spirit typifies the area and local residents benefit from the work of hundreds of volunteer services – ranging from Meals on Wheels to resettlement services for new migrants.

The electorate includes the North Sydney and Hunters Hill municipalities and parts of Lane Cove and Willoughby local government areas.