Allawah is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Allawah is 16 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area.

[2] The name "Allawah" is Aboriginal in origin, from a local term meaning "make your abode here" or "remain here".

The next most common countries of birth were China 16.0%, Nepal 12.2%, Philippines 3.7%, Hong Kong 2.6% and India 2.2%.

Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 13.8%, Nepali 12.1%, Cantonese 10.8%, Arabic 3.3% and Macedonian 3.2%.

[3] Allawah railway station is on the Illawarra line serviced by Sydney Trains.