Wombarra NSW 2515

Living Here

Wombarra is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 944 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $2,860 a week, with median rent near $600 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 Thirroul - Austinmer - Coalcliff statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wombarra itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 4 schools

  • Coledale Public School
  • Scarborough Public School
  • Austinmer Public School
  • OneSchool Global NSW Illawarra
• 3 cafés & restaurants

  • Saltie Dog Coffee & Crepes
  • Earth Walker & CO.
  • The Imperial Clifton
• 8 parks

  • Illawarra Park
  • Mike Dwyer Reserve
  • Ossie Connors Park
  • St James Park
  • Shark Park
  • Frew Memorial Park
  • Moronga Park
  • Pinecourt Park
• 7 beaches

  • Wombarra Beach
  • Scarborough Beach
  • Coledale Beach
  • Sharky Beach
  • Austinmer Boatharbour
  • Little Austinmer Beach
  • Austinmer Beach
• 4 Catholic churches

  • Catholic Church Wombarra
  • St Michael's Catholic Church
  • St Joseph's Catholic Church
  • Woonona Presbyterian Community Church
• 3 hospitals

  • Coledale Hospital
  • Ramsay Clinic Thirroul
  • Bulli District Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Austinmer Veterinary Hospital
• 1 library

  • Thirroul Library
• 1 service station

  • BP Service Station
• 3 golf clubs

  • Boomerang Public Golf Course
  • Helensburgh Golf Driving Range
  • Russell Vale Public Golf Course
• 1 beauty salon

  • The Salon by Bec Lissa
• 1 mechanic

  • Anderson Automotive
• 3 places to stay

  • Headlands Hotel
  • Blue Pacific
  • Thirroul Beach Motel

Getting around. Train station: Wombarra, 200 m north · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 34.8 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: 57.2% 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 5.3% · Labour-force participation 64.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

43,793 bird observations recorded near Wombarra — most often seen:

• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,428)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (2,357)
• New Holland Honeyeater (2,238)
• Eastern Spinebill (2,223)
• Little Wattlebird (2,056)
• Pied Currawong (2,056)
• Satin Bowerbird (1,927)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (1,905)
• Crimson Rosella (1,827)
• Australian Magpie (1,688)
• Eastern Whipbird (1,620)
• Red Wattlebird (1,507)
• Brown Thornbill (1,503)

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 Wombarra:

• Scarborough (1 km)
• Coledale (1.6 km)
• Maddens Plains (1.9 km)
• Clifton (2.4 km)
• Austinmer (3.7 km)
• Coalcliff (4.2 km)
• Thirroul (5.3 km)
• Darkes Forest (6.3 km)

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