Suburby Get to know your Aussie suburb
List your business

Figtree NSW 2525

5,469 addresses · 136 streets

Cunningham Electorate › Wollongong LGA › Figtree · 71 km from Sydney

📦 Thinking of moving here? Read the Figtree moving guide

Living Here

Figtree is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 12,335 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,042 a week, with median rent near $430 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 18% 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.

12,335Population
40Median age
$2,042Median household income / wk
$430Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Unanderra, 2.4 km south · Railway halt: Lysaghts, 3.1 km south-east · Bus interchange: Station St opp Wollongong Station, 3.4 km east · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 15.1 km south.

Run a business in Figtree? Get listed →

Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 9/10
Economic resources7/10
Education & jobs8/10

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: 28.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Figtree

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

Tree cover measures, Figtree NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202028.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202167.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 61.2%

Population by age in Figtree
Population by age, Figtree NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4722
5-141,705
15-19875
20-24776
25-341,259
35-441,625
45-541,687
55-641,343
65-741,197
75-84820
85+322
Dwelling types in Figtree
Dwelling types, Figtree NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House3,535
Townhouse417
Apartment181
Other154
Households by weekly income in Figtree
Households by weekly income, Figtree NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650595
$650-1,4991,031
$1,500-2,9991,195
$3,000+1,251
Top ancestries in Figtree
Top ancestries, Figtree NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian4,159
English4,075
Other1,303
Scottish1,222
Irish1,116
Italian833
Housing tenure in Figtree
Housing tenure, Figtree NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,747
Mortgage1,695
Rented748
Other63
Cars per household in Figtree
Cars per household, Figtree NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0184
11,230
21,840
3605
4+393
Commute to work in Figtree
Commute to work, Figtree NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car3,072
Train11
Bus25
Tram/ferry0
Walked58
Bicycle19
Home1,663
Top countries of birth in Figtree
Top countries of birth, Figtree NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England405
North Macedonia213
China202
India162
Italy141
New Zealand127
Languages used at home in Figtree
Languages used at home, Figtree NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Macedonian339
Mandarin286
Italian194
Arabic188
Greek168
Serbian166

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

219,946 bird observations recorded near Figtree — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Figtree

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 Figtree:

Embed this suburb

Add this free Figtree stat card to your own site — just copy the code:

Preview:

Cite this page

Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:

Keep an eye on Figtree

One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Streets

Image — From figtree · CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).