Minnamurra NSW 2533
455 addresses · 17 streets
Gilmore Electorate › Kiama LGA › Minnamurra · 90 km from Sydney
Living Here
Minnamurra is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 804 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,577 a week, with median rent near $500 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 Kiama Downs - Minnamurra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Minnamurra itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 Catholic church
2 optometrists
2 libraries
1 electrician
Getting around. Train station: Minnamurra, 100 m west · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 9.4 km north-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: 33.3% 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 | 33.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 35.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.8% · Labour-force participation 50%
Population by age in Minnamurra
| 0-4 | 29 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 97 |
| 15-19 | 43 |
| 20-24 | 32 |
| 25-34 | 40 |
| 35-44 | 105 |
| 45-54 | 86 |
| 55-64 | 127 |
| 65-74 | 134 |
| 75-84 | 80 |
| 85+ | 24 |
Dwelling types in Minnamurra
| House | 251 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 36 |
| Apartment | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Minnamurra
| <$650 | 52 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 83 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 67 |
| $3,000+ | 64 |
Top ancestries in Minnamurra
| English | 359 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 344 |
| Scottish | 113 |
| Irish | 103 |
| Ancestry NS | 49 |
| Other | 33 |
Housing tenure in Minnamurra
| Owned | 165 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 87 |
| Rented | 31 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Minnamurra
| 0 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 89 |
| 2 | 123 |
| 3 | 39 |
| 4+ | 22 |
Commute to work in Minnamurra
| Car | 162 |
|---|---|
| Train | 3 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 104 |
Top countries of birth in Minnamurra
| England | 30 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 10 |
| United States | 10 |
| Netherlands | 8 |
| Scotland | 4 |
| South Africa | 4 |
Languages used at home in Minnamurra
| French | 6 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
59,268 bird observations recorded near Minnamurra — most often seen:
- Australian Raven (4,187)
- Australian Magpie (3,443)
- Magpie-lark (3,411)
- Welcome Swallow (3,035)
- Willie Wagtail (2,987)
- Australian White Ibis (2,489)
- Superb Fairy-wren (2,437)
- Silver Gull (2,325)
- White-faced Heron (2,305)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,972)
- Little Pied Cormorant (1,960)
- Common Starling (1,904)
- Australian Pelican (1,843)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Minnamurra
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,810)
- Common Myna (1,806)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (1,805)
- Red-whiskered Bulbul (1,674)
- Great Cormorant (1,517)
- Straw-necked Ibis (1,495)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,469)
- Eastern Whipbird (1,410)
- Little Black Cormorant (1,410)
- Little Wattlebird (1,381)
- Silvereye (1,372)
- Grey Fantail (1,356)
- Black Swan (1,340)
- Galah (1,329)
- Nankeen Kestrel (1,290)
- Red Wattlebird (1,272)
- Satin Bowerbird (1,234)
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 Minnamurra:
- Kiama Downs (1.8 km)
- Bombo (3 km)
- Dunmore (3.2 km)
- Shell Cove (4 km)
- Flinders (5.1 km)
- Kiama (5.4 km)
- Shellharbour (5.4 km)
- Croom (5.8 km)
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Streets
- Austin Avenue (14)
- Beach Street (21)
- Boyd Street (31)
- Carson Place (8)
- Charles Avenue (234)
- Eureka Avenue (1)
- Federal Street (9)
- Links Street (7)
- North Street (7)
- Railway Avenue (17)
- Rangoon Road (19)
- Ritchie Place (1)
- River Street (19)
- Riverside Drive (6)
- Robinson Avenue (22)
- Sanctuary Place (22)
- The Village (17)
