Fairy Meadow NSW 2519

Living Here

Fairy Meadow is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 7,512 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,407 a week, with median rent near $390 a week. Most homes are houses. About 57% of households own their home and 42% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Balgownie - Fairy Meadow statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Fairy Meadow itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 34 schools

  • Fairy Meadow Demonstration School
  • Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School
  • Towradgi Public School
  • Mount Ousley Public School
  • Wollongong Flexible School
  • Elonera Montessori School
  • Tarrawanna Public School
  • Wollongong High School
  • Keira High School
  • Corrimal East Public School

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• 27 cafés & restaurants

  • Two Doors Up Cafe & Bar
  • Foodiezz Stop
  • Villa d'Oro
  • Outback Steakhouse
  • Pizza Hut
  • Sketch Coffee and Art
  • Pool Unique Cafe
  • The Lagoon Deck Bar & Kiosk
  • The Lagoon Seafood Restaurant
  • Panizzi

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• 7 supermarkets

  • Aldi
  • Coles
  • Woolworths
  • Woolworths
  • Coles
  • Foodworks
  • Wan Long Oriental Supermarket
• 33 parks

  • Guest Park
  • Cram Park
  • Pop Errington Park
  • Centaur Park
  • Strone Park
  • Balfour Park
  • Dymock Street Reserve
  • Mcarther Park
  • War Memorial Park
  • Bass Park

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• 5 beaches

  • Towradgi Beach
  • North Beach
  • Brighton Beach
  • Corrimal Beach
  • City Beach
• 7 Catholic churches

  • St John Vianney Co-Cathedral
  • St Columbkille's Catholic Church
  • Sacred Heart Church
  • St Therese
  • Woonona Presbyterian Community Church
  • St Joseph's Catholic Church
  • St Michael's Catholic Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • Advantage Pharmacy
• 2 doctors & medical clinics

  • Northfields Psychology Clinic (22)
  • Wollongong Campus Medical Centre
• 3 dentists

  • Campus Dental
  • Wollongong Dental
  • Jones Dental
• 10 hospitals

  • Victoria Street Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Hospital
  • South Coast Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Day Surgery
  • Wollongong Private Hospital
  • Bulli District Hospital
  • Figtree Private Hospital
  • Ramsay Clinic Thirroul
  • Port Kembla Hospital
  • Coledale Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Greencross Veterinary Clinic Fairy Meadow
• 2 childcare & kindergartens

  • Kids’ Uni (Child Care Centre) (10)
  • Coolgardie Children's Centre
• 3 libraries

  • Corrimal Library
  • University of Wollongong Library (16)
  • Wollongong City Library
• 10 post offices

  • Australia Post
  • Tarrawanna Post Office
  • Towradgi Post Office
  • Balgownie Post Office
  • Corrimal Post Office
  • Gwynneville Post Office, Lotteries & Art Hub
  • Gwynnville Post Office
  • Kieravile Post Ofice
  • Wollongong Post Office
  • Wollongong West Post Office
• 11 service stations

  • Prime
  • BP
  • Freedom Fuel
  • Metro Petroleum Balgownie
  • 7-Eleven
  • Shell Service Station
  • Shell
  • Ampol Foodary Wollongong North
  • Ampol
  • EG Australia

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• 10 gyms & sports centres

  • Fairy Meadow Bowling Club
  • Anytime Fitness
  • University Recreation & Aquatic Centre (URAC) (13)
  • Corrimal Heated Pool
  • Snake Pit Basket Ball Stadium
  • Multi-Purpose Unit
  • Beaton Park Leisure Centre
  • Younga Yoga Studio
  • Club Lime
  • Fittech Studios
• 2 golf clubs

  • Russell Vale Public Golf Course
  • Wollongong Golf Club
• 1 playground

  • Guest Park
• 2 bakeries

  • Bakers Delight
  • Corrimal Bakery
• 1 butcher

  • East Corrimal Butcher
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 mechanic

  • George's Auto Prestige
• 1 electrician

  • Simmark Wollongong
• 1 plumber

  • The Clean Plumber Wollongong
• 14 places to stay

  • Wollongong Surf Leisure Resort
  • North Wollongong Hotel
  • Normandie Motel
  • Novotel
  • Corrimal Beach Tourist Park
  • Kalara College Accomodation
  • Wollongong Serviced Appartments
  • Quest
  • Adina
  • Downtown Motel

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Getting around. Train station: Fairy Meadow, 300 m south-east · Railway halt: Lysaghts, 7 km south · Bus interchange: Station St opp Wollongong Station, 3.8 km south · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 20.8 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 26.1% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 5.7% · Labour-force participation 55.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

154,944 bird observations recorded near Fairy Meadow — most often seen:

• Common Myna (9,762)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (8,907)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (7,855)
• Silver Gull (7,612)
• Magpie-lark (7,339)
• Australian Raven (6,689)
• Australian Magpie (6,249)
• Noisy Miner (6,156)
• Little Wattlebird (6,099)
• Satin Bowerbird (5,133)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (5,041)
• Welcome Swallow (5,035)
• Dusky Moorhen (4,912)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Fairy Meadow:

• Fernhill (1.2 km)
• Towradgi (1.3 km)
• Mount Ousley (1.4 km)
• Balgownie (1.7 km)
• Tarrawanna (1.7 km)
• North Wollongong (2.1 km)
• Mount Pleasant (2.3 km)
• East Corrimal (2.4 km)

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