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Mount Ousley NSW 2519

626 addresses · 25 streets

Cunningham Electorate › Wollongong LGA › Mount Ousley · 66 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Mount Ousley is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,611 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $2,293 a week, with median rent near $500 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

1,611Population
42Median age
$2,293Median household income / wk
$500Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Balgownie - Fairy Meadow statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Ousley itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Fairy Meadow, 1.5 km north-east · Railway halt: Lysaghts, 6 km south · Bus interchange: Station St opp Wollongong Station, 3 km south · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 19.6 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs9/10

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: 25.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Ousley

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

Tree cover measures, Mount Ousley NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202025.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202170.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 62.4%

Population by age in Mount Ousley
Population by age, Mount Ousley NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-485
5-14202
15-19105
20-24116
25-34161
35-44195
45-54216
55-64219
65-74143
75-8496
85+71
Dwelling types in Mount Ousley
Dwelling types, Mount Ousley NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House538
Townhouse23
Apartment9
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mount Ousley
Households by weekly income, Mount Ousley NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$65064
$650-1,499122
$1,500-2,999155
$3,000+192
Top ancestries in Mount Ousley
Top ancestries, Mount Ousley NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian571
English561
Other189
Scottish186
Irish175
Italian135
Housing tenure in Mount Ousley
Housing tenure, Mount Ousley NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned276
Mortgage207
Rented83
Other5
Cars per household in Mount Ousley
Cars per household, Mount Ousley NSW (ABS Census 2021)
022
1171
2257
377
4+46
Commute to work in Mount Ousley
Commute to work, Mount Ousley NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car364
Train0
Bus4
Tram/ferry0
Walked8
Bicycle6
Home246
Top countries of birth in Mount Ousley
Top countries of birth, Mount Ousley NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England38
China35
Italy22
India18
New Zealand18
Vietnam12
Languages used at home in Mount Ousley
Languages used at home, Mount Ousley NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin38
Arabic26
Greek23
Spanish20
Italian17
Cantonese11

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

159,561 bird observations recorded near Mount Ousley — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Ousley

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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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.