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Mount Keira NSW 2500

649 addresses · 25 streets

Cunningham Electorate › Wollongong LGA › Mount Keira · 69 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Mount Keira is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,691 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,476 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

1,691Population
40Median age
$2,476Median household income / wk
$420Median rent / wk
2.9Avg 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: Mount Keira itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Wollongong, 3.1 km south-east · Railway halt: Lysaghts, 4.7 km south · Bus interchange: Station St opp Wollongong Station, 3.1 km south-east · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 17.2 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 85.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Keira

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

Tree cover measures, Mount Keira NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202085.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202197.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 66.2%

Population by age in Mount Keira
Population by age, Mount Keira NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-485
5-14241
15-19123
20-24125
25-34161
35-44222
45-54251
55-64215
65-74164
75-8482
85+31
Dwelling types in Mount Keira
Dwelling types, Mount Keira NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House517
Townhouse15
Apartment30
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mount Keira
Households by weekly income, Mount Keira NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$65062
$650-1,49999
$1,500-2,999152
$3,000+211
Top ancestries in Mount Keira
Top ancestries, Mount Keira NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian630
English584
Other184
Irish180
Scottish177
Italian145
Housing tenure in Mount Keira
Housing tenure, Mount Keira NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned241
Mortgage229
Rented86
Other9
Cars per household in Mount Keira
Cars per household, Mount Keira NSW (ABS Census 2021)
019
1141
2259
378
4+62
Commute to work in Mount Keira
Commute to work, Mount Keira NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car437
Train3
Bus5
Tram/ferry0
Walked8
Bicycle7
Home254
Top countries of birth in Mount Keira
Top countries of birth, Mount Keira NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England62
India31
New Zealand22
Italy21
North Macedonia20
Scotland14
Languages used at home in Mount Keira
Languages used at home, Mount Keira NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Macedonian42
Italian28
Greek20
Mandarin16
Hindi13
Serbian12

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

220,135 bird observations recorded near Mount Keira — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Keira

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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