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Blackbutt NSW 2529

Blackbutt is located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, postcode 2529. It has 1,672 properties across 51 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Blackbutt, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Blackbutt

Blackbutt, NSW 2529, sits in the Illawarra region and neighbours Croom, Barrack Heights, Oak Flats and Shellharbour. Its 51 streets hold 1,672 properties, 1,154 of them houses and 518 units.

Census figures are for the Shellharbour - Oak Flats area. There were 10,590 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,478 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month and the median rent $425 a week. Of 3,967 dwellings, 2,997 were separate houses, 793 semi-detached and 168 flats, with 11 other. Of 3,967 households, 1,592 owned outright, 1,196 owned with a mortgage and 1,044 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Blackbutt

  • 10,590Peoplelive in the area
  • 43Median ageyears
  • $1,478Median household incomea week
  • $425Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,997
  • Townhouses and semis793
  • Flats and apartments168
  • Other11

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,950a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,592Owned with a mortgage 1,196Rented 1,044Other 135

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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.