Wongawilli NSW 2530

Living Here

Wongawilli is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,213 people, with a median age of 31. The typical household earns around $2,841 a week, with median rent near $600 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Horsley - Kembla Grange statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wongawilli itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 7 schools

  • Dapto Primary School
  • Dapto High School
  • St John's Catholic Primary School
  • Kanahooka High School
  • Lakelands Public School
  • Mount Brown Primary
  • Koonawarra Public School
• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • Cafe
  • Two Nine Five
• 1 supermarket

  • Horsely Convenience Centre
• 10 parks

  • Bankbook Park
  • Stane Dyke Park
  • McPhail Reserve
  • Mogomorra Park
  • Karrara Park
  • Horsley Drive Park
  • Gerringulli Park
  • Emu Park
  • Dimond Brothers Park
  • Reed Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St John's Catholic Church
• 9 hospitals

  • Figtree Private Hospital
  • Port Kembla Hospital
  • Shellharbour Hospital
  • Shellharbour Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Day Surgery
  • Wollongong Hospital
  • South Coast Private Hospital
  • Victoria Street Private Hospital
• 1 childcare centre

  • Sierra VIllage Early Learning Centre
• 1 library

  • Dapto District Library
• 1 post office

  • Dapto Post Office
• 2 service stations

  • Coles Express
  • 7-Eleven
• 3 golf clubs

  • Kembla Grange Golf Club
  • The Huntley
  • Calderwood Valley Golf Course
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Kembla Grange
• 1 hairdresser

  • Tinka Hair
• 1 electrician

  • Easther Electrical
• 1 place to stay

  • Elsinor Motel

Getting around. Train station: Dapto, 3.3 km south-east · Railway halt: Kembla Grange, 5 km east · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 9.7 km south.

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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: 57.6% 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 2.4% · Labour-force participation 78.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

37,818 bird observations recorded near Wongawilli — most often seen:

• Common Myna (2,282)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,953)
• Australian Raven (1,798)
• Australian Magpie (1,659)
• Magpie-lark (1,597)
• Noisy Miner (1,500)
• Welcome Swallow (1,489)
• Galah (1,442)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (1,442)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,375)
• Willie Wagtail (1,317)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,299)
• Red-whiskered Bulbul (1,293)

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 Wongawilli:

• Dombarton (1.5 km)
• Stream Hill (1.6 km)
• Horsley (1.7 km)
• Kembla Grange (2.4 km)
• Cleveland (3.2 km)
• Huntley (3.2 km)
• Brownsville (4 km)
• Dapto (4.1 km)

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