Barrack Heights NSW 2528

Living Here

Barrack Heights is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 6,003 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,340 a week, with median rent near $380 a week. Most homes are houses. About 66% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Warilla statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Barrack Heights itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 21 schools

  • Warilla High School
  • Warilla Public School
  • Peterborough School
  • Barrack Heights Public School
  • Amity College, Illawarra Campus
  • Mount Warrigal Public School
  • Nazareth Catholic Primary School
  • Warilla North Public School
  • Oak Flats High School
  • Shellharbour Public School

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• 19 cafés & restaurants

  • Akira Sushi
  • Cafe Els
  • Bean Roasted
  • Pacinos Cafe
  • Shellharbour Country Kitchen
  • Relish on Addison
  • Green Poppy
  • Whitehouse Cafe
  • Beach Combers
  • Village Fix

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• 7 supermarkets

  • Woolworths
  • Coles
  • Aldi
  • ALDI
  • Woolworths
  • The Source Bulk Foods
  • Woolworths
• 90 parks

  • Messenger Park
  • Jock Brown Reserve
  • Caldwell Park
  • Loftus Park
  • J N King Memorial Park
  • Remembrance Park
  • Doonside Park
  • Stewart Park
  • Blackbutt Forest Reserve
  • Brisbane Park

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• 4 beaches

  • Shellharbour North Beach
  • Shellharbour South Beach
  • Gadhu Beach
  • The Jetty
• 1 Catholic church

  • Saint Paul's Catholic Church
• 5 pharmacies

  • Warilla Pharmacy
  • Blooms The Chemist
  • Shellharbour Village Pharmacy
  • Chemist Warehouse
  • Choice Pharmacy
• 4 doctors & medical clinics

  • Centre Health Complex
  • Southern IML Warilla
  • Warilla Medical Imaging
  • Australian GP Group Medical Centre
• 2 dentists

  • My Smile Team Shellharbour
  • Shellharbour Village Dental
• 1 optometrist

  • Specsavers Warilla
• 5 hospitals

  • Shellharbour Private Hospital
  • Shellharbour Hospital
  • Port Kembla Hospital
  • Kiama Hospital & Community Health Service
  • Figtree Private Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Shell Cove Vet Clinic
• 1 childcare centre

  • Mount Warrigal Public School Preschool
• 3 libraries

  • Shellharbour City Library
  • Shellharbour Branch Library
  • Oak Flats Library
• 6 post offices

  • Barrack Heights Post Office
  • Australia Post
  • Warilla Post Office
  • Shellharbour Post Office
  • Australia Post
  • Windang Post Office
• 7 service stations

  • Ampol Barrack Heights
  • EG Australia
  • 7-Eleven
  • Shell
  • EG Australia
  • 7-Eleven Lake Illawarra
  • United Petroleum Windang
• 5 gyms & sports centres

  • Pilates Haus
  • Warilla Swimming Pool
  • Plus Fitness
  • Anytime Fitness
  • Oak Flats Swimming Pool
• 3 golf clubs

  • The Links Shell Cove
  • Port Kembla Golf Club
  • Kiama Golf Club
• 3 dog parks

  • Warilla Dog Park
  • Alex Hoffman Park Off-leash zone
  • Oak Flats Dog Park
• 3 bakeries

  • Warilla Bakery
  • Bakers Delight
  • Breadrocks
• 3 butchers

  • Bush's Meats Warilla
  • Shellharbour Meats & Smallgoods
  • Superior Meants
• 2 hardware stores

  • Clark Rubber
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 4 hairdressers

  • Volume Hair Lounge
  • Moe & Co
  • Bear's Hair & Beauty
  • Mancave Barbershop
• 6 mechanics

  • Car Master Auto
  • O'Brien's Auto Glass Shellharbour
  • Illawarra Service Centre
  • Illawarra Service Centre
  • Quicktech Auto Electrics & Air Conditioning
  • AVA Automotive Repairs
• 1 electrician

  • Easther Electrical
• 7 places to stay

  • Shellharbour Holiday Village
  • Lake Windemere
  • Shellharbour Beachside Holiday Park
  • Windang Beach Tourist Park
  • Oaklands Caravan Park
  • Lake Illawarra Village
  • Oasis by the Lake

Getting around. Train station: Shellharbour Junction, 3.3 km south · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 5.9 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 5.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 5.9% · Labour-force participation 52.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

60,634 bird observations recorded near Barrack Heights — most often seen:

• Silver Gull (4,270)
• Australian Pelican (3,705)
• Australian Magpie (3,092)
• Australian Raven (2,678)
• Little Pied Cormorant (2,677)
• Magpie-lark (2,642)
• Willie Wagtail (2,553)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (2,545)
• White-faced Heron (2,363)
• Australian White Ibis (2,334)
• Masked Lapwing (2,322)
• Black Swan (2,090)
• Welcome Swallow (2,059)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Barrack Heights:

• Barrack Point (1.2 km)
• Warilla (1.3 km)
• Shellharbour City Centre (1.6 km)
• Mount Warrigal (1.8 km)
• Shellharbour (1.9 km)
• Flinders (2.1 km)
• Blackbutt (2.1 km)
• Lake Illawarra (2.3 km)

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