Shellharbour City Centre NSW 2529

Living Here

Shellharbour City Centre is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 457 people, with a median age of 71. The typical household earns around $949 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 37% of households own their home and 35% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Shellharbour - Oak Flats statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Shellharbour City Centre itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 22 schools

  • Nazareth Catholic Primary School
  • Oak Flats High School
  • Balarang Public School
  • Barrack Heights Public School
  • Mount Warrigal Public School
  • Oak Flats Public School
  • Warilla Public School
  • Warilla High School
  • Peterborough School
  • Corpus Christi Catholic High School

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• 1 café or restaurant

  • Amrak Cafe
• 3 supermarkets

  • Coles
  • Aldi
  • Woolworths
• 73 parks

  • Yirran muru
  • Koala Park
  • Collins Reserve
  • Harrison Park
  • Glider Avenue Reserve
  • Wattle Reserve
  • Jilba Park
  • William Carter Reserve
  • Conway Park
  • Nalong Park

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• 2 beaches

  • Shellharbour North Beach
  • Shellharbour South Beach
• 2 Catholic churches

  • Saint Paul's Catholic Church
  • St John's Catholic Church
• 2 pharmacies

  • Chemist Warehouse
  • Warilla Pharmacy
• 3 doctors & medical clinics

  • Centre Health Complex
  • Southern IML Warilla
  • Warilla Medical Imaging
• 2 dentists

  • My Smile Team Shellharbour
  • Shellharbour Village Dental
• 1 optometrist

  • Specsavers Warilla
• 5 hospitals

  • Shellharbour Hospital
  • Shellharbour Private Hospital
  • Port Kembla Hospital
  • Kiama Hospital & Community Health Service
  • Figtree Private Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Shell Cove Vet Clinic
• 1 childcare centre

  • Mount Warrigal Public School Preschool
• 4 libraries

  • Shellharbour City Library
  • Oak Flats Library
  • Shellharbour Branch Library
  • Albion Park library
• 6 post offices

  • Australia Post
  • Barrack Heights Post Office
  • Australia Post
  • Shellharbour Post Office
  • Warilla Post Office
  • Albion Park Rail Post Office
• 9 service stations

  • Shell
  • EG Australia
  • Ampol Barrack Heights
  • 7-Eleven
  • Enhance
  • EG Australia
  • Shell
  • 7-Eleven Lake Illawarra
  • NPG Albion Park Rail
• 5 gyms & sports centres

  • Anytime Fitness
  • Oak Flats Swimming Pool
  • Warilla Swimming Pool
  • Pilates Haus
  • Plus Fitness
• 3 golf clubs

  • The Links Shell Cove
  • Kiama Golf Club
  • Port Kembla Golf Club
• 4 dog parks

  • Oak Flats Dog Park
  • Alex Hoffman Park Off-leash zone
  • Warilla Dog Park
  • Croome Road Dog Park
• 2 bakeries

  • Oak Flats Hot Bread
  • TipTop Bakery
• 3 butchers

  • Shellharbour Meats & Smallgoods
  • Superior Meants
  • Bush's Meats Warilla
• 3 hardware stores

  • Clark Rubber
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Hazeltons Hardware
• 1 hairdresser

  • Volume Hair Lounge
• 6 mechanics

  • O'Brien's Auto Glass Shellharbour
  • Illawarra Service Centre
  • Illawarra Service Centre
  • Quicktech Auto Electrics & Air Conditioning
  • AVA Automotive Repairs
  • Car Master Auto
• 1 electrician

  • Easther Electrical
• 6 places to stay

  • Shellharbour Holiday Village
  • Lake Windemere
  • Shellharbour Beachside Holiday Park
  • Windang Beach Tourist Park
  • Oaklands Caravan Park
  • Lake Illawarra Village

Getting around. Train station: Oak Flats, 1.7 km south-west · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 4.4 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: 4.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 27.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

82,939 bird observations recorded near Shellharbour City Centre — most often seen:

• Silver Gull (4,555)
• Australian Magpie (4,306)
• Australian Pelican (4,235)
• Magpie-lark (4,042)
• Australian Raven (3,732)
• Willie Wagtail (3,661)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (3,657)
• Little Pied Cormorant (3,435)
• White-faced Heron (3,223)
• Masked Lapwing (3,203)
• Australian White Ibis (3,199)
• Welcome Swallow (3,110)
• Common Myna (2,943)

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 Shellharbour City Centre:

• Blackbutt (0.6 km)
• Barrack Heights (1.6 km)
• Oak Flats (1.6 km)
• Flinders (1.8 km)
• Mount Warrigal (1.8 km)
• Warilla (2.5 km)
• Shellharbour (2.8 km)
• Barrack Point (2.8 km)

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