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Fernhill NSW 2519

596 addresses · 14 streets

Cunningham Electorate › Wollongong LGA › Fernhill · 64 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Fernhill is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 987 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,107 a week, with median rent near $190 a week. Most homes are houses. About 47% of households own their home and 52% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

987Population
45Median age
$1,107Median household income / wk
$190Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

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: Fernhill itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Towradgi, 1.2 km east · Railway halt: Lysaghts, 8 km south · Bus interchange: Station St opp Wollongong Station, 4.8 km south · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 21.5 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 7.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Fernhill

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Fernhill NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20207.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202134.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 45.2%

Population by age in Fernhill
Population by age, Fernhill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-466
5-1493
15-1952
20-2463
25-3497
35-44118
45-54122
55-64124
65-74151
75-8484
85+26
Dwelling types in Fernhill
Dwelling types, Fernhill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House276
Townhouse101
Apartment44
Other0
Households by weekly income in Fernhill
Households by weekly income, Fernhill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650128
$650-1,49993
$1,500-2,999105
$3,000+56
Top ancestries in Fernhill
Top ancestries, Fernhill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian356
English313
Other110
Scottish100
Irish94
Italian68
Housing tenure in Fernhill
Housing tenure, Fernhill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned101
Mortgage91
Rented211
Other3
Cars per household in Fernhill
Cars per household, Fernhill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
084
1137
2111
351
4+23
Commute to work in Fernhill
Commute to work, Fernhill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car176
Train5
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked8
Bicycle4
Home101
Top countries of birth in Fernhill
Top countries of birth, Fernhill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England35
Italy19
India9
New Zealand9
Scotland9
Turkey7
Languages used at home in Fernhill
Languages used at home, Fernhill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Italian30
Turkish24
Vietnamese16
Greek10
Spanish9
Samoan7

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

150,486 bird observations recorded near Fernhill — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Fernhill

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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