Located in New South Wales within the Shellharbour local government area, Yellow Rock is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2527). The area has roughly 226 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $121K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 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 current median weekly rent is $750. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,000.
The crime rate in the Shellharbour LGA is below average at 2,875 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, 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.