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Housing
west nowra
New South Wales · Census 2021
$680k
-0.7% yr · median house · Dec 2025
West Nowra is a leafy residential suburb of Shoalhaven.
Median house price
People
Population
1,504
Median age
33 yrs
Income / person / wk
$750
Household income / wk
$1,493
Housing
Median rent / wk
$350
Mortgage / month
$1,707
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 45%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 0%
- No religion
- 45%
- Born overseas
- 9%
- English only at home
- 96%
Local amenities
Amenity score
3/100
Schools
0
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
2
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
2.0 km
Nearest train
3.9 km
Nearest hospital
2.1 km
Distance to coast
14.9 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
2.1 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Shoalhaven
- Council population
- 108,639
- Council area
- 4,567 km²
- Density
- 24/km²
- Federal grants
- $15.94M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $147/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Gilmore
- Federal MP
- Fiona Phillips (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 55% 2PP
- State electorate
- Kiama
- State MP
- Gareth Ward (IND)
Similar suburbs
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