Suburb profile
Penrose NSW 2579
Penrose is located in the Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, postcode 2579. It has 371 properties across 22 streets. Explore every street in Penrose, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Penrose
Penrose, NSW 2579, sits in the Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven region and neighbours Wingello, Bundanoon, Exeter and Paddys River. Its 22 streets hold 371 properties, 185 of them houses and 186 units.
Census figures are for the Southern Highlands area, which covers the whole suburb. The area had 7,250 residents, a median age of 53 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,574 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,108 a month and the median rent $400 a week. Of 2,792 dwellings, 2,737 were separate houses, 19 semi-detached and 23 flats, with 14 of other types. Of the same 2,792, 1,463 were owned outright, 874 owned with a mortgage and 352 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Penrose
- 7,250Peoplelive in the area
- 53Median ageyears
- $1,574Median household incomea week
- $400Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,737
- Townhouses and semis19
- Flats and apartments23
- Other14
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,108a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Penrose
- Alexandra Street6 properties
- Anthea Place2 properties
- Arcadia Firetrail1 property
- Avondale Road101 properties
- Dale Street2 properties
- Dunlop Lane5 properties
- Ena Avenue3 properties
- George Street2 properties
- Jeffrey Lane1 property
- Kareela Road46 properties
- Koolilabah Lane4 properties
- Lukes Firetrail6 properties
- Manuka Avenue78 properties
- Mill Road3 properties
- Newbury Drive15 properties
- Penrose Forestry Road4 properties
- Penrose Road59 properties
- Prince Street5 properties
- Quigg Firetrail11 properties
- Teudts Road6 properties
- Victoria Street8 properties
- Westwood Track3 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
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.