Suburb profile

Wollongong NSW 2500

Wollongong is located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, postcode 2500. It has 18,414 properties across 109 streets, mostly units. Explore every street in Wollongong, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Wollongong

Wollongong, NSW 2500, sits in the Illawarra region and neighbours North Wollongong, Coniston, Mangerton and Port Kembla. Its 109 streets hold 18,414 properties, 14,420 of them units and 3,994 houses.

Census figures are for Wollongong - East, an area that covers part of the suburb. It had 16,020 residents, a median age of 36 and an average household of 1.9 people. Median household income was $1,578 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,987 a month and the median rent $410 a week. Of 7,790 dwellings, 6,671 were flats, 658 separate houses, 331 semi-detached and 104 other. Tenure split into 1,932 owned outright, 1,345 owned with a mortgage and 4,221 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Wollongong

  • 16,020Peoplelive in the area
  • 36Median ageyears
  • $1,578Median household incomea week
  • $410Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses658
  • Townhouses and semis331
  • Flats and apartments6,671
  • Other104

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,987a month
  • Household size1.9people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,932Owned with a mortgage 1,345Rented 4,221Other 292

For sale and rent in Wollongong

Jason CapeloJason Capelo

$1,100,000 - $1,200,000

2/18 Edward Street, Wollongong NSW 2500

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space Apartment

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Michael GarsideMichael Garside
Updated 10 hours ago

$710,000 - $750,000

12 / 5 Stewart Street, Wollongong NSW 2500

2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space Apartment

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Troy McNeiceTroy McNeice

Price Guide $1,600,000

3/19-21 Gipps Street, Wollongong NSW 2500

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces Unit

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Properties in Wollongong

Schools in Wollongong

  • Lindsay Park Public School

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  • Mount St Thomas Public School

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  • Wollongong Public School

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  • Wollongong West Public School

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Local agents in Wollongong

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Agencies that specialise in Wollongong

Streets in Wollongong

A

  1. Allan Street37 properties
  2. Atchison Street510 properties
  3. Auburn Street254 properties

B

  1. Bank Street231 properties
  2. Beach Street21 properties
  3. Beatson Street203 properties
  4. Belmore Street142 properties
  5. Bligh Street143 properties
  6. Bourke Street1 property
  7. Brownlee Street1 property
  8. Burelli Street490 properties

C

  1. Campbell Street440 properties
  2. Charlotte Street8 properties
  3. Church Street880 properties
  4. Cliff Road312 properties
  5. Colleen Grove30 properties
  6. Coombe Street6 properties
  7. Corrimal Street1,159 properties
  8. Crana Place102 properties
  9. Crown Lane7 properties
  10. Crown Street1,739 properties

D

  1. Dean Street1 property
  2. Denison Street194 properties
  3. Dudley Street27 properties

E

  1. Edward Street148 properties
  2. Ellen Street32 properties
  3. Endeavour Drive1 property
  4. Evans Street126 properties

F

  1. Finlayson Street41 properties
  2. First Street35 properties
  3. Flinders Street385 properties
  4. Fox Avenue3 properties
  5. Frederick Street25 properties

G

  1. George Street40 properties
  2. Georges Place9 properties
  3. Gipps Street304 properties
  4. Gladstone Avenue446 properties
  5. Glebe Street23 properties
  6. Globe Lane32 properties
  7. Governors Lane27 properties
  8. Greenacre Road109 properties

H

  1. Harbour Street295 properties
  2. Hector Street25 properties
  3. Henley Avenue14 properties
  4. Hercules Street182 properties
  5. Hewitt Avenue1 property
  6. Hillcrest Street131 properties
  7. Hilltop Avenue54 properties
  8. Hinton Street17 properties
  9. Howarth Place20 properties

J

  1. Jutland Avenue70 properties

K

  1. Keira Street878 properties
  2. Kembla Street1,110 properties
  3. Kenny Street293 properties

L

  1. Lauder Avenue16 properties
  2. Loftus Street240 properties
  3. Lowden Square10 properties

M

  1. Macquarie Street80 properties
  2. Mailer Avenue39 properties
  3. Mangerton Road144 properties
  4. Marine Drive1 property
  5. Market Place99 properties
  6. Market Street644 properties
  7. Marr Street72 properties
  8. Matthews Street145 properties
  9. Mckenzie Avenue137 properties
  10. Mercury Street147 properties
  11. Myrtle Street1 property

N

  1. New Dapto Road327 properties
  2. Northcote Street63 properties

O

  1. Ocean Street72 properties
  2. Old Court House Lane9 properties
  3. Osborne Street159 properties

P

  1. Park Street106 properties
  2. Parkinson Street12 properties
  3. Parkside Avenue43 properties
  4. Port Kembla Road1 property

Q

  1. Queens Parade45 properties

R

  1. Railway Parade109 properties
  2. Railway Station Square1 property
  3. Rawlinson Avenue54 properties
  4. Rawson Street122 properties
  5. Regent Street293 properties
  6. Richardson Street1 property
  7. Robertson Street3 properties
  8. Robinson Street97 properties
  9. Rosemont Street22 properties
  10. Ross Street332 properties
  11. Rowland Avenue213 properties

S

  1. Sea View Road22 properties
  2. Smith Street838 properties
  3. South Street17 properties
  4. Sperry Street58 properties
  5. Spinebill Lane3 properties
  6. Staff Street297 properties
  7. Station Street2 properties
  8. Stewart Street384 properties
  9. Strathearn Avenue62 properties
  10. Swan Street63 properties

T

  1. Tate Street6 properties
  2. Thomas Street221 properties
  3. Town Hall Place5 properties

U

  1. Urunga Parade114 properties

V

  1. Victoria Street140 properties
  2. View Street85 properties

W

  1. West Street58 properties
  2. Wilson Street81 properties
  3. Wiseman Avenue54 properties

Y

  1. Young Street231 properties

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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.