Kembla Heights ^{NSW 2526}

Rental Market

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,751 a year through Wollongong based on 2024 figures.

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

In the year to August 2026, 1,476 new dwellings were approved across Wollongong. That mix is 422 houses and 1,054 units. Approvals are down 31.3% on the same period a year earlier.

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Illawarra Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

PM2.5 averaged 5.9 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 19.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.45 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 7 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.

From the Kembla Grange monitoring station, 5.1 km away.

High rainfall.

Elevation

254 m

above sea level, at the suburb centre

Distance to the ocean

8.0 km

Annual rainfall

974 mm

97 rainy days

Summer max (Jan)

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Winter min (Jul)

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Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

• Dendrobium Mine

  Coal Mining

  Top reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
  0.4 km
• LMS Whytes Gully

  Other Electricity Generation

  Top reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide
  3.9 km
• Kembla Grange Asphalt Plant

  Other Petroleum and Coal Product Manufacturing

  Top reported: Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Oxides of Nitrogen
  4.1 km
• Illawarra Water Filtration Plant

  Water Supply

  Top reported: Chlorine & compounds · Fluoride compounds
  4.1 km
• Autocare Services Kembla Grange

  Road Freight Transport

  Top reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
  4.5 km

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

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Currently held by Alison Byrnes Australian Labor Party

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.

Currently held by Ryan Park Labor

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.