On 10 October, 2024, the Australian Electoral Commission announced the division of Cunningham will expand to include Primbee, Windang, Cringila, Berkeley as well as the rest of Unanderra and Lake Heights at the next federal election.

[1] The division was created in 1949 and is named for Allan Cunningham, a 19th-century explorer of New South Wales and Queensland.

It takes in the northern portion of Wollongong, including Corrimal, Figtree and Unanderra.

It is bounded to the north by the Royal National Park and to the south by the Wollongong suburbs of Figtree, Cordeaux Heights and Coniston.

Although the region is primarily rural, the vast majority of the population is located in the northern outskirts of Wollongong and along the eastern seaboard.