Shoalhaven, NSW
jervis-bay · whale-watching · maritime · beachy
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Drive to the coast
3 min
By road
Nearest major hospital
32 min
By road
Airport access
2h
By road
Schools access
Excellent
Average daytime temp
20.7°C
Rainfall
Moderate rainfall
Huskisson is a tiny Jervis Bay village whose visitor profile is much larger than its permanent population of about 840. The median age is 56 and population has grown by roughly 18% since 2016, so the community is expanding while remaining small. Daily life is closely tied to the bay, beach and creek, with boating, kayaking and whale watching all sitting naturally in the local routine.
The maritime museum adds a strong local-history thread, but tourism is intense enough that weekends and holidays can make the village feel completely different. Healthcare is limited, the nearest major hospital is about half an hour away and the closest airport is roughly two hours by road. Shopping is better than you might expect for the population but still narrow compared with a regional centre.
Housing sits around an $878,000 median and three-bedroom rents near $580 a week. Canberra is about 2 hours 45 minutes away. Huskisson suits people who want a small, social bay-side community and are happy to share it with visitors. The trade-off is that the permanent population cannot support a broad employment market or specialist services, so some parts of life will always extend beyond the village.
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It suits couples, active retirees, remote workers and families who want to walk to cafés, the waterfront and beaches and are comfortable with a very small permanent population. People who spend free time swimming, paddling, boating or diving will get more from Huskisson than someone prioritising retail or a broad local job market.
Tourism is intense for such a small village, so holiday periods can change the feel of the place. Healthcare is limited locally, a major hospital is about 32 minutes away and the nearest airport is around two hours away. The local employment and shopping base is also relatively narrow.
Cruise Jervis Bay
Visit Jervis Bay Maritime Museum
Swim at Huskisson Beach
Kayak Currambene Creek
Median house price
$878,000
21% below the NSW median
Median attached price (townhouse/apartment)
$715,000
Median weekly rent (3-bed house)
$580
≈ $2,513/month
Houses here typically sell from $719,000 to $1,171,000 (25th–75th percentile).
Attached properties typically sell from $590,000 to $765,000.
Sourced from NSW Department of Communities and Justice · January - March 2026 quarter
Healthcare access
Moderate
Shopping & everyday services
Good
4–9 shopping centres within 20km
Internet connection
Fixed line
Plus 11 more within 20km — showing the 8 closest.
Job market by industry
Healthcare — 12.3%
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 Berry, Bowral, Kangaroo Valley, Robertson and Ulladulla.
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.
Huskisson (SAL 11973) · 2021 Census
Older than the country as a whole: 31.3% are 65 or over against 17.2% nationally, and 11.1% are children against 18.2%. Among households, couples without children outnumber couples with them (62.1% of families against 26.1%), and renting is well above the national rate, at 40% of dwellings against 30.6%. Lone-person households are more common than average (40.5% against 25.6%).
Population
840
Population growth
+18.2%
Huskisson - Vincentia (SA2 114011276)
Median age
56 years
Labour force participation
48.1%
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
$744
Per week · ≈ $38,688/year
Median family income
$1,765
Per week
Median household income
$1,294
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
55.7%
Rented
40%
Born in Australia
72%
Born overseas
19.2%
Doesn't sum to 100% — people who didn't state a birthplace are excluded rather than redistributed.