Comerong Island NSW 2540

Living Here

Comerong Island is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 19 people, with a median age of 67. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Culburra Beach statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Comerong Island itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Shoalhaven Heads Public School
  • Greenwell Point Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • tabletalk cafe
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 5 parks

  • Curtis Reserve
  • Jerry Bailey Reserve
  • Shoalhaven Heads Memorial Park
  • C H Gumley Reserve
  • Vic Zealand Memorial Reserve
• 1 Catholic church

  • Our Lady Help of Christians
• 3 hospitals

  • David Berry Hospital
  • Nowra Private Hospital
  • Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
• 2 post offices

  • Shoalhaven Heads Post Office
  • Greenwell Point Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Ampol Shoalhaven Heads
• 1 gym

  • Greenwell Point Village Pool
• 2 golf clubs

  • Shoalhaven Heads Golf Course
  • Worrigee Links Golf Course
• 1 plumber

  • Dynamic Tradies
• 10 places to stay

  • Coastal Palms Tourist Park
  • Mountain View Resort
  • Tall Timbers Tourist Park
  • Pine Park Tourist Grounds and Marina
  • Anglers Rest Caravan Park
  • South Coast Retreat
  • Anchor Bay Motel
  • Holiday Haven Tourist Park
  • Coral Tree Lodge Tourist Park
  • Merribee

Getting around. Train station: Berry, 10.7 km north · Airport: HMAS Albatross, 18.8 km south-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: 48.5% 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

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

57,108 bird observations recorded near Comerong Island — most often seen:

• Australian Pelican (3,448)
• Silver Gull (3,120)
• Australian Pied Oystercatcher (2,961)
• Australian Raven (2,520)
• Eastern Curlew (2,512)
• Bar-tailed Godwit (2,502)
• Crested Tern (2,415)
• Little Pied Cormorant (2,264)
• Red-capped Plover (2,242)
• White-faced Heron (2,126)
• Masked Lapwing (2,109)
• Superb Fairy-wren (2,078)
• Red-necked Stint (1,791)

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 Comerong Island:

• Shoalhaven Heads (2.6 km)
• Coolangatta (2.8 km)
• Greenwell Point (4.2 km)
• Orient Point (4.4 km)
• Numbaa (5.1 km)
• Far Meadow (5.9 km)
• Back Forest (6 km)
• Pyree (6.2 km)

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