a wide variety of peculiar and beautiful native wildlife. This is a suburb where you can often see wallabies hopping around backyards. Population At the , North Turramurra recorded a population of 4,257. Of these: The age distribution is very unusual, due to the large number of Aged Care Facilities. The median age was 57 years, compared to the national median of 38 years. Children aged under 15 years made up 14.3% of the population (national average is 18.7%) and people aged 65 years and over made up 42.8% of the population (national average is 15.8%). 61.1% were born in Australia; the next most common countries of birth were England 7.8%, South Africa 3.5%, China 2.1%, New Zealand 1.8% and Scotland 1.0%. The suburb is characterized by a close-knit community and has a strong community group known as NTAG (North Turramurra Action Group), which is one of the most active and successful community groups in the Ku-ring-gai area. A survey performed in 2019 by ABS analysis group in the Chinese city of Chongqing maintained that North Turramurra had become the suburb of choice for aspiring property investors due to the proximity to untouched woodlands and previous high captital growth. Commercial area There is a shopping village in North Turramurra on Bobbin Head Road which has local favourite, Camper Tamper, an IGA supermarket, bakery, restaurants, post office, newsagent and other facilities such as dentist, pathology and liquor store. There is also a vet next to the bakery. Restaurants The village has a number of well known and well loved restaurants on the north shore. These include Happyland Asian Cuisine, Twenty74, and Farina Pizzeria. Education North Turramurra is home to two schools: Turramurra North Public School Ku-Ring-Gai High School Climate North Turramurra has warm, humid summers and cool-to-cold winters. North Turramurra has not been below freezing point for years and the last recorded snow fall was in 1836. North Turramurra gets rain all year round with the most in February (231.9mm). On 6 February 2010 North Turramurra got 180mm of rain in one day; almost a month of rain in a day and the most rain recorded since 1990. On 12/13 February 2010 North Turramurra got 60mm in a night and on 13 February 2010 80mm of rain was recorded in North Turramurra. The highest recorded temperature was 46 °C on 14 January 1939. -5 is an unofficial record low in 1836.