Albion Park Rail real estate
NSW 2527 · Shellharbour City Council · About 7 km from our Shell Cove office
The suburb
Living in Albion Park Rail
Albion Park Rail grew up around the railway that reached the district in 1887, about two kilometres east of the old town of Albion Park, and it takes its name from it. It sits between Albion Park and Oak Flats, on the shore of Lake Illawarra near Koona Bay, with the Macquarie Rivulet running through to the lake. In 1899 local dairy farmers built their co-operative central dairy factory here.
Housing is a mix of older homes near the station and the old highway, brick homes in estates such as Green Meadows from around the 1980s, and some newer townhouses. Since the Albion Park Rail bypass opened in 2021, the M1 Princes Motorway carries through traffic past the suburb rather than along its old main road. The suburb also takes in Shellharbour Airport and two volunteer-run museums, one of aircraft and one of light railways.
The market
Prices and rents in Albion Park Rail
Median house price, postcode 2527
+18.8% on a year earlier
Median unit or townhouse price, 2527
+9.3% on a year earlier
Median weekly rent, houses, 2527
+15.1% on a year earlier
Median weekly rent, townhouses, 2527
Postcode sale prices: NSW Rent and Sales Report, March quarter 2026, sales in postcode 2527. Rents: NSW Rent and Sales Report, June quarter 2026, median of new bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading for postcode 2527. © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), CC BY 4.0. Medians are a guide, not a valuation. Compare all suburbs.
Living here
Planes, trains and the lake
Shellharbour Airport is owned and run by Shellharbour City Council. Beside it, the volunteer-run HARS Aviation Museum has a Boeing 747 and a Lockheed Super Constellation among its aircraft, and Airshows Downunder, which replaced Wings over Illawarra, is held at the airport every second year. The Illawarra Light Railway Museum runs narrow-gauge steam and diesel train rides on set weekends each month.
Albion Park station on the South Coast Line is here, about a ten-minute walk from the HARS museum. Albion Park Rail Public School is in Gow Avenue. Riana Reserve and Macquarie Shores Reserve sit on the banks of the Macquarie Rivulet, and the Croom sporting complex and Shellharbour City Stadium are just to the south. The motorway has interchanges at Albion Park and Oak Flats.
Public schools in Albion Park Rail
- Albion Park Rail Public School · Primary School
The people
Who lives in Albion Park Rail
People
Median age
Median household income a week
- Owned outright 33.9%
- Owned with a mortgage 36.6%
- Rented 26.5%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Albion Park Rail (SAL10026). © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Tenure shares are of occupied private dwellings and don't add to 100% where some households didn't say.
Selling
Selling in Albion Park Rail
Housing in Albion Park Rail changes street by street: homes near the station and the old highway, quieter streets towards the lake and the rivulet, and newer townhouses. Flood mapping along the Macquarie Rivulet, aircraft noise near the runway and the condition of older homes all bear on value. We work across the Shellharbour suburbs from our office at Shell Cove.
“It's all on one title, whereas often you need two blocks to get 1500 square metres.”
Renting it out instead? We manage rental homes in Albion Park Rail too, where houses in the postcode lease for around $800 a week.
Questions
About Albion Park Rail
What is the median house price in Albion Park Rail?
Houses across postcode 2527, which includes Albion Park Rail, sold for a median of $1,010,000 in the March quarter 2026, up 18.8% on a year earlier, according to the NSW Rent and Sales Report. Prices within a postcode vary a lot from street to street, which is what an appraisal accounts for.
How much does it cost to rent a house in Albion Park Rail?
The median weekly rent for a house across postcode 2527 was $800 in the June quarter 2026, from new bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading. Ask us for a rental appraisal of your property for a figure that reflects its size and condition.
Do you sell homes in Albion Park Rail?
Yes. Monique Field Property sells and manages homes in Albion Park Rail, about 7 km from our office on Harbour Boulevard in Shell Cove. Book a free appraisal and we'll show you recent sales near you and what we'd expect your home to sell for.
Where is Albion Park train station?
Albion Park station is in Albion Park Rail, not in the town of Albion Park. It is on the South Coast Line, which runs north through Wollongong to Sydney and south to Kiama and Bomaderry. The station is heritage listed, and its goods yard once served the district's dairy and grazing farms.
What's your Albion Park Rail home worth?
A free appraisal from Monique: recent sales near you, what's on the market, and the price range she'd expect.