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brownsville
New South Wales · Census 2021
$903k
+8.1% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Brownsville is a coastal suburb of Wollongong.
Median house price
People
Population
524
Median age
44 yrs
Income / person / wk
$685
Household income / wk
$1,160
Housing
Median rent / wk
$320
Mortgage / month
$1,733
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 41%
- Top language at home
- English only
- No religion
- 41%
- Born overseas
- 16%
- English only at home
- 95%
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
1.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Wollongong
- Council population
- 214,498
- Council area
- 684 km²
- Density
- 313/km²
- Federal grants
- $23.41M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $109/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Whitlam
- Federal MP
- Carol Berry (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 56% 2PP
- State electorate
- Wollongong
- State MP
- Paul Scully (ALP)
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