Orient Point NSW 2540

Living Here

Orient Point is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 629 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $985 a week, with median rent near $283 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2011 → 2021

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Greenwell Point Public School
  • Culburra Public School
• 4 cafés & restaurants

  • Pelican Rocks Cafe
  • The Little Snapper
  • Frankies Coffee Van
  • Burra Beach Eats
• 1 supermarket

  • Woolworths
• 3 parks

  • Titania Park
  • Greenwell Point Foreshore Reserve
  • Fred Evans Park
• 1 beach

  • Culburra Beach
• 1 Catholic church

  • Our Lady Help of Christians
• 1 medical clinic

  • Culburra Beach Medical Centre
• 2 hospitals

  • Nowra Private Hospital
  • Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
• 3 post offices

  • Orient Point Post Office
  • Greenwell Point Post Office
  • Culburra Beach LPO
• 1 service station

  • Metro Petroleum
• 1 gym

  • Greenwell Point Village Pool
• 1 golf club

  • Shoalhaven Heads Golf Course
• 2 bakeries

  • Orient Point Bakehouse
  • Culburra Bakery
• 8 places to stay

  • South Coast Retreat
  • Anchor Bay Motel
  • Anglers Rest Caravan Park
  • Coral Tree Lodge Tourist Park
  • Holiday Haven Tourist Park
  • Pine Park Tourist Grounds and Marina
  • Culburra Beach Motel
  • Eclipse

Getting around. Airport: HMAS Albatross, 18.7 km west.

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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: 38.2% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 9.6% · Labour-force participation 42.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

35,367 bird observations recorded near Orient Point — most often seen:

• Australian Pelican (2,130)
• Crested Tern (1,807)
• Little Tern (1,742)
• Silver Gull (1,680)
• Australian Pied Oystercatcher (1,535)
• Great Cormorant (1,470)
• Little Pied Cormorant (1,467)
• Black Swan (1,464)
• White-faced Heron (1,387)
• Masked Lapwing (1,375)
• Bar-tailed Godwit (1,351)
• Chestnut Teal (1,265)
• Australian Magpie (1,150)

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 Orient Point:

• Greenwell Point (1.6 km)
• Culburra Beach (2.4 km)
• Comerong Island (4.4 km)
• Wollumboola (4.9 km)
• Pyree (5.6 km)
• Shoalhaven Heads (6.8 km)
• Coolangatta (7.2 km)
• Mayfield (7.3 km)

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