Bombo real estate
NSW 2533 · Kiama Municipal Council · About 7 km from our Shell Cove office
The suburb
Living in Bombo
Bombo is a small coastal suburb on the northern edge of Kiama, the link between the town and Kiama Downs and Minnamurra to the north. It takes its name from Thumbon, a respected local headman, and it has more railway history than its size suggests: when the Illawarra line reached here in 1887, Bombo was the end of the line, until the track was extended into Kiama in 1893.
So much of Bombo is taken up by the Princes Highway, the railway, the beach and the old quarry headland that there are only a small number of homes. That makes it a rare address for anyone who wants the beach and a station within walking distance, with Kiama's town centre just to the south and Kiama Downs to the north.
The market
Prices and rents in Bombo
Median house price, postcode 2533
+14.1% on a year earlier
Median unit or townhouse price, 2533
+8.4% on a year earlier
Median weekly rent, houses, 2533
+4.1% on a year earlier
Median weekly rent, units, 2533
+12.1% on a year earlier
Postcode sale prices: NSW Rent and Sales Report, March quarter 2026, sales in postcode 2533. Rents: NSW Rent and Sales Report, June quarter 2026, median of new bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading for postcode 2533. © 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
Basalt columns and the beach
Bombo Headland is listed on the NSW State Heritage Register as a geological site. It was quarried for basalt from 1880, and the cutting exposed tall columns of dark rock, protected by a conservation order since 1983. The Kiama Coast Walk passes through, with signposted detours to the columns, and North Bombo Beach is popular with surfers.
Bombo station is on the South Coast Line, one stop north of Kiama, with trains to Wollongong and Sydney. Kiama's shops, schools and services are just to the south, and Kiama Downs has a supermarket and other everyday shops to the north. The Princes Highway, rebuilt as a six-lane road through here in 2005, runs north to Shellharbour and Wollongong.
The people
Who lives in Bombo
People
Median age
Median household income a week
- Owned outright 27.1%
- Owned with a mortgage 42.4%
- Rented 23.7%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Bombo (SAL10457). © 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. Small populations: the ABS adjusts small counts slightly to protect privacy.
Selling
Selling in Bombo
With so few homes in Bombo, sales are infrequent and each one stands largely on its own. Buyers weigh the walk to the beach and the station against the noise of the highway and the railway, so a home's exact position can matter more than its size. We price from comparable sales across Bombo, Kiama Downs and the north of Kiama, and our office is a short drive north at Shell Cove.
Renting it out instead? We manage rental homes in Bombo too, where houses in the postcode lease for around $830 a week.
Questions
About Bombo
What is the median house price in Bombo?
Houses across postcode 2533, which includes Bombo, sold for a median of $1,631,000 in the March quarter 2026, up 14.1% 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 Bombo?
The median weekly rent for a house across postcode 2533 was $830 in the June quarter 2026, and $650 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 Bombo?
Yes. Monique Field Property sells and manages homes in Bombo, 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.
What is the Bombo Headland quarry?
It is the old basalt quarry on the headland at Bombo, first worked in 1880 and last reopened briefly in 1944. The exposed columns of rock, known to geologists as the Bombo Latite, are protected as a geological site on the NSW State Heritage Register. Part of the headland also holds a Sydney Water treatment plant.
Nearby suburbs
What's your Bombo home worth?
A free appraisal from Monique: recent sales near you, what's on the market, and the price range she'd expect.