Shoalhaven Heads NSW 2535

Living Here

Shoalhaven Heads is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,248 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,066 a week, with median rent near $365 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Berry - Kangaroo Valley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Shoalhaven Heads itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Shoalhaven Heads Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • tabletalk cafe
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 6 parks

  • Vic Zealand Memorial Reserve
  • Shoalhaven Heads Memorial Park
  • Curtis Reserve
  • Pepper Reserve
  • C H Gumley Reserve
  • Jerry Bailey Reserve
• 3 hospitals

  • David Berry Hospital
  • Nowra Private Hospital
  • Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
• 1 post office

  • Shoalhaven Heads Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Ampol Shoalhaven Heads
• 1 golf club

  • Shoalhaven Heads Golf Course
• 3 places to stay

  • Tall Timbers Tourist Park
  • Coastal Palms Tourist Park
  • Mountain View Resort

Getting around. Train station: Berry, 8.6 km north-west · Airport: HMAS Albatross, 20.4 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 30.9% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 43.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

48,962 bird observations recorded near Shoalhaven Heads — most often seen:

• Australian Pelican (2,547)
• Australian Pied Oystercatcher (2,530)
• Silver Gull (2,495)
• Eastern Curlew (2,257)
• Bar-tailed Godwit (2,225)
• Red-capped Plover (2,200)
• Australian Raven (2,193)
• Crested Tern (1,951)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,907)
• Little Pied Cormorant (1,757)
• White-faced Heron (1,735)
• Masked Lapwing (1,725)
• Red-necked Stint (1,702)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Shoalhaven Heads:

• Coolangatta (1.7 km)
• Comerong Island (2.6 km)
• Far Meadow (4.2 km)
• Back Forest (5.6 km)
• Numbaa (6.2 km)
• Greenwell Point (6.7 km)
• Orient Point (6.8 km)
• Pyree (8.6 km)

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