Woollamia NSW 2540
451 addresses · 19 streets
Gilmore Electorate › Shoalhaven LGA › Woollamia · 138 km from Sydney
Living Here
Woollamia is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 653 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Tomerong - Wandandian - Woollamia statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Woollamia itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 beach
1 hospital
1 post office
1 gym
2 bakeries
2 mechanics
Getting around. Ferry wharf: The Husky Ferry Pickup/Dropoff, 2.9 km south-east · Airport: HMAS Albatross, 12.1 km north-west.
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: 65.7% 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 | 65.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 81.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.6% · Labour-force participation 55%
Population by age in Woollamia
| 0-4 | 28 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 69 |
| 15-19 | 21 |
| 20-24 | 23 |
| 25-34 | 47 |
| 35-44 | 72 |
| 45-54 | 100 |
| 55-64 | 138 |
| 65-74 | 104 |
| 75-84 | 48 |
| 85+ | 10 |
Dwelling types in Woollamia
| House | 237 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Woollamia
| <$650 | 42 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 54 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 77 |
| $3,000+ | 44 |
Top ancestries in Woollamia
| Australian | 278 |
|---|---|
| English | 255 |
| Irish | 75 |
| Scottish | 72 |
| Other | 54 |
| Ancestry NS | 32 |
Housing tenure in Woollamia
| Owned | 130 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 87 |
| Rented | 18 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Woollamia
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 60 |
| 2 | 99 |
| 3 | 45 |
| 4+ | 32 |
Commute to work in Woollamia
| Car | 177 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 14 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 40 |
Top countries of birth in Woollamia
| England | 38 |
|---|---|
| China | 7 |
| Greece | 5 |
| Italy | 4 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Woollamia
| Arabic | 7 |
|---|---|
| Greek | 7 |
| Spanish | 7 |
| Mandarin | 6 |
| French | 4 |
| Italian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,257 bird observations recorded near Woollamia — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (768)
- Silver Gull (547)
- Laughing Kookaburra (456)
- Crimson Rosella (429)
- Chestnut Teal (402)
- Masked Lapwing (391)
- Little Wattlebird (350)
- Crested Tern (336)
- Australian Pelican (335)
- Red Wattlebird (315)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (306)
- Magpie-lark (293)
- Superb Fairy-wren (287)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Woollamia
- Little Pied Cormorant (270)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (269)
- Grey Fantail (267)
- Common Bronzewing (266)
- Australian Raven (262)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (260)
- Australian Magpie (257)
- White-faced Heron (255)
- Little Black Cormorant (242)
- Brown Thornbill (234)
- Welcome Swallow (225)
- Eastern Spinebill (222)
- Great Cormorant (217)
- Common Myna (211)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (200)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (196)
- Galah (189)
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 Woollamia:
- Myola (2.6 km)
- Huskisson (3.6 km)
- Callala Beach (4.8 km)
- Falls Creek (5.4 km)
- Vincentia (6.8 km)
- Tomerong (7 km)
- Callala Bay (7 km)
- Old Erowal Bay (8.1 km)
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Streets
- Allora Close (9)
- Coulon Street (13)
- Edendale Street (25)
- Edendale Street E (10)
- Fairfax Road (27)
- Frank Lewis Way (3)
- Goodland Road (25)
- Greenway Esplanade (1)
- James Farmer Grove (5)
- Jervis Bay Road (8)
- Knoll Parade (23)
- Lowry Road (2)
- Pritchard Avenue (15)
- Seasongood Road (33)
- Streamside Street (53)
- Sunnyside Avenue (10)
- Vallon Road (3)
- Willowford Road (16)
- Woollamia Road (170)
