Wagga Wagga’s 90-hectare Health & Knowledge Precinct has the largest physical site and the most medical specialists in Regional Australia. With a new $450 million hospital, state-of-the-art medical facilities, and training and education facilities on-site, this precinct is more than capable of serving over 350,000 people in the region.

GP’s and Nearby hospitals

• Wagga Wagga Base Hospital
• Calvary Riverina Hospital

Disability and aged Care facilities

• RSL Life Care
• Catholic Healthcare The haven
• Settlers Village
• The Forrest Centre
• Baptist Care Caloola Court

Retirement facilities

• Baptist Care – Watermark Retirement Village
• Rosebank Retirement Village
• Riverina Gums Retirement Village
• The Haven – Catholic Healthcare
• RSL Lifecare
• The Grange – over 55s lifestyle village
• Ingenia Gardens
• Gumleigh Gardens – UPA Riverina

Other allied health services

• Wagga Wagga has a range of over 30+ Allied health services located within the health & knowledge precinct as well as other locations across the city.
• Active Health Riverina offers physiotherapy, exercise physiology and group exercise.

Wagga Wagga is serviced by three universities as well as top quality technical training facilities and higher education institutions. Charles Sturt University’s Wagga Wagga campus is their largest, University of NSW is expanding their regional medical training capabilities, and The University of Notre Dame offers specialist medical training. TAFE NSW has their largest Riverina campus and National Training Centre located in the city, while younger families have access to 11 private schools and 21 public schools.

Early childhood services & Pre-schools

• Shaw Street Children’s Centre Inc.
• Angel’s Paradise Adaptive Montessori
• St Luke’s Pre-school
• Montessori Children’s House Wagga
• KU Koala Pre-school
• Kooringal Casual Child Care Centre
• St Mary’s Rainbow Pre-school
• KU Kookaburra Pre-school
• Forest Hill Community Pre-school
• KU Kingfisher Pre-school
• Kapooka Early Childhood Centre
• KU Kangaroo Pre-school
• Inspire Early Learning Centre

Primary schools Public

• Tolland Public School
• Ashmont Public School
• North Wagga Public School
• Forest Hill Public School
• Uranquinty Public School
• Lake Albert Public School
• Turvey Park Public School
• Wagga Wagga Public School
• South Wagga Public School
• Kapooka Public School
• Mt Austin Public School

Primary School private

• Wagga Wagga Christian College
• Holy Trinity Primary School
• Lutheran School Wagga Wagga
• Sacred Heart Primary School
• Mater Dei Catholic Primary School
• Henschke Catholic Primary School
• St Joseph’s Primary School

After school care

• Before and after school care

High schools public

• Mount Austin High School
• Kooringal High School
• Wagga Wagga High School

High School Private

• Saint Mary MacKillop Colleges
• The Riverina Anglican College
• Wagga Wagga Christian College
• Kildare Catholic College
• Mater Dei Catholic College

Special Education providers

• Willans Hill School
• Bidgee School
• Kurrajong Early Intervention Service
• Riverina Institute of TAFE Disabilities Unit

TAFE/University

Wagga has 60+ Education providers and facilities and 3 tertiary educators

• TAFE Riverina Campus
• Charles Sturt University has multiple campuses around the city included inside the new Wagga Base Hospital grounds.
• University of NSW – Rural Clinical School
• University of Notre Dame, Wagga Clinical School

Wagga Wagga’s $362,000 median home price is 50% less than Sydney houses. This means you can spend less time working and have more money to do the things you enjoy.

With over 200,000 passengers per year, Wagga Wagga’s airport facilitates over 140 regular weekly passenger transport flights to Sydney and Melbourne.

Prior to the impacts of COVID-19, each year Wagga Wagga welcomed 1.37 million visitors the city for holidaying, business, and visiting friends and relative. On average visitors stayed 3 nights and spent $275 per trip. This accounted for $387 million injected into the local economy.

The city has a vibrant calendar of events that attracts visitation to the area, these include:

• River and Wren Markets
• NRL and AFL Matches
• Fusion – Multicultural Street Festival
• Spring Jam – family festival
• Wagga Wagga Gold Cup Carnival
• Food and Wine Festival
• Gears and Beers – Cycling and Craft Beer & Cider Festival
• Stone the Crows – Grey Nomad Festival
• Wagga Comedy Fest
• Lost Lanes
• Wagga Wagga Trail Marathon
• Wagga Wagga Mardi Gras
• NSW Touch Football Junior State Cup – Southern Conference
• Wagga Wagga Pro-Am

Inland sporting capital of regional Australia

The Wagga Wagga Effect is a phrase used by the Australian Institute of Sport to describe the disproportionately high number of elite sports people who come from regional cities.

The Wagga Wagga Effect combined with the City’s long-term infrastructure development program attracts national events of all types and sizes to be held within the city.

Parks/natural attractions

Wiradjuri Reserve is located along the Murrumbidgee River, the reserve is a significant location for Wiradjuri Peoples from the Wagga Wagga area. The reserve served as a traditional Wiradjuri camping place with access to the riverside, beach and shallow water. Just minutes from the city centre, with boat ramps, wetlands, walking/riding trails and fishing. – visitwagga.com

Top 3 Attractions

Riverside: Wagga Beach is a popular, natural, attraction in Wagga Wagga and was recently voted as the ninth best beach in Australia in 2020. There’s great access to the Murrumbidgee River, plenty of grassed, shady spots for a picnic, sheltered

barbecue areas, a playground and seats to sit and watch the world go by. Splash about and cool off at the sandy beach area during the warmer months. Or, launch your kayak or canoe from here and see part of the city from the water.

Wiradjuri Trail

Explore nature on two feet or two wheels along the Wiradjuri Trail – a 42km loop around the city. Take in attractions such as Marrambidya Wetland, a huge reserve teeming with flora and fauna, or simply enjoy city views from river level or high up on top of Pomingalarna Reserve. 

Bidgee Strawberries and Cream

Enjoy a day out with family and friends plucking strawberries straight from the

plant at Bidgee Strawberries and Cream. Join one of their educational tours to learn about how they grow them using a hydroponic system. You’ll find them open seasonally from October to May (depending on weather).

Careers

Wagga Wagga’s diverse economy provides for a wide variety of career opportunities.

Main industries

In Wagga Wagga City, Health Care and Social Assistance is the largest employer, generating approx. 5,748 jobs annually.

Other major industries in the region are;

• Public Administration and Safety Construction,
• Trade
• Retail
• Manufacturing
• Transport and Freight

Main employers

• Murrumbidgee Local Health District
• Department of Education
• NSW State Government
• Tey’s Australia
• Rodney’s Transport
• ProWay Livestock Equipment & Manufacturing

Business & Investment

Over 100 start-ups have been developed in the Wagga Wagga region since 2017 and have been supported by: CSU AgriTech Incubator, Working Spaces HQ, Hubb Hubb, Bridge Hub, and the Regional Pitchfest.

It is a great city to start or grow your business which will be enhanced with our involvement in the $100 million NSW Gig State regional connectivity pilot. Wagga Wagga will connect to the world through the fastest and most advanced internet services in the country.

Setting up your own business

• Wagga Business Chamber – https://www.waggachamber.com.au/
• Committee4Wagga – https://committee4wagga.com.au/
• BEC Business Advice (Riverina Business Enterprise Centre) – https://becadvice.com.au/