Cleveland NSW 2530

Living Here

Cleveland is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 22 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 43% of households own their home and 57% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Dapto - Avondale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cleveland itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 8 schools

  • Dapto Primary School
  • Dapto High School
  • Mount Brown Primary
  • Lakelands Public School
  • St John's Catholic Primary School
  • Kanahooka High School
  • Koonawarra Public School
  • Hayes Park Primary School
• 5 cafés & restaurants

  • Two Nine Five
  • The Shed
  • Attaboy
  • Alexander's Cafe
  • Julio's Pizza
• 5 supermarkets

  • Horsely Convenience Centre
  • Woolworths
  • ALDI
  • Coles
  • Pilipinas Emporium
• 8 parks

  • Emu Park
  • Gerringulli Park
  • Reed Park
  • Dimond Brothers Park
  • Horsley Drive Park
  • Hartigan Park
  • Karrara Park
  • Lakelands Park
• 2 Catholic churches

  • St John's Catholic Church
  • Saint Paul's Catholic Church
• 2 doctors & medical clinics

  • Dapto Family Medical Centre
  • Dapto Medical & Dental Centre
• 9 hospitals

  • Shellharbour Hospital
  • Shellharbour Private Hospital
  • Figtree Private Hospital
  • Port Kembla Hospital
  • Wollongong Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Day Surgery
  • Wollongong Hospital
  • South Coast Private Hospital
  • Victoria Street Private Hospital
• 1 childcare centre

  • Sierra VIllage Early Learning Centre
• 1 library

  • Dapto District Library
• 1 post office

  • Dapto Post Office
• 2 service stations

  • 7-Eleven
  • Coles Express
• 3 gyms & sports centres

  • Dapto Citizens Bowls Club
  • Dapto Pool
  • Webb Park Tennis Club
• 3 golf clubs

  • The Huntley
  • Kembla Grange Golf Club
  • Calderwood Valley Golf Course
• 1 playground

  • Gerringulli Playground
• 1 hairdresser

  • Tinka Hair
• 1 beauty salon

  • Enchanted Skin & Beauty
• 1 electrician

  • Easther Electrical
• 1 place to stay

  • Elsinor Motel

Getting around. Train station: Dapto, 2.5 km north-east · Railway halt: Summit Tank, 5.8 km west · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 6.5 km south.

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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: 7.8% 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 9.1% · Labour-force participation 78.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

100,475 bird observations recorded near Cleveland — most often seen:

• Common Myna (5,203)
• Welcome Swallow (4,723)
• Magpie-lark (4,589)
• Australian Magpie (4,568)
• Australian Raven (4,526)
• Willie Wagtail (4,163)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (4,119)
• Noisy Miner (4,051)
• Grey Butcherbird (3,572)
• Little Pied Cormorant (3,506)
• Superb Fairy-wren (3,504)
• Pacific Black Duck (3,452)
• Galah (3,327)

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 Cleveland:

• Avondale (1.2 km)
• Penrose (1.7 km)
• Horsley (1.7 km)
• Huntley (1.8 km)
• Dapto (2.4 km)
• Wongawilli (3.2 km)
• Koonawarra (3.5 km)
• Stream Hill (3.7 km)

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