What is changing in the towns, and what do the numbers say?

ABS data, council exhibitions and submission counts, the port and the towns' economies; every number carries its source and a methodology note.

Data

A quarter of Eurobodalla's homes empty on Census night, a third of its people over 65

ABS: 23 per cent of homes in Shoalhaven, Eurobodalla and Bega Valley were empty on Census night, 29 per cent of residents are over 65, growth is half the NSW pace.

3 October 2026

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