Cringila real estate
NSW 2502 · Wollongong City Council · About 13 km from our Shell Cove office
The suburb
Living in Cringila
Cringila is a small residential suburb south of Wollongong's centre, bounded by Berkeley, Lake Heights, Warrawong, Five Islands Road and the Port Kembla steelworks, part of which lies inside the suburb. It began as two estates: Steeltown, opened in the late 1920s beside the new works, and Belvedere in the mid-1930s. The name comes from an Aboriginal word for the pipeclay people decorated themselves with before a corroboree.
Post-war migration shaped the suburb. Macedonian, Portuguese, Turkish and Lebanese families settled here to work at the steelworks, and at the 2001 census Cringila was the only suburb in Australia where more households spoke Macedonian than English only. Homes are mostly detached houses on suburban blocks, close to work at the port and the steelworks.
The market
Prices and rents in Cringila
Median house price, postcode 2502
+12.9% on a year earlier
Median weekly rent, houses, 2502
+11.3% on a year earlier
Median weekly rent, units, 2502
+11.1% on a year earlier
Median price, all homes, 2502
Postcode sale prices: NSW Rent and Sales Report, March quarter 2026, sales in postcode 2502. Rents: NSW Rent and Sales Report, June quarter 2026, median of new bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading for postcode 2502. © 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
Close to the works and the hills
Cringila Community Park covers 78 hectares of hills that council bought after residents defeated a plan by BHP to use the land as an industrial waste dump; it is now being regenerated as habitat. On the hills between Cringila and Berkeley, the Cringila Hills Mountain Bike Park has trails, pump tracks, shared walking paths and an inclusive playground.
Cringila Public School is in the suburb, and Cringila station on the Port Kembla branch has trains north through Wollongong to Sydney. Warrawong Plaza is next door for shopping, Lake Illawarra is just to the south past Lake Heights, and Five Islands Road runs along one edge of the suburb towards the rest of Wollongong.
Public schools in Cringila
- Cringila Public School · Primary School
The people
Who lives in Cringila
People
Median age
Median household income a week
- Owned outright 44.5%
- Owned with a mortgage 25.9%
- Rented 26.1%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Cringila (SAL11117). © 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 Cringila
Buyers in Cringila are often looking for a house close to work at the steelworks and the port, or a first home or investment within reach of Wollongong. Price comes down to the condition of the house, the block and the street: how close it sits to Five Islands Road and the works, and whether it looks towards the hills. We sell across the lake suburbs from our office at Shell Cove.
Renting it out instead? We manage rental homes in Cringila too, where houses in the postcode lease for around $690 a week.
Questions
About Cringila
What is the median house price in Cringila?
Houses across postcode 2502, which includes Cringila, sold for a median of $920,000 in the March quarter 2026, up 12.9% 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 Cringila?
The median weekly rent for a house across postcode 2502 was $690 in the June quarter 2026, and $500 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 Cringila?
Yes. Monique Field Property sells and manages homes in Cringila, about 13 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 the Cringila Hills Mountain Bike Park?
The park is on the hills between Cringila and Berkeley, with parking off Lackawanna Street. Wollongong City Council opened it in late 2021. It has around 12 kilometres of trails aimed at beginner and intermediate riders, plus a harder loop, pump tracks, shared walking paths and an inclusive playground. Entry is free, from sunrise to sunset.
Nearby suburbs
What's your Cringila home worth?
A free appraisal from Monique: recent sales near you, what's on the market, and the price range she'd expect.