5
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Estimated resident population (ABS), 2025.
Illawarra Catchment Reserve · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Economy & Advantage in Illawarra Catchment Reserve
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
Just five people live in the Illawarra Catchment Reserve, making it one of the most sparsely populated areas in the region. This vast landscape is largely non-residential and lacks the typical economic activity seen across New South Wales.
Population growth
Annual population estimates and change since the census.
The population is tiny, with only five people estimated to live here, ranking it among the smallest areas of its kind.
Business & building
Operating businesses and dwellings approved.
Commercial activity is almost non-existent in this part of the state, with only three businesses operating in the area.
3
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Operating businesses (ABS Counts of Australian Businesses), June 2025.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Economy & Advantage in Illawarra Catchment Reserve [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107021135/illawarra-catchment-reserve/topic/economy-advantage