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The suburb of Mount Keira is located in the Local Government area of Wollongong and covers an area of approximately 7 Sq Km.

The surrounding suburbs include Cordeaux, Kembla Heights and Mount Kembla.

In 2006, the population of Mount Keira was 1,905 people, with the main age group being people between 40 and 49 years of age.

The largest segment of the population are Full Time, in general those in employment work as Professionals with most people travelling to work by driving a car.

There are approximately 642 dwellings, with the majority of these (91%) being house. 49.4% of properties in the area are fully owned, with 34.3% of the properties being purchased and 85% being owner occupied.

Married people account for 79% of the population and households in Mount Keira are mainly Couples with no children.

There are 7 Parks and a Primary School.

Currently, the median sale price of Houses, Units and Vacant Land in Mount Keira is $493,389 compared to $387,055 for the Local Government Area of Wollongong.

Mount Keira is a 464 metre high mountain lying 4 kilometres northwest of the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Its distinctive shape and proximity to Wollongong make it a major local landmark. It is noted for the views of the city from the popular summit lookout and its history of coal mining. It was formed as part of the Illawarra escarpment fold between 80 and 60 million years ago and the erosion by creeks that ensued.

Mount Keira is also the name of the suburb that includes the mountain's summit and southern flank.

Keira is an indigenous Australian term meaning large lagoon or high mountain. The aborigines called it Djera, meaning wild turkey. The first maps of the area called it Keera, later adding the i.

On the southern side, Mount Keira Road leaves suburbia and winds its way through the bush up the back of the mountain, giving access to the (now closed) Kemira coal mine, Byarong park, Girl Guides camp, Scout camp, and ultimately the summit lookout via Queen Elizabeth Drive. The Scout camp was established in 1939 by Sid Hoskins. Mount Keira Road was built using convict labour in 1835-1836, surveyed by Surveyor General Thomas Mitchell, using much of the route used by O'Briens Road but descending the south and west slopes of Mount Keira rather than Mount Nebo, a nearby hill to Mount Keira's south. Byarong Park was originally a pit pony grazing area, the ponies were stabled at the site of the Girl Guide camp.