This is a list of results for the 2024 New South Wales local elections in the Illawarra region.
Illawarra covers five local government areas (LGAs), including the City of Wollongong.
Kiama Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.
Shellharbour is composed of four two-member wards and a directly elected mayor.
Shoalhaven City Council is composed of three wards electing four councillors each, as well as a directly elected mayor.
Independent Liberal councillors Serena Copley (Ward 1) and Paul Ell (Ward 2) were endorsed by the Liberal Party for the 2024 election, but the party missed the candidate nomination deadline and none of its candidates (including Copley and Ell) were able to contest.
Incumbent mayor Amanda Findley did not seek re-election, with Kaye Gartner chosen as the Greens mayoral candidate. Gartner is not contesting a ward.
Ward 3 councillor Patricia White led the Shoalhaven Independents Group (SIG). Ward 2 SIG councillor Greg Watson did not seek re-election after 50 years as a councillor.
Former councillor Jemma Tribe announced on 30 April 2024 that she would contest the election leading "Team Tribe". She resigned as a member of the Liberal Party on 1 August 2024 after claiming she was "told to go on a crash diet and to make way for male candidates".
Wingecarribee Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.
In March 2021, the council was suspended following the breakdown of relationships between councillors and senior staff. As a result, no election was held for Wingecarribee in December 2021, with the council eventually dismissed in July 2022.
Labor, the Greens and the Libertarian Party contested the election with endorsed party tickets.
The National Party does not endorse candidates in local elections, but the party's Southern Highlands branch supposed the "Wingecarribee First" ticket, which included two Independent Nationals and was led by former Nationals member Sara Moylan.
Additionally, although the Liberal Party is not endorsing candidates, a group composed entirely of Liberal members contested.
Wollongong City Council is composed of three four-member wards, totalling 12 councillors, as well as a directly elected mayor. At the 2021 election, Labor won six seats.