Wollongong - West
New South Wales · Wollongong · Illawarra
Why “Wollongong - West”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Wollongong into several statistical areas (SA2s); this profile covers one part of it. Other parts are listed further down. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Wollongong - West is a locality in the Wollongong area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Wollongong - West SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Wollongong - West SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Wollongong WPS
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wollongong - West.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Wollongong - West (NSW catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Wollongong - West
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment970ICSEA1159
- Primary · Catholic · Years K-6Enrolment368ICSEA1090
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment354ICSEA1070
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment271ICSEA1065
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment243ICSEA991
- Primary · Catholic · Years K-6Enrolment175ICSEA1083
- Special · Government · Years UEnrolment113ICSEA945
- Special · GovernmentEnrolment—ICSEA—
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSPeak TIGSCentre-Based Care · 130 places · West Wollongong
- Exceeding NQSUOW Pulse Childrens Services - Kids Uni iCCentre-Based Care · 75 places · North Wollongong
- Exceeding NQSThe Piper CentreCentre-Based Care · 75 places · West Wollongong
- Exceeding NQSUOW Pulse Children's Services - Kids Uni CBDCentre-Based Care · 69 places · Wollongong
- Exceeding NQSGoodstart Early Learning MangertonCentre-Based Care · 66 places · Mangerton
- Exceeding NQSUOW Pulse Children's Services - Kids Uni NorthCentre-Based Care · 59 places · Gwynneville
- Exceeding NQSUOW Pulse Children's Services - Kids Uni SouthCentre-Based Care · 59 places · Gwynneville
- Exceeding NQSStewart Street Community Preschool 0-5Centre-Based Care · 49 places · Wollongong
- Exceeding NQSECTARC Keiraview Early Education and Care ServiceCentre-Based Care · 48 places · Wollongong
- Exceeding NQSKeiraville Community PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Keiraville
- Exceeding NQSECTARC Smith Street Early Education and Care ServiceCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Wollongong
- Exceeding NQSGrandma Rosie's Childcare Centre - WollongongCentre-Based Care · 39 places · Wollongong
+ 26 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 5,460
- vs previous year
- -8%
- vs 2021
- 6,074
- Theft 1,388
- Against justice procedures 1,121
- Transport regulatory offences 1,000
- Drug offences 563
- Assault 363
Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 2
- Supermarkets
- 0
- Parks
- 22
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Wollongong - West SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Climate & hazards
- Bushfire overlay
- Within the designated Bush Fire Prone Land
This shows whether the Wollongong - West SA2 intersects an official New South Wales government hazard overlay. It is the published overlay extent — not a risk rating, hazard score, or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A single property inside the SA2 may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice — check the current planning scheme and your insurer for any specific address.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $1,275,000
- House price YoY
- +15.4%
- Median 3BR house rent
- $730/wk
Where did the gain come from?
+212Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
Other SA2s in Wollongong
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
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