Yanderra

34°19′S 150°34′E / 34.317°S 150.567°E / -34.317; 150.567Population702 (SAL 2021)^[1][2]Postcode(s)2574Elevation414 m (1,358 ft)Location

• 110 km (68 mi) SW of Sydney CBD
• 20 km (12 mi) NE of Mittagong

LGA(s)Wollondilly ShireState electorate(s)WollondillyFederal division(s)Hume

Localities around Yanderra:
	Bargo
Balmoral	Yanderra
	Yerrinbool

Yanderra is a small village that is located in the Macarthur Region of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. Yanderra is the southernmost suburb of Sydney that is located on the Hume Highway.^[3]

Yanderra is part of Wollondilly located between Bargo and Southern Highlands' Yerrinbool, and is located next to the Hume Highway. It is an area within the area of Wollondilly, New South Wales, and is located 78 km from the Sydney CBD extending over an area of 2.743 square kilometres. Yanderra has an approximate population of 661 citizens. It is in the Australian Eastern Daylight Time zone.^{[citation needed]} The area is often affected by earthquakes.^[4]

At the 2016 census, Yanderra had a population of 661.^[5] The name Yanderra comes from an Aboriginal word for turpentine tree.^[6] The Yanderra is home to the Rural Fire Brigade in the jurisdiction of the township of Yanderra.^[7]

Yanderra railway station on the Main South railway line served the village between 1924 and 1975. It is mostly known for the murder of three railway workers in a deliberate explosion, during an attempted robbery near the station. The station itself has now been demolished and no trace remains.