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The suburb of Unanderra is located in the Local Government area of Wollongong and covers an area of approximately 6.5 Sq Km.

The surrounding suburbs include Kembla Grange, Cordeaux Heights and Farmborough Heights.

In 2006, the population of Unanderra was 6,200 people, with the main age group being people less than 10 years of age.

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

There are approximately 2,222 dwellings, with the majority of these (83%) being house. 32% of properties in the area are fully owned, with 27.1% of the properties being purchased and 63% being owner occupied.

Married people account for 71% of the population and households in Unanderra are mainly Couples with no children.

There are 13 Parks, 4 Child Care Centres and 2 Primary Schools. Local Amenities include a Club, a Post Office, 2 Swimming Pools and a Church.

Currently, the median sale price of Houses, Units and Vacant Land in Unanderra is $332,368 compared to $387,055 for the Local Government Area of Wollongong.

Unanderra is a suburb of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 10 km south-west of the Wollongong CBD. It is bordered to the west by Farmborough, Cordeaux Heights and Farmborough Heights in the Mount Kembla foothills, the north by Figtree, the east by Berkeley and Flagstaff Hill, site of the Nan Tien Temple, and the south by Kembla Grange.

Unanderra is both a residential suburb, mostly to the west of the Princes Highway and industrial, to the east. Along the highway is a strip of commercial ventures such as a Woolworth's and several specialty stores.

Two distinctive and beautiful buildings in Unanderra are the Catholic Church and the Syrian Orthodox Church. The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church was opened in 1954 and subsequently extended in 1997 and is located at 48 Princes Highway, Unanderra. Saint Thomas Syrian Orthodox Church in Central Road, Unanderra, was opened in 2007.

Unanderra has several local attractions, including a Kebab shop, an old school building in the Woolworth's car park, several historic houses, a community centre mural depicting the suburb's history and it is the beginning of the branch off the Unanderra - Moss Vale railway line. The community centre is housed in the former Central Illawarra Municipal Council Chambers, opened in 1901. This operated until the merging of the North Illawarra and Central Illawarra chambers to create the City of Greater Wollongong in 1947. The Unanderra Branch Library opened in 1955 within the centre and was enlarged in 1960.

The suburb lies on the Illawarra coastal plain, with its west border in the lower foothills of Mount Kembla. From the highway it is possible to see Mount Kembla and it has a distinctly different shape compared to other views of it.

At the time of its founding it was known as Charcoal or Charcoal Creek, the name of a prominent waterway through the area.

From the late 19th Century Unanderra served as a gateway, via the Unanderra - Moss Vale railway line, to the Sydney Municipal markets for produce (apples, beans, peas, milk) from the surrounding area as well as South Kembla, Cordeaux Valley and as far away as Goondarrin.