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Fernhill NSW 2519

Fernhill is located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, postcode 2519. It has 596 properties across 14 streets. Explore every street in Fernhill, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Fernhill

Fernhill, NSW 2519, sits in the Illawarra region and neighbours Corrimal, Fairy Meadow, Balgownie and Towradgi. Its 14 streets hold 596 properties, 392 of them houses and 204 units.

Census figures are for the Balgownie - Fairy Meadow area, which had 21,519 residents, a median age of 40 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,635 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,219 a month and the median rent $380 a week. Of 8,174 dwellings, 5,551 were separate houses, 1,645 semi-detached, 907 flats and 54 other; 3,121 were owned outright, 2,226 owned with a mortgage and 2,559 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Fernhill

  • 21,519Peoplelive in the area
  • 40Median ageyears
  • $1,635Median household incomea week
  • $380Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses5,551
  • Townhouses and semis1,645
  • Flats and apartments907
  • Other54

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,219a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 3,121Owned with a mortgage 2,226Rented 2,559Other 268

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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.