South Coast, NSW
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Drive to the coast
0 min
By road
Nearest major hospital
13 min
By road
Airport access
1h 52m
By road
Schools access
Excellent
Average daytime temp
21.5°C
Rainfall
Wet
Gerringong is one of those places where dairy-green hills and the Pacific sit in the same view, and the town’s character comes from that overlap. Around 4,200 people live here, the median age is 46 and population growth has been almost flat since 2016.
The community is small enough to feel local, yet schools and healthcare are strong, while the beach is effectively on the doorstep. Werri Beach, the coastal walk and nearby farms and wineries mean weekends can move easily between surf and countryside without a long drive.
Housing, however, carries a substantial South Coast premium, with a median around $1.78 million. Shopping is limited compared with larger nearby centres, and people needing a broader job market will usually look beyond town. Tourism is noticeable and can change the feel of the main streets during busy periods, but Gerringong remains more residential than major holiday destinations.
Sydney is about two hours away and the airport a little under that, making occasional city trips realistic without turning the town into a commuter suburb. Gerringong suits people who want a small coastal community with a genuine country backdrop and are comfortable paying for that combination while driving elsewhere for some work, retail and specialist needs.
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Gerringong brings beach and country scenery unusually close together. Families, surfers, people working remotely and couples have cafés, a walkable small centre and easy coastal access around them. It is particularly appealing if Kiama feels too busy but Berry leaves the beach a little too far outside the everyday life you have in mind.
Shopping is limited compared with Kiama, and the airport is roughly 1 hour 45 minutes away. Tourism is noticeable, especially given the town's small size, and Sydney is about 2 hours by road. People wanting a large job market or extensive retail will need to look to bigger centres.
Surf or swim at Werri Beach
Walk the Kiama Coast Walk
Visit nearby farms and wineries among rolling green hills
Median house price
$1,775,000
60% above the NSW median
Houses here typically sell from $1,600,000 to $2,023,000 (25th–75th percentile).
Sourced from NSW Department of Communities and Justice · January - March 2026 quarter
Healthcare access
Excellent
Shopping & everyday services
Moderate
Supermarket within 10km, limited other retail
Internet connection
Fixed line
Plus 11 more within 20km — showing the 8 closest.
Job market by industry
Healthcare — 14.6%
Largest share of local jobs
Employment figures cover this town's wider statistical region, not the town alone — you'll see the same figures for Kiama and Wollongong.
The score ranks this region against other regions for the same occupation, not against other jobs here — a low score means it isn't a regional stronghold for that field, not that there are no vacancies. Counts online job advertisements, so trades and farm work hired by word of mouth are undercounted, and outside capital cities this is published at a regional level larger than one town.
Gerringong (SAL 11610) · 2021 Census
Older than the country as a whole: 25.8% are 65 or over against 17.2% nationally, and 18.4% are children against 18.2%. Among households, home ownership is high at 75.8% of dwellings against 65.9% nationally.
Population
4,165
Population growth
+0.9%
Kiama Hinterland - Gerringong (SA2 107031140)
Median age
46 years
Labour force participation
58.1%
Growth is measured across the wider area named under the figure, which can be a different size to the town.
Share of total population in each band — rounding means these won't land on exactly 100%.
Couples are a share of total families; lone-person households are a share of total households — different bases, not one breakdown.
Median personal income
$802
Per week · ≈ $41,704/year
Median family income
$2,291
Per week
Median household income
$1,899
Per week
Personal is one person's income; family and household cover everyone living together — a single-income household will show a lower household figure than its highest earner's personal one. Personal income also covers every resident aged 15 and over, retirees included, so it reads low in a town with an older population even where household income is solid.
Owner-occupied
75.8%
Rented
19.5%
Born in Australia
84.2%
Born overseas
12.1%
Doesn't sum to 100% — people who didn't state a birthplace are excluded rather than redistributed.