Kembla Heights NSW 2526

Living Here

Kembla Heights is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 88 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,265 a week, with median rent near $355 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 100% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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: Kembla Heights itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 13 schools

  • Mount Kembla Public School
  • Illawarra Christian School
  • Craig Davis College
  • Unanderra Public School
  • Cedars Christian College
  • Nareena Hills Public School
  • St Pius X Catholic Primary School
  • Farmborough Road Public School
  • Figtree Heights Public School
  • Figtree Public School

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• 2 parks

  • Mt Kembla Summit Park
  • Gerard Park
• 5 Catholic churches

  • St Therese
  • St John's Catholic Church
  • Sacred Heart Church
  • St John Vianney Co-Cathedral
  • St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
• 10 hospitals

  • Figtree Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Day Surgery
  • Wollongong Hospital
  • South Coast Private Hospital
  • Victoria Street Private Hospital
  • Port Kembla Hospital
  • Bulli District Hospital
  • Shellharbour Hospital
  • Shellharbour Private Hospital
• 1 library

  • Unanderra Library
• 2 golf clubs

  • Kembla Grange Golf Club
  • Wollongong 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

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

Getting around. Train station: Unanderra, 4.4 km south-east · Railway halt: Kembla Grange, 4.5 km south · Bus interchange: Station St opp Wollongong Station, 7.4 km east · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 14.4 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: 91.8% 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 2.4% · Labour-force participation 57.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

122,580 bird observations recorded near Kembla Heights — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (8,518)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (8,147)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (7,088)
• Grey Butcherbird (6,633)
• Common Myna (6,621)
• Little Wattlebird (6,020)
• Magpie-lark (5,818)
• Australian Raven (5,554)
• Eastern Spinebill (5,457)
• Australian Magpie (5,280)
• Eastern Whipbird (5,173)
• Laughing Kookaburra (4,569)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (4,457)

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 Kembla Heights:

• Mount Kembla (1.3 km)
• Cordeaux Heights (2.6 km)
• Farmborough Heights (3.2 km)
• Unanderra (4.1 km)
• Figtree (4.1 km)
• Kembla Grange (4.9 km)
• Mount Keira (4.9 km)
• Dombarton (5.2 km)

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