Community + Coast
The region itself: its people and their numbers, its coast and catchments, its institutions and third places, from Helensburgh to Gerringong. University stories with a genuine local hook land here too.
Community + Coast
Wollongong draws 4,114,000 visitors and $999 million, Kiama 1,149,000 and $375 million. Per visitor the order reverses: $327 a trip and $198 a night against $243 and $145. Same collection, same definitions, two different products.
29 August 2026
Community + Coast
BOCSAR's own trend test flags three offences in Wollongong for the year to March 2026. Two are rising and both are domestic violence. Shellharbour and Kiama show no significant movement, so it is a city finding, not a regional one.
28 August 2026
Community + Coast
A baseline portrait of Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama from the Census and Kiama's live economic profile, with the data's limits stated plainly.
19 July 2026