Mount Pleasant NSW 2519

Living Here

Mount Pleasant is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,397 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,862 a week, with median rent near $550 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Balgownie - Fairy Meadow statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Pleasant itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 36 schools

  • Pleasant Heights Public School
  • Balgownie Public School
  • Mount Ousley Public School
  • Elonera Montessori School
  • Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School
  • Keiraville Public School
  • Keira High School
  • Keiraville Community Preschool
  • Mount Keira Public School
  • Fairy Meadow Demonstration School

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• 11 cafés & restaurants

  • Pool Unique Cafe
  • Panizzi
  • Gypsy Jones
  • Two Doors Up Cafe & Bar
  • Outback Steakhouse
  • Pizza Hut
  • Foodiezz Stop
  • Villa d'Oro
  • Il Pozzo
  • Harbourside Fish Market and Cafe

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• 4 supermarkets

  • Keiraville Friendly Grocer Supermarket
  • Aldi
  • Coles
  • Woolworths
• 33 parks

  • Bill Madden Park
  • Foothills Road Reserve
  • Dymock Street Reserve
  • Amphitheatre
  • Kooloobong Park
  • McKinnon Lawn
  • Memorial Lawn
  • War Memorial Park
  • Cedar Grove Park
  • Duck Pond Lawn

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• 2 beaches

  • North Beach
  • Towradgi Beach
• 6 Catholic churches

  • St John Vianney Co-Cathedral
  • St Therese
  • St Columbkille's Catholic Church
  • Sacred Heart Church
  • Woonona Presbyterian Community Church
  • St Joseph's Catholic Church
• 2 pharmacies

  • Advantage Pharmacy
  • Keiraville Pharmacy
• 2 doctors & medical clinics

  • Northfields Psychology Clinic (22)
  • Wollongong Campus Medical Centre
• 1 dentist

  • Campus Dental
• 10 hospitals

  • Wollongong Hospital
  • Wollongong Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Day Surgery
  • Victoria Street Private Hospital
  • South Coast Private Hospital
  • Figtree Private Hospital
  • Bulli District Hospital
  • Port Kembla Hospital
  • Ramsay Clinic Thirroul
  • Coledale Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Greencross Veterinary Clinic Fairy Meadow
• 1 childcare centre

  • Kids’ Uni (Child Care Centre) (10)
• 3 libraries

  • University of Wollongong Library (16)
  • Corrimal Library
  • Wollongong City Library
• 9 post offices

  • Balgownie Post Office
  • Kieravile Post Ofice
  • Australia Post
  • Tarrawanna Post Office
  • Gwynnville Post Office
  • Gwynneville Post Office, Lotteries & Art Hub
  • Towradgi Post Office
  • Wollongong West Post Office
  • Corrimal Post Office
• 14 service stations

  • Metro Petroleum Balgownie
  • Prime
  • BP
  • Ampol
  • Ampol Foodary Wollongong North
  • BP
  • Shell
  • Speedway
  • Freedom Fuel
  • Shell

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• 9 gyms & sports centres

  • University Recreation & Aquatic Centre (URAC) (13)
  • Fairy Meadow Bowling Club
  • Anytime Fitness
  • Snake Pit Basket Ball Stadium
  • Beaton Park Leisure Centre
  • Corrimal Heated Pool
  • Multi-Purpose Unit
  • Younga Yoga Studio
  • Club Lime
• 2 golf clubs

  • Wollongong Golf Club
  • Russell Vale Public Golf Course
• 1 playground

  • All abilities playground
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 hairdresser

  • Hair Establishment
• 1 mechanic

  • George's Auto Prestige
• 1 electrician

  • Simmark Wollongong
• 1 plumber

  • The Clean Plumber Wollongong
• 16 places to stay

  • North Wollongong Hotel
  • Normandie Motel
  • Wollongong Surf Leisure Resort
  • Novotel
  • Kalara College Accomodation
  • Mantra Wollongong
  • Wollongong Serviced Appartments
  • Quest
  • Adina
  • Downtown Motel

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Getting around. Train station: Fairy Meadow, 2.5 km east · Railway halt: Lysaghts, 6.6 km south · Bus interchange: Station St opp Wollongong Station, 3.9 km south-east · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 19.6 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 94.6% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 67.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

152,461 bird observations recorded near Mount Pleasant — most often seen:

• Common Myna (10,374)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (8,967)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (8,071)
• Magpie-lark (6,921)
• Australian Raven (6,511)
• Silver Gull (6,487)
• Noisy Miner (6,403)
• Australian Magpie (5,939)
• Satin Bowerbird (5,842)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (5,734)
• Little Wattlebird (5,640)
• Laughing Kookaburra (4,994)
• Eastern Spinebill (4,888)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Mount Pleasant:

• Balgownie (1.1 km)
• Mount Ousley (1.3 km)
• Keiraville (1.9 km)
• Gwynneville (2.2 km)
• Fernhill (2.2 km)
• Fairy Meadow (2.3 km)
• Mount Keira (2.4 km)
• Tarrawanna (2.6 km)

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