Braemar NSW 2575

Living Here

Braemar is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 966 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,930 a week, with median rent near $570 a week. Most homes are houses. About 70% of households own their home and 30% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 6 schools

  • Tangara School
  • Highlands School
  • St Michael's Primary School
  • Colo Vale Public School
  • Frensham Girls School
  • Mittagong Primary School
• 3 parks

  • Alymerton Reserve
  • Memorial Park
  • Colo Street Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Michael's Catholic Church
• 2 dentists

  • CBD Dental
  • Teeth @ Mittagong
• 1 physiotherapist

  • Mittagong Physio & Pilates
• 1 optometrist

  • Specsavers
• 2 hospitals

  • Southern Highlands Private Hospital
  • Bowral and District Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Mittagong Vet
• 1 library

  • Mittagong Public Library
• 1 post office

  • Mittagong Post Office
• 4 service stations

  • Shell
  • Reddy Express
  • BP Mittagong
  • Caltex
• 3 gyms & sports centres

  • Mittagong Recreation Centre
  • Recreation Centre
  • Mittagong Oval
• 4 golf clubs

  • Highlands Golf Club
  • Gibraltar Hotel Bowral Golf Course
  • Peppers Craigieburn Golf Course
  • Bowral Golf Club
• 1 butcher

  • Williams Quality Meats
• 4 hardware stores

  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Stihl
  • Irelands Machinery
  • Gubbins Pulbrook Mitre 10 - Mittagong Store
• 8 places to stay

  • Braemar Lodge Motel
  • The Prince Albert Inn
  • Poplars Inn Mittagong
  • Mittagong Holiday Park
  • Mittagong Motel
  • Motel Melrose
  • Grand Country Lodge
  • Mittagong RSL Club Motel

Getting around. Train station: Mittagong, 3.7 km south-west · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 31.8 km south-east.

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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: 12.8% 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 2.4% · Labour-force participation 69.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

10,097 bird observations recorded near Braemar — most often seen:

• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (605)
• Australian Magpie (603)
• Australian Wood Duck (572)
• Crimson Rosella (570)
• Dusky Moorhen (522)
• Pacific Black Duck (519)
• Noisy Miner (456)
• Pied Currawong (437)
• Laughing Kookaburra (405)
• Magpie-lark (390)
• Common Myna (348)
• Australian King-parrot (334)
• Eurasian Coot (310)

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 Braemar:

• Willow Vale (0.9 km)
• Balaclava (1.1 km)
• Renwick (2 km)
• Aylmerton (2 km)
• Colo Vale (3.5 km)
• Mittagong (3.7 km)
• Alpine (4.7 km)
• Welby (5.1 km)

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