Burrill Lake NSW 2539
1,376 addresses · 36 streets
Gilmore Electorate › Shoalhaven LGA › Burrill Lake · 183 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Burrill Lake is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,782 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,183 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Ulladulla statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Burrill Lake itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
2 Catholic churches
1 hospital
1 library
1 post office
3 service stations
1 gym
2 hardware stores
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: HMAS Albatross, 50.3 km north.
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: 53% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 53.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 64.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 49.6%
Population by age in Burrill Lake
| 0-4 | 98 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 203 |
| 15-19 | 80 |
| 20-24 | 57 |
| 25-34 | 178 |
| 35-44 | 206 |
| 45-54 | 177 |
| 55-64 | 275 |
| 65-74 | 297 |
| 75-84 | 155 |
| 85+ | 48 |
Dwelling types in Burrill Lake
| House | 660 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 55 |
| Apartment | 7 |
| Other | 8 |
Households by weekly income in Burrill Lake
| <$650 | 178 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 246 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 201 |
| $3,000+ | 56 |
Top ancestries in Burrill Lake
| English | 794 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 755 |
| Irish | 204 |
| Scottish | 196 |
| Ancestry NS | 99 |
| Other | 98 |
Housing tenure in Burrill Lake
| Owned | 341 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 218 |
| Rented | 144 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Burrill Lake
| 0 | 25 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 287 |
| 2 | 291 |
| 3 | 78 |
| 4+ | 32 |
Commute to work in Burrill Lake
| Car | 493 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 16 |
| Bicycle | 6 |
| Home | 62 |
Top countries of birth in Burrill Lake
| England | 55 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 22 |
| Brazil | 7 |
| Italy | 7 |
| Philippines | 7 |
| Netherlands | 6 |
Languages used at home in Burrill Lake
| Croatian | 8 |
|---|---|
| French | 4 |
| Portuguese | 4 |
| Indonesian | 4 |
| Tagalog | 4 |
| Thai | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
24,649 bird observations recorded near Burrill Lake — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,511)
- Silver Gull (1,392)
- Little Wattlebird (1,255)
- Masked Lapwing (1,216)
- Crimson Rosella (1,012)
- Australian Pelican (994)
- Great Cormorant (992)
- Australian Magpie (960)
- New Holland Honeyeater (925)
- White-faced Heron (910)
- Welcome Swallow (892)
- Magpie-lark (880)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (867)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Burrill Lake
- Little Pied Cormorant (862)
- Crested Tern (857)
- Red Wattlebird (857)
- Laughing Kookaburra (767)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (727)
- Superb Fairy-wren (714)
- Chestnut Teal (629)
- Eastern Whipbird (617)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (602)
- Grey Butcherbird (583)
- Brown Thornbill (582)
- Eastern Spinebill (570)
- Willie Wagtail (538)
- Australian Raven (525)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (478)
- Satin Bowerbird (469)
- Little Black Cormorant (466)
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 Burrill Lake:
- Dolphin Point (0.9 km)
- Kings Point (2.1 km)
- Ulladulla (4.1 km)
- Woodstock (5.3 km)
- Mollymook (5.7 km)
- Woodburn (6.5 km)
- Lake Tabourie (6.9 km)
- Mollymook Beach (7.3 km)
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Streets
- Bada Crescent (31)
- Balmoral Road (56)
- Braidwood Avenue (23)
- Canberra Crescent (108)
- Casuarina Close (20)
- Commonwealth Avenue (50)
- Como Avenue (51)
- Dolphin Point Road (18)
- Eyre Crescent (15)
- Federal Avenue (22)
- George Street (10)
- Honeysuckle Close (17)
- Ireland Street (17)
- Kendall Crescent (28)
- Lake View Drive (67)
- Lakewood Grove (20)
- Macquarie Drive (44)
- Mara Place (5)
- Maria Avenue (15)
- Mcdonald Parade (76)
- Michigan Way (22)
- Moore Street (5)
- Ontario Way (9)
- Pedder Drive (42)
- Princes Highway (146)
- Princess Avenue (29)
- Princess Avenue S (61)
- Queanbeyan Avenue (18)
- Rackham Crescent (35)
- Ronald Avenue (5)
- Superior Avenue (19)
- Thistleton Drive (44)
- Wallaroy Drive (74)
- Woodlawn Avenue (12)
- Wuru Drive (79)
- Wyoming Avenue (83)
