5/1 Governors Lane, Wollongong NSW 2500
Technical details
How this sale compares
The 2023 sale was 14% below the Wollongong median unit price for that year ($710,000 across 485 sales).
Since then the median unit price in Wollongong has risen 6%, from $710,000 in 2023 to $750,000 over the last 12 months (452 sales).
Wollongong medians use NSW Valuer General sales of $50,000 or more, leaving out part-interest transfers and contracts covering several properties, and need at least 10 sales in the period. See Wollongong sold prices by year.
Rent and yield
Units in postcode 2500 rented for a median $625 a week, from 1,771 bonds lodged Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
On its last sale of $607,500 on 12 Apr 2023, that rent is a gross yield of 5.3% a year, before costs and vacancies.
Median weekly rents from residential rental bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading, by postcode. This home's own rent may differ. See rents by bedrooms in Wollongong.
Planning controls
- Zone
- E2 Commercial Centre
- Maximum building height
- 80 m
- Floor space ratio
- 1.5:1 Floor area allowed for each square metre of site
From the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 maps on the NSW Planning Portal, looked up at this address's map point on 22 Oct 2026. A control can cover only part of a site and plans change, so the council's planning certificate is the formal record. Planning data from the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, CC BY 4.0.
Related sales
Sale history
Sold is the contract date, when the sale was agreed. Settled is the date ownership transferred.
| Beds | Baths | Cars | Title reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr 2023 | 10 May 2023 | $607,500 | - | - | - | 5/SP75838 |
Title reference: 5/SP75838
Other sales at 1 Governors Lane
The most recent sales of other units in this building. See every sale in the building.
| Beds | Baths | Cars | Title reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 4 Aug 2026 | 1 Sep 2026 | $625,000 | - | - | - | 12/SP75838 |
| 6 | 24 Apr 2026 | 5 Jun 2026 | $640,000 | - | - | - | 6/SP75838 |
| 13 | 13 Mar 2026 | 24 Apr 2026 | $642,000 | - | - | - | 13/SP75838 |
| 4 | 15 Jul 2024 | 19 Aug 2024 | $685,000 | - | - | - | 4/SP75838 |
| 21 | 12 Jul 2024 | 2 Aug 2024 | $712,000 | - | - | - | 21/SP75838 |
| 1 | 27 Mar 2024 | 8 May 2024 | $657,000 | - | - | - | 1/SP75838 |
| 14 | 27 Feb 2024 | 9 Apr 2024 | $650,000 | - | - | - | 14/SP75838 |
| 20 | 2 Feb 2024 | 1 Mar 2024 | $710,000 | - | - | - | 20/SP75838 |
| 14 | 25 Jan 2023 | 8 Mar 2023 | $570,000 | - | - | - | 14/SP75838 |
| 7 | 1 Jun 2022 | 24 Aug 2022 | $600,000 | - | - | - | 7/SP75838 |
Title reference: 12/SP75838
Title reference: 6/SP75838
Title reference: 13/SP75838
Title reference: 4/SP75838
Title reference: 21/SP75838
Title reference: 1/SP75838
Title reference: 14/SP75838
Title reference: 20/SP75838
Title reference: 14/SP75838
Title reference: 7/SP75838
Recent sales nearby
Sold in the last 12 months within about 400 metres.
- 12/30 Gladstone Ave, Wollongong 2500 $650,000 sold 2 Oct 2026
- 601/6 B Thomas St, Wollongong 2500 $820,000 sold 4 Sep 2026
- 4/20 Hercules St, Wollongong 2500 $630,000 sold 4 Sep 2026
- 302/27 Atchison St, Wollongong 2500 $725,000 sold 4 Sep 2026
- 7/12 Gladstone Ave, Wollongong 2500 $640,000 sold 3 Sep 2026
- 507/15 Railway Pde, Wollongong 2500 $720,000 sold 1 Sep 2026
- 25/11 Atchison St, Wollongong 2500 $730,000 sold 1 Sep 2026
- 1/10 Thomas St, Wollongong 2500 $605,000 sold 1 Sep 2026