Toolijooa NSW 2534
63 addresses · 6 streets
Gilmore Electorate › Kiama LGA › Toolijooa · 107 km from Sydney
Living Here
Toolijooa is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 103 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kiama Hinterland - Gerringong statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Toolijooa itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 Catholic churches
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Train station: Gerringong, 3.8 km north-east · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 22.1 km north.
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: 10.2% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 10.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 21.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10.5% · Labour-force participation 65.5%
Population by age in Toolijooa
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 17 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Toolijooa
| House | 39 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Toolijooa
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Toolijooa
| Australian | 40 |
|---|---|
| English | 37 |
| Irish | 25 |
| Scottish | 18 |
| Other | 7 |
| Italian | 4 |
Housing tenure in Toolijooa
| Owned | 26 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 12 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Toolijooa
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Toolijooa
| Car | 26 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 21 |
Languages used at home in Toolijooa
| French | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
19,212 bird observations recorded near Toolijooa — most often seen:
- Silver Gull (1,030)
- Australian Magpie (1,019)
- Australian Raven (967)
- Welcome Swallow (956)
- Crested Tern (883)
- Superb Fairy-wren (834)
- New Holland Honeyeater (779)
- Magpie-lark (772)
- Great Cormorant (729)
- Red Wattlebird (648)
- Willie Wagtail (630)
- Australian Pelican (628)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (619)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Toolijooa
- Laughing Kookaburra (593)
- Pied Cormorant (573)
- Eastern Spinebill (564)
- Pied Currawong (564)
- Crimson Rosella (555)
- Little Wattlebird (551)
- White-faced Heron (547)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (529)
- Nankeen Kestrel (526)
- Galah (519)
- Common Starling (493)
- Brown Thornbill (492)
- Australasian Gannet (483)
- Masked Lapwing (445)
- Little Pied Cormorant (435)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (425)
- Eastern Whipbird (424)
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 Toolijooa:
- Willow Vale (2.2 km)
- Broughton Village (2.5 km)
- Gerroa (3.4 km)
- Gerringong (4.5 km)
- Broughton (4.8 km)
- Foxground (4.8 km)
- Rose Valley (5.3 km)
- Werri Beach (5.7 km)
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Streets
- Donovan Road (8)
- Dooley Road (8)
- Millers Lane (6)
- Princes Highway (10)
- Sharpes Lane (6)
- Toolijooa Road (25)
