Tarrawanna NSW 2518

Living Here

Tarrawanna is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 2,184 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,449 a week, with median rent near $340 a week. Most homes are houses. About 65% of households own their home and 29% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tarrawanna itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 30 schools

  • Tarrawanna Public School
  • Wollongong Flexible School
  • Fairy Meadow Demonstration School
  • St Columbkille's Parish School
  • St Columbkille's Catholic Parish Primary School
  • Corrimal Public School
  • Towradgi Public School
  • Corrimal East Public School
  • Balgownie Public School
  • Corrimal High School

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• 11 cafés & restaurants

  • Corrimal Bowling Club
  • Villa d'Oro
  • Foodiezz Stop
  • Sketch Coffee and Art
  • Two Doors Up Cafe & Bar
  • Franks 'n beans
  • GF Eats
  • K By The Sea
  • Outback Steakhouse
  • Pizza Hut

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• 6 supermarkets

  • Woolworths
  • Coles
  • Woolworths
  • Aldi
  • Coles
  • Foodworks
• 29 parks

  • Blaker Park
  • Alpini Park
  • Phil Miller Park
  • Judy Masters Park
  • Balfour Park
  • Pop Errington Park
  • War Memorial Park
  • Corrimal Memorial Park
  • Lemrac Park
  • Guest Park

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• 4 beaches

  • Towradgi Beach
  • Corrimal Beach
  • Bellambi Beach
  • North Beach
• 7 Catholic churches

  • St Columbkille's Catholic Church
  • St John Vianney Co-Cathedral
  • Woonona Presbyterian Community Church
  • St Therese
  • Sacred Heart Church
  • St Joseph's Catholic Church
  • St Michael's Catholic Church
• 1 dentist

  • Campus Dental
• 2 physiotherapists

  • Purpose Physiotherapy
  • Physiotherapy
• 10 hospitals

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

  • Greencross Veterinary Clinic Fairy Meadow
  • Northern Illawarra Veterinary Hospital
  • Greencross Vets
• 1 childcare centre

  • Coolgardie Children's Centre
• 4 libraries

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

  • Tarrawanna Post Office
  • Corrimal Post Office
  • Balgownie Post Office
  • Australia Post
  • Towradgi Post Office
• 7 service stations

  • Shell
  • Shell Service Station
  • Metro Petroleum Balgownie
  • Freedom Fuel
  • 7-Eleven
  • Prime
  • BP
• 4 gyms & sports centres

  • Corrimal Heated Pool
  • Fairy Meadow Bowling Club
  • Anytime Fitness
  • University Recreation & Aquatic Centre (URAC) (13)
• 2 golf clubs

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

  • Guest Park
• 2 bakeries

  • Bakers Delight
  • Corrimal Bakery
• 1 butcher

  • East Corrimal Butcher
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 mechanic

  • George's Auto Prestige
• 1 electrician

  • Simmark Wollongong
• 1 plumber

  • The Clean Plumber Wollongong
• 15 places to stay

  • Wollongong Surf Leisure Resort
  • Corrimal Beach Tourist Park
  • North Wollongong Hotel
  • Normandie Motel
  • Novotel
  • Kalara College Accomodation
  • Wollongong Serviced Appartments
  • Quest
  • Adina
  • Downtown Motel

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Getting around. Train station: Towradgi, 1.4 km south-east · Bus interchange: Station St opp Wollongong Station, 5.4 km south · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 22 km south-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: 65.9% 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 3.4% · Labour-force participation 50.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

150,180 bird observations recorded near Tarrawanna — most often seen:

• Common Myna (9,614)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (8,514)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (7,643)
• Silver Gull (7,564)
• Magpie-lark (7,371)
• Australian Raven (6,401)
• Australian Magpie (6,005)
• Little Wattlebird (5,992)
• Noisy Miner (5,793)
• Masked Lapwing (5,099)
• Welcome Swallow (4,846)
• Australian Wood Duck (4,805)
• Satin Bowerbird (4,779)

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 Tarrawanna:

• Fernhill (0.6 km)
• Corrimal (1.2 km)
• Balgownie (1.5 km)
• Towradgi (1.6 km)
• Fairy Meadow (1.7 km)
• East Corrimal (2.2 km)
• Mount Ousley (2.5 km)
• Mount Pleasant (2.6 km)

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