Dunmore NSW 2529
450 addresses · 27 streets
Whitlam Electorate › Shellharbour LGA › Dunmore · 88 km from Sydney
Living Here
Dunmore is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 318 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,214 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Shellharbour - Flinders statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dunmore itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 supermarkets
2 Catholic churches
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
1 dentist
1 vet
1 childcare centre
2 post offices
1 service station
1 bakery
1 butcher
2 hardware stores
1 hairdresser
1 electrician
Getting around. Train station: Shellharbour Junction, 900 m north · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 6.5 km north-west.
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: 30.9% 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 | 30.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 46.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 63.6%
Population by age in Dunmore
| 0-4 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 51 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 41 |
| 35-44 | 42 |
| 45-54 | 32 |
| 55-64 | 53 |
| 65-74 | 40 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Dunmore
| House | 105 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 5 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dunmore
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 25 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 42 |
| $3,000+ | 25 |
Top ancestries in Dunmore
| English | 113 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 104 |
| Scottish | 42 |
| Irish | 35 |
| Other | 25 |
| Italian | 23 |
Housing tenure in Dunmore
| Owned | 49 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 42 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Dunmore
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 58 |
| 3 | 21 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Dunmore
| Car | 81 |
|---|---|
| Train | 3 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 41 |
Top countries of birth in Dunmore
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 4 |
| Indonesia | 3 |
| Malta | 3 |
| Pakistan | 3 |
Languages used at home in Dunmore
| Malayalam | 7 |
|---|---|
| Urdu | 3 |
| Indonesian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
51,918 bird observations recorded near Dunmore — most often seen:
- Australian Raven (3,103)
- Silver Gull (3,029)
- Australian Magpie (2,946)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (2,434)
- Willie Wagtail (2,427)
- Welcome Swallow (2,378)
- Magpie-lark (2,313)
- Superb Fairy-wren (2,167)
- Australian Pelican (2,035)
- White-faced Heron (1,867)
- Australian White Ibis (1,753)
- Little Pied Cormorant (1,742)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (1,639)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dunmore
- Pacific Black Duck (1,550)
- Red-whiskered Bulbul (1,533)
- New Holland Honeyeater (1,523)
- Red Wattlebird (1,479)
- Masked Lapwing (1,453)
- Common Myna (1,384)
- Great Cormorant (1,283)
- Little Wattlebird (1,265)
- Black Swan (1,250)
- Grey Fantail (1,238)
- Silvereye (1,228)
- Common Starling (1,212)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (1,172)
- Eastern Whipbird (1,170)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,143)
- Little Black Cormorant (1,115)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,087)
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 Dunmore:
- Shell Cove (1.9 km)
- Flinders (2.1 km)
- Shellharbour (3 km)
- Minnamurra (3.2 km)
- Blackbutt (3.3 km)
- Croom (3.6 km)
- Shellharbour City Centre (3.7 km)
- Barrack Heights (4.1 km)
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Streets
- Allawah Place (15)
- Andromeda Road (18)
- Aurora Avenue (63)
- Browns Lane (5)
- Browns Road (3)
- Buckleys Road (5)
- Celestial Avenue (32)
- Dunmore Road (32)
- Factory Lane (1)
- Fig Hill Lane (3)
- Fuller Drive (14)
- Galactic Drive (65)
- James Road (9)
- Minnamurra Lane (3)
- Nebula Way (22)
- Piper Drive (13)
- Pluto Place (17)
- Princes Highway (3)
- Riverside Drive (5)
- Rocklow Road (2)
- Saturn Crescent (27)
- Shellharbour Road (1)
- Solstice Drive (32)
- Swamp Road (21)
- Tabbita Road (2)
- Universal Avenue (26)
- Venus Road (11)
