Suburb profile

Mount Pleasant NSW 2519

Mount Pleasant is located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, postcode 2519. It has 557 properties across 15 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Mount Pleasant, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant, NSW 2519, sits in the Illawarra region and neighbours Mount Ousley, Keiraville, Fairy Meadow and Balgownie. Its 15 streets hold 557 properties, 529 of them houses and 28 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 Mount Pleasant

  • 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

Properties in Mount Pleasant

Schools in Mount Pleasant

  • Pleasant Heights Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Local agents in Mount Pleasant

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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.