Windang real estate
NSW 2528 · Wollongong City Council · About 7 km from our Shell Cove office
The suburb
Living in Windang
Windang is the southernmost coastal suburb of the City of Wollongong, on the tip of the peninsula between Lake Illawarra and the ocean, with Primbee to the north. Windang Bridge crosses the lake entrance to Lake Illawarra suburb on the Shellharbour side. The name is an Aboriginal word recorded as meaning scene of a fight, and the point was an Aboriginal reserve from the 1880s until about 1920.
It grew as a holiday place: William Turnbull's Wyndang House, a home and guesthouse, went up in 1920, and through the 1950s and 1960s families camped here every summer. Homes today range from older beach houses to newer houses and units. Buyers include families, retirees and people looking for a holiday home or a place to downsize near the water.
The market
Prices and rents in Windang
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
Between the beach and the lake
Windang Beach sits at the lake entrance with views to the Five Islands, and its foreshore park has barbecues, picnic shelters, a playground and a shared cycle path. Windang Island, just outside the entrance, still has rusted rails and breakwater remains from an 1890s plan to turn the lake into a coal port. Fishing, prawning, boating and windsurfing on the lake are part of everyday life.
Windang Public School is in the suburb, Club Windang, the old bowling club, sits on the lake at Judbooley Parade, and the surf club and Windang Beach Tourist Park are by the water. Wollongong's city centre is about 20 minutes' drive north. Across the bridge, Warilla Grove and Stockland Shellharbour handle the bigger shopping trips.
Public schools in Windang
- Windang Public School · Primary School
The people
Who lives in Windang
People
Median age
Median household income a week
- Owned outright 52.8%
- Owned with a mortgage 22.4%
- Rented 21.4%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Windang (SAL14334). © 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 Windang
Windang buyers pay for water on either side. Homes facing the lake or the beach, and those within a short walk of both, sit above the streets further back, and flood and coastal information matters near the foreshore. Older beach houses often sell on their land. Windang is in Wollongong City Council, and we sell here from our office in Shell Cove.
Renting it out instead? We manage rental homes in Windang too, where houses in the postcode lease for around $700 a week.
Questions
About Windang
What is the median house price in Windang?
Houses across postcode 2528, which includes Windang, 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 Windang?
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 Windang?
Yes. Monique Field Property sells and manages homes in Windang, 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.
Is Windang in Wollongong or Shellharbour?
Windang is in the City of Wollongong, although it shares the 2528 postcode with Warilla and its neighbours. The council boundary follows the entrance to Lake Illawarra, so Lake Illawarra suburb, across Windang Bridge, is in the City of Shellharbour. Windang Island, just offshore, has Shellharbour Council as its trustee.
What's your Windang home worth?
A free appraisal from Monique: recent sales near you, what's on the market, and the price range she'd expect.