Wollongong City Council Estimated Resident Population for 2023 is 219,141, with a population density of 320.2 persons per square km.
Wollongong City is located in the Illawarra Region of New South Wales, about 80 kilometres south of the Sydney CBD.
Wollongong City Council Community Profile provides demographic analysis for the City and smaller areas within it based on results from the 2021, 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 Censuses of Population and Housing. The profile is updated with population estimates when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases new figures.