Suburb profile
West Nowra NSW 2541
West Nowra is located in the Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, postcode 2541. It has 850 properties across 30 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in West Nowra, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About West Nowra
West Nowra, NSW 2541, sits in the Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven region and neighbours Mundamia, North Nowra, Nowra and South Nowra. Its 30 streets hold 850 properties, 646 of them houses and 204 units.
Census figures are for the Nowra area, which has 22,584 residents, a median age of 37 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income is $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; 2,265 were owned outright, 2,285 owned with a mortgage and 3,040 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in West Nowra
- 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
Streets in West Nowra
- Albatross Road87 properties
- Benney Close7 properties
- Beyeri Avenue14 properties
- Bromley Close10 properties
- Candlebark Close45 properties
- Cavanagh Lane103 properties
- Christiana Close23 properties
- Coral Sea Drive12 properties
- Depot Road49 properties
- Dobbie Close13 properties
- Doreen Court14 properties
- Filter Road44 properties
- Flannelflower Avenue14 properties
- Folia Close5 properties
- Garry Glen5 properties
- Glenair Avenue35 properties
- Langside Avenue9 properties
- Lightwood Drive25 properties
- Lydon Crescent39 properties
- Maybush Way21 properties
- Olympic Drive20 properties
- Racemosa Avenue11 properties
- Rannoch Drive59 properties
- Rouken Glen Drive17 properties
- Stockley Close16 properties
- Tay Grove4 properties
- Tinto Place3 properties
- Tulla Place6 properties
- Tummell Close8 properties
- Yalwal Road132 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.