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Terara NSW 2540

Terara is located in the Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, postcode 2540. It has 239 properties across 11 streets. Explore every street in Terara, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Terara

Terara, NSW 2540, sits in the Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven region and neighbours Bomaderry, Brundee, Numbaa and Worrigee. Its 11 streets hold 239 properties, 121 of them houses and 118 units.

Census figures are for Nowra, which covers the whole of the suburb. Nowra had 22,584 residents, a median age of 37 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,304 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month and the median rent $330 a week. Of 7,856 dwellings, 6,753 were separate houses, 781 semi-detached, 214 flats and 73 other. Of the same 7,856, 2,265 were owned outright, 2,285 owned with a mortgage and 3,040 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Terara

  • 22,584Peoplelive in the area
  • 37Median ageyears
  • $1,304Median household incomea week
  • $330Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses6,753
  • Townhouses and semis781
  • Flats and apartments214
  • Other73

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,733a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,265Owned with a mortgage 2,285Rented 3,040Other 266

Schools in Terara

  • Terara Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Terara

  1. Bryant Street3 properties
  2. Comerong Island Road10 properties
  3. Forsyth Street5 properties
  4. Fox Street5 properties
  5. Holme Street9 properties
  6. Millbank Road30 properties
  7. Nobblers Lane3 properties
  8. South Street14 properties
  9. Southern Road5 properties
  10. Terara Road147 properties
  11. West Berry Street8 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.

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.