Region · NSW
Illawarra
Illawarra is located in New South Wales, with 110 suburbs and 180,187 properties across 4,208 streets. Explore each suburb's profile, property history, homes for sale and rent, and the agents who sell in Illawarra. Its largest suburbs include Wollongong, Albion Park and Woonona.
About Illawarra
Illawarra is a region of New South Wales. Its 110 suburbs and 4,208 streets hold 180,187 properties, 120,606 of them houses and 59,581 units. Wollongong has 18,414 properties, Albion Park 6,409, Woonona 6,261 and Dapto 5,944. Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven, Macarthur, South West Sydney and Sutherland Shire neighbour the region.
At the 2021 Census Illawarra had 313,842 residents, a median age of 40 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,684 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month and the median rent $400 a week. Of 116,785 dwellings, 83,681 were separate houses, 14,978 semi-detached and 16,984 flats; 41,000 were owned outright, 38,496 owned with a mortgage and 33,869 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Illawarra
- 313,842Peoplelive in the area
- 40Median ageyears
- $1,684Median household incomea week
- $400Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses83,681
- Townhouses and semis14,978
- Flats and apartments16,984
- Other929
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,167a month
- Household size2.5people on average
How homes are held
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For sale and rent in Illawarra
$1,100,000 - $1,200,000
42 Tarrawanna Road, Corrimal NSW 2518
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716 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Coledale NSW 2515
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34 Murray Road, East Corrimal NSW 2518
$1500 per week
20b Mountain Road, Austinmer NSW 2515
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$720 per week
Unit 3/3 King Street, Thirroul NSW 2515
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$700 per week
25a Lang Street, Woonona NSW 2517
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Available Thu, 12 Nov
Agents who sell in Illawarra


Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 102
- Median sold price
- $1.49m
- Median days on market
- 35


Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 56
- Median sold price
- $1.02m
- Median days on market
- 28


Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 45
- Median sold price
- $1.27m
- Median days on market
- 23
Neighbouring regions
Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.








