Suburb profile

Coniston NSW 2500

Coniston is located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, postcode 2500. It has 1,425 properties across 24 streets. Explore every street in Coniston, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Coniston

Coniston, NSW 2500, sits in the Illawarra region and neighbours Mangerton, Port Kembla, Spring Hill and Mount Saint Thomas. Its 24 streets hold 1,425 properties, 714 of them houses and 711 units.

Census figures are for Wollongong - West, an area that covers most of the suburb. It had 16,551 residents, a median age of 34 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,595 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month and the median rent $380 a week. Of 6,539 dwellings, 3,124 were separate houses, 1,086 semi-detached, 2,307 flats and 17 other; 1,698 were owned outright, 1,633 owned with a mortgage and 3,037 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Coniston

  • 16,551Peoplelive in the area
  • 34Median ageyears
  • $1,595Median household incomea week
  • $380Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,124
  • Townhouses and semis1,086
  • Flats and apartments2,307
  • Other17

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,000a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,698Owned with a mortgage 1,633Rented 3,037Other 171

For sale and rent in Coniston

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18 Robwald Avenue, Coniston NSW 2500

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space 587 m² land House

Auction Sat, 14 Nov 10:30am

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Properties in Coniston

Schools in Coniston

  • Coniston Public School

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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.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.