Suburb profile

Kalaru NSW 2550

Kalaru is located in the Capital Region of New South Wales, postcode 2550. It has 540 properties across 20 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Kalaru, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Kalaru

Kalaru, NSW 2550, sits in the Capital Region and neighbours Jellat Jellat, Reedy Swamp, Tathra and Chinnock. Its 20 streets hold 540 properties, 454 of them houses and 86 units.

Census figures are for the Bega - Tathra area, which has 8,872 residents, a median age of 46 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income is $1,276 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month and the median rent $320 a week. Of 3,559 dwellings, 3,113 are separate houses, 310 semi-detached and 85 flats, with 37 other; 1,499 are owned outright, 996 owned with a mortgage and 931 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Kalaru

  • 8,872Peoplelive in the area
  • 46Median ageyears
  • $1,276Median household incomea week
  • $320Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,113
  • Townhouses and semis310
  • Flats and apartments85
  • Other37

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,517a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,499Owned with a mortgage 996Rented 931Other 133

Schools in Kalaru

  • Bournda Environmental Education Centre

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Kalaru

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.