How much does rendering cost in Wollongong?
Rendering a Wollongong home is quoted by the square metre of wall: cement render runs $32–$65, acrylic $43–$76 and a coloured texture coat system $54–$110. On a single-storey house with about 150 sqm of wall that adds up to $8,650–$19,450, and a two-storey home of around 300 sqm comes to $12,950–$29,150, scaffolding included. The city leans towards the mid-sized family home, with 41.6% of dwellings having three bedrooms against 34.7% across NSW (ABS 2021 Census), so the single-storey band is a fair first yardstick for a lot of households here.
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Detailed Pricing — Rendering Cost in Wollongong 2026
| Service | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cement render (per sqm) | $32/sqm | $49 | $65 |
| Acrylic render (per sqm) | $43/sqm | $59 | $76 |
| Texture coat render system (per sqm) | $54/sqm | $76 | $110 |
| Polished / venetian plaster (per sqm) | $86/sqm | $130 | $195 |
| Feature wall (indoor, per sqm) | $54/sqm | $81 | $120 |
| Whole house exterior (approx 200 sqm) | $11,350total | $17,300 | $25,900 |
| Single storey house (approx 150 sqm) | $8,650total | $12,950 | $19,450 |
| Two storey house (approx 300 sqm) | $12,950total | $19,450 | $29,150 |
| Old render removal (per sqm) | $16/sqm | $27 | $43 |
| Crack repair / patching (per sqm) | $54/sqm | $70 | $110 |
| Scaffolding (two storey) | $1,625total | $2,700 | $4,325 |
| Painting over new render (per sqm) | $13/sqm | $22 | $32 |
| Re-coat over existing render (per sqm) | $32/sqm | $43 | $65 |
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What Affects Rendering Costs in Wollongong
Cement, acrylic or texture coat
Cement is the cheapest of the three new render systems, typically $49 a square metre, but it is a bare coat that still needs paint at $13–$32. Once that paint is added, cement typically ends up dearer than acrylic at $59, which flexes a little with the wall. A texture coat ($76 typical) carries its colour through and skips the paint job.
A wet late summer
The Wollongong University weather station records about 1,323.7 mm of rain a year, with March the wettest month at 160.4 mm and July the driest at 63.4 mm (BOM averages). Render has to cure between coats, and a wet week stalls the job or means sheeting walls. July and September both average under 70 mm, which makes late winter into early spring the steadier stretch for an outside job.
Licence and insurance in NSW
Once residential work passes $5,000 in labour and materials (GST in), NSW requires the renderer to hold a contractor licence. A whole single-storey render job starts at $8,650 in our table, so it sits above that line. Where the home building work tops $20,000, check the business holds valid home building compensation insurance before you pay anything, deposit included.
Re-rendering over old work
Plenty of people here search for the cost of re-rendering. If the existing render is sound and well bonded, a fresh coat over it is $32–$65. If it sounds hollow when tapped or is coming away, it has to come off first at $16–$43, and cracked areas are patched at $54–$110. Cracks that keep growing need an engineer to look before anyone renders over them.
Two storeys and townhouses
A second storey brings scaffolding, which on its own runs $1,625–$4,325. SafeWork NSW covers work at height: on a wall that cannot be rendered safely from the ground, the fall risk must be managed, which usually means scaffold. Semi-detached homes and townhouses make up 12.9% of Wollongong dwellings (ABS 2021 Census); on those, the scaffold often stands on a narrow side path, so ask how access is priced.
Apartments and inside walls
Flats are 14.8% of dwellings in Wollongong, well under the NSW share of 21.7% (ABS 2021 Census). In a strata building the outside walls are generally common property, so the owners corporation organises any exterior render. Inside an apartment the money tends to go on finishes instead: an indoor feature wall is $54–$120 and polished or venetian plaster $86–$195.
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Rendering Cost in Wollongong by House Size
Take a house with 160 square metres of wall in a texture coat. At $54–$110 a square metre that comes to $8,640–$17,600. The colour is carried through the coat, so no paint line is added, and the quote's measured area is where the multiplication should start.
A larger house in Wollongong raises two questions. On a second storey the scaffold is $1,625–$4,325 by itself, and on a townhouse or semi it may be erected along a tight side path, so find out how that access is priced. And with March the wettest month and July the driest at the university station, a long job is worth placing in late winter or early spring.
Rendering Cost in Wollongong: What the Quote Should Include
A Wollongong render quote should be built from lines rather than a single figure. Preparation, the render, any scaffold and the paint belong on separate lines, and a wet late summer means the start date and the rain plan matter alongside the price per square metre.
- Preparation, render, scaffold and paint priced as separate lines, with the wall area in square metres beside the render line.
- A tap on the old render to find hollow patches, with removal at $16–$43 a square metre quoted only for the area that sounds hollow.
- Sound, well-bonded render re-coated at $32–$65 a square metre where the wall allows it, rather than stripped as a matter of course.
- Cracked areas patched at $54–$110 a square metre, with a note on any crack that keeps growing and needs an engineer to look first.
- On a townhouse or semi, how the scaffold reaches a narrow side path and how that access is priced.
- In an apartment building, the owners corporation's role in exterior work; inside, a feature wall at $54–$120 a square metre priced separately.
- A start date in late winter or early spring rather than the wet late summer, with the plan for rain days written in.
- If cement is chosen, painting kept in the same budget at $13–$32 a square metre, since a bare cement coat still needs its paint.
- The contractor's licence number and insurance, the warranty length and its exclusions, such as cracks from movement behind the render, plus payment stages and GST.
Frequently Asked Questions — Rendering Cost in Wollongong
Our Methodology
These are independent estimates from public cost guides, marketplaces and industry rate data, and no tradesperson can influence them, so always get a few quotes. Last reviewed October 2026. Read our full methodology →