Farmborough Heights NSW 2526

Living Here

Farmborough Heights is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 4,179 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $2,234 a week, with median rent near $450 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Unanderra - Mount Kembla statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Farmborough Heights itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 19 schools

  • Cedars Christian College
  • Farmborough Road Public School
  • Craig Davis College
  • Illawarra Christian School
  • Unanderra Public School
  • St Pius X Catholic Primary School
  • Mount Kembla Public School
  • Berkeley West Public School
  • Figtree Public School
  • Figtree High School

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• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • AGA Club Germania
  • Ambiance Ristorante
• 1 supermarket

  • Woolworths
• 14 parks

  • Farmborough Heights Park
  • Gerard Park
  • Bristol Parade Park
  • Millingaa Park
  • Fairloch Park
  • Ian McLennan Park
  • Orana Park
  • Todd Park
  • Sheargold Park
  • Macedonia Park

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• 4 Catholic churches

  • St John's Catholic Church
  • St Therese
  • St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
  • Sacred Heart Church
• 9 hospitals

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

  • Kindy Korner Child Care Centre
• 2 libraries

  • Unanderra Library
  • Dapto District Library
• 2 post offices

  • Brownsville Licensed Post Office
  • Australia Post
• 4 service stations

  • EG Ampol
  • Ampol
  • Mobil Berkeley
  • Ampol
• 5 gyms & sports centres

  • BHP Sports Stadium
  • Kembla Grange Race Course
  • Illawarra Sports Stadium
  • Berkeley Sports Club
  • Lakeside Leisure Centre
• 3 golf clubs

  • Kembla Grange Golf Club
  • Wollongong Golf Club
  • Port Kembla Golf Club
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Kembla Grange
• 1 mechanic

  • Unanderra Mechanical & Auto Electrics
• 1 electrician

  • Simmark Wollongong
• 1 plumber

  • The Clean Plumber Wollongong
• 4 places to stay

  • Pilgrim Lodge (Nan Tien Temple)
  • Elsinor Motel
  • Sovereign Motel
  • Figtree Gardens Caravan Park

Getting around. Train station: Unanderra, 2.4 km east · Railway halt: Kembla Grange, 1.5 km south · Bus interchange: Station St opp Wollongong Station, 7.1 km north-east · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 11.7 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: 37.1% 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 3.7% · Labour-force participation 63.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

166,680 bird observations recorded near Farmborough Heights — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (11,129)
• Common Myna (10,372)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (9,035)
• Magpie-lark (8,881)
• Grey Butcherbird (8,512)
• Australian Raven (8,114)
• Australian Magpie (7,902)
• Little Wattlebird (7,720)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (7,245)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (6,600)
• Eastern Spinebill (5,793)
• Eastern Whipbird (5,374)
• Noisy Miner (5,126)

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 Farmborough Heights:

• Cordeaux Heights (1.7 km)
• Unanderra (1.9 km)
• Mount Kembla (2.8 km)
• Brownsville (3.2 km)
• Kembla Heights (3.2 km)
• Berkeley (3.3 km)
• Kembla Grange (3.3 km)
• Stream Hill (4 km)

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