Suburb profile
Candelo NSW 2550
Candelo is located in the Capital Region of New South Wales, postcode 2550. It has 522 properties across 51 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Candelo, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Candelo
Candelo, NSW 2550, sits in the Capital Region and neighbours Mount Darragh, Myrtle Mountain, South Wolumla and Tantawangalo. Its 51 streets hold 522 properties, 519 of them houses and 3 units.
Census figures are for the Bega-Eden Hinterland area, which has 9,557 residents, a median age of 51 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income is $1,220 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $265 a week. Of 3,699 dwellings, 3,602 are separate houses, 24 semi-detached, 5 flats and 59 other; 1,988 are owned outright, 1,132 owned with a mortgage and 400 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Candelo
- 9,557Peoplelive in the area
- 51Median ageyears
- $1,220Median household incomea week
- $265Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,602
- Townhouses and semis24
- Flats and apartments5
- Other59
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Candelo
Candelo Public School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Candelo.
Streets in Candelo
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Neighbouring suburbs
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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.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.