Located in New South Wales within the Shellharbour local government area, Tongarra is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2527). With a population of 141, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $158K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, professionals, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median house price in Tongarra is $1.1 million, having eased back by 1.1% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $750. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,100.
Public transport access includes 5 bus stops. The crime rate in the Shellharbour LGA is below average at 2,875 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 3.5%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.1M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 7.0x is considered moderate. House prices have moved -1.1% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.9% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.