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The suburb of Towradgi is located in the Local Government area of Wollongong and covers an area of approximately 1.4 Sq Km.

The surrounding suburbs include Fernhill, Fairy Meadow and East Corrimal.

In 2006, the population of Towradgi was 3,092 people, with the main age group being people between 40 and 49 years of age.

The largest segment of the population is Not in Labour Force, in general those in employment work as Professionals with most people travelling to work by driving a car.

There are approximately 1,207 dwellings, with the majority of these (70%) being house. 37.4% of properties in the area are fully owned, with 24% of the properties being purchased and 68% being owner occupied.

Married people account for 66% of the population and households in Towradgi are mainly couples with no children.

There are 10 Parks and 2 Child Care Centres. Local Amenities include 2 Clubs, a Post Office, a Swimming Pool and 2 Churches of different denominations.

Currently, the median sale price of Houses, Units and Vacant Land in Towradgi is $458,345 compared to $387,055 for the Local Government Area of Wollongong.

Towradgi is a small beach-side suburb approximately 5 km north of Wollongong. Towradgi is a corruption of the aboriginal word "Kow-radgi" meaning "guardian of the sacred stones". On an early map it was called Towroger. Towradgi is served by Towradgi station, opened in 1948. Electric double deck trains serve Towradgi.

It is bordered to the north by Corrimal, the west by Fernhill & Tarrawanna and to the south by Fairy Meadow. The Pacific Ocean can be found to the east. Towradgi has also come to incorporate much of the former suburb of Reidtown (to the south-west), some of which has also been incorporated into Fairy Meadow.

Towradgi has a surf club along with a bowling and recreation club, Chinese restaurant, croquet club, 2 petrol stations, hairdresser, retirement village, public school, train station, many open parks and a rock pool.

East of Towradgi is Towradgi Point, location of the Towradgi rock pool, a mildly jutting rocky projection to the east. The rock pool itself is at the tip of the point, to the north is the entrance to Towradgi Creek and to the south and north are small areas of rocks, known as Black Rocks. Towradgi Creek goes inland from Corrimal Beach. A short distance out to sea from here is the point where the famous shipwreck the Queen of Nations which was wrecked in the 1880s. It lies just north of the pools and at low tide a darkish blur marks it. A plaque at the point tells of the story of the wreck. The Captain, Samuel Bache, thought the Mount Keira coal mine slag heap fires to be the light on Port Jackson's South Head in Sydney, and crashed the barque clipper vessel on May the 31st, 1881. It is now a protected wreck site. Many go to the point to see the fine views of Wollongong and north to Corrimal, Bellambi Point and the northern escarpment and Sublime Point, as well as views from the park to Knight's Hill and the southern mountains. The bridge across the creek was remade in 2006 and is used by cyclists and walkers; here the Wollongong to Thirroul Bike Track is split into two designated paths.

The point is also home to a park and recreation area with the bike path, part of the Wollongong to Thirroul Bike Track and a picnic area. This is a popular spot for surfing and swimming and there is a food shop, the Blue Moon Beach Cafe, south of the point.

South of the point on the beach is the site of George Bass and Matthew Flinders, with their helper Martin, attempt at landing. A plaque commemorates the events following when the sea took out their vessel, the Tom Thumb, and filled it with water, on the 21st of March, 1796. They managed to bail it out and continue, having collected water from Towradgi Creek.