About Mount Keira
Mount Keira is a suburb and mountain in the
Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
Mount Keira, a semi-rural township of
Wollongong, located on the mountain's summit
and southern flank, gets its name from the
mountain, located on the Illawarra escarpment.
Mount Keira is located 4 kilometres northwest
of the city of Wollongong. 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.
Mount Keira is a suburb of South Coast, New
South Wales and is about 69 kms south-
southwest of NSW's capital city of Sydney. In the
2011 Australian census the population of Mount
Keira was 1,522 when there were 755 Females
and 767 Males living there. The median age for
people living in Mount Keira was 38