Mangerton NSW 2500
1,519 addresses · 28 streets
Cunningham Electorate › Wollongong LGA › Mangerton · 70 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Mangerton is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 2,862 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $2,147 a week, with median rent near $353 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wollongong statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mangerton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 dentists
2 childcare & kindergartens
1 playground
2 bakeries
1 hardware store
2 hairdressers
1 electrician
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Coniston, 1.3 km south-east · Railway halt: Lysaghts, 2.7 km south · Bus interchange: Station St opp Wollongong Station, 1.4 km east · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 16.2 km south-west.
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: 28.8% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 28.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 83.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.9% · Labour-force participation 62.9%
Population by age in Mangerton
| 0-4 | 160 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 362 |
| 15-19 | 204 |
| 20-24 | 192 |
| 25-34 | 358 |
| 35-44 | 395 |
| 45-54 | 430 |
| 55-64 | 359 |
| 65-74 | 258 |
| 75-84 | 114 |
| 85+ | 33 |
Dwelling types in Mangerton
| House | 748 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 122 |
| Apartment | 168 |
| Other | 6 |
Households by weekly income in Mangerton
| <$650 | 148 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 200 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 269 |
| $3,000+ | 346 |
Top ancestries in Mangerton
| English | 1,016 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 955 |
| Irish | 362 |
| Scottish | 334 |
| Other | 265 |
| Italian | 168 |
Housing tenure in Mangerton
| Owned | 354 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 394 |
| Rented | 271 |
| Other | 13 |
Cars per household in Mangerton
| 0 | 90 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 308 |
| 2 | 406 |
| 3 | 158 |
| 4+ | 74 |
Commute to work in Mangerton
| Car | 665 |
|---|---|
| Train | 6 |
| Bus | 5 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 13 |
| Bicycle | 9 |
| Home | 454 |
Top countries of birth in Mangerton
| England | 99 |
|---|---|
| China | 32 |
| India | 30 |
| New Zealand | 29 |
| Greece | 18 |
| United States | 18 |
Languages used at home in Mangerton
| Greek | 48 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 43 |
| Macedonian | 35 |
| Arabic | 33 |
| Italian | 23 |
| Serbian | 21 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
216,870 bird observations recorded near Mangerton — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (14,663)
- Common Myna (13,407)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (12,783)
- Magpie-lark (11,575)
- Little Wattlebird (10,468)
- Australian Raven (10,067)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (9,928)
- Grey Butcherbird (9,917)
- Australian Magpie (9,892)
- Noisy Miner (7,895)
- Satin Bowerbird (7,777)
- Eastern Spinebill (7,705)
- Laughing Kookaburra (7,428)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mangerton
- Silver Gull (6,857)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (6,613)
- Australian King-parrot (5,914)
- Welcome Swallow (5,765)
- Eastern Whipbird (5,718)
- Crested Pigeon (5,011)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (4,839)
- Australian Wood Duck (4,784)
- Crimson Rosella (4,738)
- Red-whiskered Bulbul (4,496)
- Superb Fairy-wren (4,412)
- Masked Lapwing (4,344)
- Grey Fantail (4,172)
- White-browed Scrubwren (4,102)
- Dusky Moorhen (3,983)
- Willie Wagtail (3,816)
- Pacific Black Duck (3,801)
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 Mangerton:
- West Wollongong (0.9 km)
- Coniston (1 km)
- Mount Saint Thomas (1.2 km)
- Spring Hill (1.7 km)
- Figtree (1.9 km)
- Wollongong (1.9 km)
- Keiraville (2 km)
- Mount Keira (2.2 km)
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Streets
- Brownlee Street (36)
- Byrarong Avenue (51)
- Eastern Avenue (49)
- Eirene Avenue (10)
- Elizabeth Street (28)
- Geards Place (2)
- Gorrell Crescent (35)
- Heaslip Street (38)
- Holmden Avenue (14)
- Johanson Crescent (89)
- Kirala Avenue (38)
- Kirrang Avenue (22)
- Mangerton Road (1)
- Mcandrew Crescent (32)
- Mcarthur Parade (34)
- Meares Avenue (23)
- Myuna Way (287)
- Norman Street (51)
- Payne Street (83)
- Phillips Crescent (48)
- Powell Street (48)
- Reservoir Street (3)
- St Johns Avenue (121)
- Taronga Avenue (51)
- Toorak Avenue (66)
- Walter Street (14)
- Western Avenue (7)
- Woodlawn Avenue (238)
