Primbee real estate
NSW 2502 · Wollongong City Council · About 9 km from our Shell Cove office
The suburb
Living in Primbee
Primbee is at the northern end of the Windang Peninsula, the strip of land between Lake Illawarra and the Pacific Ocean, in the City of Wollongong. The lake is on its western side and the long ocean beach on the east, with Windang to the south, and locals sometimes call it the Upper Peninsula. The area was dairy farms in the 1860s and was subdivided and sold in 1919 as "The Lake Suburb".
It is still a small place: a public school that has been here since 1938, a post office, a coffee shop and quiet streets of houses, many on generous blocks. The main road now bypasses the village, which keeps traffic out of the streets. Buyers who want to be on the water have been knocking down older homes on the lakeside blocks and rebuilding.
The market
Prices and rents in Primbee
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
Between the lake and the sea
On the lake side, the water is used for kitesurfing, paddleboarding, kayaking and fishing, and the bay off Purry Burry Point has been called Primbee Bay since at least the 1890s. On the ocean side, behind the dunes, is Port Kembla Golf Club, and beyond it Perkins Beach, the longest beach in the Wollongong area. It is unpatrolled here and has strong rips; the patrolled beach is at Windang.
Primbee Public School is on Illowra Crescent. Warrawong Plaza and Port Kembla are just to the north for shopping, and Windang, with its surf club and the lake entrance, is to the south. The nearest trains run on the Port Kembla branch of the South Coast Line, and Wollongong's city centre is about 11 kilometres north.
Public schools in Primbee
- Primbee Public School · Primary School
The people
Who lives in Primbee
People
Median age
Median household income a week
- Owned outright 41.6%
- Owned with a mortgage 25.7%
- Rented 31%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Primbee (SAL13276). © 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 Primbee
Primbee's market splits by position. Homes facing the lake, and the larger blocks that suit a rebuild, are what buyers compete for, and builders look at them too. The age and condition of the house, low ground near the lake that can flood, and noise from the bypass also shape price. We sell around Lake Illawarra from our office south of the lake at Shell Cove.
Renting it out instead? We manage rental homes in Primbee too, where houses in the postcode lease for around $690 a week.
Questions
About Primbee
What is the median house price in Primbee?
Houses across postcode 2502, which includes Primbee, 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 Primbee?
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 Primbee?
Yes. Monique Field Property sells and manages homes in Primbee, about 9 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.
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What's your Primbee home worth?
A free appraisal from Monique: recent sales near you, what's on the market, and the price range she'd expect.