Warrawong NSW 2502

Living Here

Warrawong is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 4,659 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $908 a week, with median rent near $270 a week. Most homes are houses. About 49% of households own their home and 49% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Macedonian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Berkeley - Warrawong - Windang statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Warrawong itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 12 schools

  • Warrawong Public School
  • St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School
  • Warrawong High School
  • Kemblawarra Public School
  • Lake Heights Public School
  • Primbee Public School
  • St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
  • Cringila Public School
  • Berkeley Public School
  • Illawarra Sports High School

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• 3 cafés & restaurants

  • Chuu Rose
  • Starbucks
  • Central Canteen
• 3 supermarkets

  • Coles
  • Woolworths
  • ALDI
• 14 parks

  • Bruce Park
  • Darcy Wentworth Park
  • Flagstaff Park
  • Howard Fowles Park
  • Barnes Park
  • Lake Heights Reserve
  • Ranchby Avenue Park
  • Von Guerard Park
  • Shipp Park
  • Primbee Park

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• 3 beaches

  • MM Beach
  • Fishermans Beach
  • Perkins Beach
• 4 Catholic churches

  • St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
  • Sacred Heart Church
  • St Therese
  • St John's Catholic Church
• 9 hospitals

  • Port Kembla Hospital
  • Figtree Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Day Surgery
  • Wollongong Private Hospital
  • South Coast Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Hospital
  • Victoria Street Private Hospital
  • Shellharbour Private Hospital
  • Shellharbour Hospital
• 3 libraries

  • Warrawong District Library
  • Warrawong Library
  • Unanderra Library
• 3 post offices

  • Warrawong Post Office
  • Primbee Post Office
  • Australia Post
• 2 service stations

  • BP
  • Sunset Petroleum
• 1 gym

  • Berkeley Sports Club
• 3 golf clubs

  • Port Kembla Golf Club
  • Wollongong Golf Club
  • Kembla Grange Golf Club
• 2 hardware stores

  • Sydney Tools
  • Bunnings Kembla Grange
• 1 mechanic

  • Unanderra Mechanical & Auto Electrics
• 2 electricians

  • Simmark Wollongong
  • Easther Electrical
• 1 plumber

  • The Clean Plumber Wollongong
• 8 places to stay

  • Port Kembla Hotel
  • Oasis by the Lake
  • Pilgrim Lodge (Nan Tien Temple)
  • Lake Illawarra Village
  • Oaklands Caravan Park
  • Figtree Gardens Caravan Park
  • Sovereign Motel
  • Windang Beach Tourist Park

Getting around. Train station: Port Kembla North, 1.5 km north · Railway halt: Lysaghts, 3.5 km north · Bus interchange: Station St opp Wollongong Station, 6.5 km north · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 11.8 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: 6.2% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 9.4% · Labour-force participation 38.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

130,223 bird observations recorded near Warrawong — most often seen:

• Silver Gull (35,948)
• Wedge-tailed Shearwater (9,598)
• Crested Tern (6,362)
• Australian Pelican (6,075)
• Australian Raven (4,762)
• Common Myna (4,301)
• Australian White Ibis (3,962)
• Little Penguin (3,837)
• Little Pied Cormorant (3,665)
• Magpie-lark (3,626)
• Willie Wagtail (3,330)
• Welcome Swallow (3,309)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (3,218)

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 Warrawong:

• Lake Heights (1.4 km)
• Port Kembla (1.7 km)
• Cringila (1.8 km)
• Primbee (1.9 km)
• Berkeley (3.3 km)
• Spring Hill (4.7 km)
• Windang (4.9 km)
• Mount Saint Thomas (5 km)

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