The quick read on
NSW 2527 · Shellharbour
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
ABS 2021
Tongarra, New South Wales
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Tongarra NSW
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Tongarra is 976 offences per 100,000 residents — 70% below the Rest of NSW benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Tongarra.
Overall crime rate
976
offences per 100,000 residents
70% belowRest of NSW
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Tongarra NSW 2527 is in New South Wales, within Rest of NSW.
141 people call Tongarra home, with an average of 3.1 people per household and a median household income of $3,041 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
17.5% of workers in Tongarra worked from home on Census day.
2.1% of Tongarra residents were born in England.
30.5% of people in Tongarra described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Tongarra NSW 2527.
8.5% of Tongarra's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.
40 family households lived in Tongarra; 52.5% were couple families and 12.5% were one-parent families.
20.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Tongarra had 141 residents at the 2021 Census.
19.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
32.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 102.4% of occupied private dwellings in Tongarra.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
28.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.
44.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.
26.7% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Tongarra had 3.1 people.
One-person households made up 7.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.
Two-person households represented 37.2%, while 37.2% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
17.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.
52.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.
0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.
One-car households formed 7.0% of the total.
72.1% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
51.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.5% reported a different address.
12.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
88.7% of residents used only English at home.
7.1% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
12.1% of Tongarra's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.9% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.9%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 36.9% of ancestry responses in Tongarra.
Australian ancestry made up 38.3% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
17.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.
Managers accounted for 13.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.4%.
Health care and social assistance employed 21.6% of workers, and education and training employed 4.1%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 74.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.
44.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.4% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
60.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.
7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
4.3% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
15.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 27.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.4%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $3,041 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,100.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 17.5% in Tongarra, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.
Outright ownership was 28.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.
Renting accounted for 26.7% in Tongarra, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
There is not yet enough consistent market data for a dependable house median. The nearby suburb links make it easier to compare the wider market while local observations build.
The Census counted 40 local families, and 8.5% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
The free data does not have a dependable bedroom breakdown for this suburb. Compare the current house and unit medians above, then use live listings to see what a $1.5m budget buys today.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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Figures update as new market and census data arrives. This suburb overview is general information, not a valuation or financial advice.
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