St Georges Basin NSW 2540

Living Here

St Georges Basin is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,215 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,113 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: St Georges Basin itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • St Georges Basin Public School
  • Sanctuary Point Public School
  • Tomerong Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • The pelican waterfront
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 6 parks

  • Grasstree Reserve
  • Tasman Reserve
  • Kingfisher Reserve
  • Wool Lane Sporting Complex
  • Yellow Bellied Glider Reserve
  • Wool Road Reserve
• 1 pharmacy

  • Sanctuary Point Pharmacy
• 1 physiotherapist

  • Jervis Bay Physiotherapy
• 1 optometrist

  • Eye Q
• 1 library

  • Sanctuary Point Library
• 2 post offices

  • Saint Georges Basin Post Office
  • Sanctuary Point Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Ultra Petroleum St Georges Basin
• 3 golf clubs

  • St Georges Basin Country Club
  • Sussex Inlet Golf Club
  • Vincentia Golf Course
• 1 bakery

  • Bakehouse Espresso Sanctuary Point
• 1 place to stay

  • Dungowan Accommodation

Getting around. Airport: HMAS Albatross, 17.1 km north.

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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: 56.8% 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 4.6% · Labour-force participation 43.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

10,249 bird observations recorded near St Georges Basin — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (978)
• Laughing Kookaburra (597)
• Crimson Rosella (486)
• Red Wattlebird (479)
• South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (477)
• Australian Magpie (463)
• Masked Lapwing (463)
• Common Bronzewing (441)
• Magpie-lark (396)
• Australian King-parrot (369)
• Chestnut Teal (347)
• Little Wattlebird (306)
• Australian Pelican (305)

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 St Georges Basin:

• Sanctuary Point (3 km)
• Basin View (3 km)
• Tomerong (4.2 km)
• Worrowing Heights (4.4 km)
• Old Erowal Bay (4.8 km)
• Erowal Bay (5.4 km)
• Bewong (5.9 km)
• Bream Beach (6.1 km)

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