Barrack Heights real estate
NSW 2528 · Shellharbour City Council · About 3 km from our Shell Cove office
The suburb
Living in Barrack Heights
Barrack Heights sits inland from Barrack Point, with Warilla to the north and Blackbutt Forest Reserve along its southern edge. It was developed as an estate in the 1960s, with a later stage of lots auctioned in 1962 and the NSW Housing Commission building many of the homes. The name is thought to come from the Dharawal word berrich, meaning swamp.
Most houses date from that period, on suburban blocks, and many have since been renovated or extended, with villas and newer rebuilds among them. Compared with Barrack Point, which is on the water, Barrack Heights is a suburb of residential streets a little back from the coast. First-home buyers and families make up much of the market, looking for a house with a yard near the beach.
The market
Prices and rents in Barrack Heights
Median house price, postcode 2528
+6.4% on a year earlier
Median unit or townhouse price, 2528
+35.4% on a year earlier
Median weekly rent, houses, 2528
+2.9% on a year earlier
Median weekly rent, units, 2528
−1% on a year earlier
Postcode sale prices: NSW Rent and Sales Report, March quarter 2026, sales in postcode 2528. Rents: NSW Rent and Sales Report, June quarter 2026, median of new bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading for postcode 2528. © 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
Schools, the reserve and the hospital
Barrack Heights Public School is on Hunter Street, and Warilla High School, despite its name, is on Keross Avenue in Barrack Heights. Shellharbour Private Hospital is on Captain Cook Drive. Blackbutt Forest Reserve, with its walking tracks, picnic areas and lake views, borders the suburb to the south, and Stockland Shellharbour is a short drive away in the City Centre.
Warilla Beach and Shellharbour Beach are both a short drive east, either side of Barrack Point, and Warilla Grove Shopping Centre is just to the north. Shellharbour Hospital is in neighbouring Mount Warrigal. Oak Flats station and the M1 Princes Motorway interchange at Oak Flats are the links north to Wollongong and Sydney.
Public schools in Barrack Heights
- Barrack Heights Public School · Primary School
- Warilla High School · Secondary School
The people
Who lives in Barrack Heights
People
Median age
Median household income a week
- Owned outright 36.3%
- Owned with a mortgage 28.4%
- Rented 33%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Barrack Heights (SAL10208). © 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 Barrack Heights
In Barrack Heights the price of a house comes down to the block, the condition of the original home and how far it is from the beach and the reserve. Homes backing onto Blackbutt Forest Reserve and renovated houses on quiet streets draw the most interest. We look at recent sales street by street rather than the suburb median, from our office in Shell Cove.
Renting it out instead? We manage rental homes in Barrack Heights too, where houses in the postcode lease for around $700 a week.
Questions
About Barrack Heights
What is the median house price in Barrack Heights?
Houses across postcode 2528, which includes Barrack Heights, sold for a median of $995,000 in the March quarter 2026, up 6.4% 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 Barrack Heights?
The median weekly rent for a house across postcode 2528 was $700 in the June quarter 2026, and $495 for a unit, 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 Barrack Heights?
Yes. Monique Field Property sells and manages homes in Barrack Heights, about 3 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.
What's your Barrack Heights home worth?
A free appraisal from Monique: recent sales near you, what's on the market, and the price range she'd expect.