Kirrawee is located 25 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire.

North Kirrawee is predominantly a commercial/industrial zone containing small to medium-sized factories housing local businesses.

It operated from the home of Mrs Louisa Blade, was opened in 1909 and closed in 1915 when a letter delivery service commenced from the post office at Sutherland.

[6] Kirrawee is part of the southern Sydney region inhabited by the Dharawal people at least 8,500 years prior to European settlement.

[15] In October 1968, bushfires went close to Kirrawee and residents prepared to evacuate, but the fire was brought under control.

It consists of a number of food outlets, newsagent, law firm, accountant, dentist, real estate agents and bike shop, among others.

The train station and shopping village are located in the geographical centre of the suburb and are serviced by a 150 space carpark.

A number of painted murals located around the shopping village and train station are an interesting feature in the suburb.

North Kirrawee is predominantly a commercial/industrial zone containing small to medium-sized factories housing local businesses.

[25] A hotel, The Prince, opened diagonally opposite the Kirrawee brick pit in early 2017,[26] aiming to target families as part of their clientele.

[31] Kirrawee contains several important remnants of Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest (STIF), a critically endangered ecological community.

Kirrawee's small patches of STIF vegetation are representative of the original forest between Sutherland and Wooloware, before residential development.

Kirrawee's STIF reserves are largely maintained by the local council and Bushcare volunteers from the community.

The remainder of the site was covered with overgrown trees and plants and had become home to many diverse species of animals [36] most notably bird life, which could be seen nesting and swimming on and around the water.

Kirrawee Chamber of Commerce and a residents' group instead proposed that the site be turned into a performing arts centre and large park.

Barry Collier was critical of these amendments, which changed the zoning to make the Princes Highway frontage commercial and the remainder "special uses".

[39] In July 2007, a development group called Kirrawee Centre Pty Ltd, with directors including architect, George Revay, and brothers Stanley and John Roth, purchased the site from Sydney Water for $22.5million.

The State Government had previously said the buyer would have to develop it in accordance with a comprehensive master plan, which includes a mix of multi-storey apartments, business units and a one-hectare public park.

[44] Local retailer Supabarn was one of many to protest strongly, particularly after the group spent $18 million to develop a supermarket site in nearby Sutherland.

[49] The developer of the South Village shopping centre at the brick pit site initially sought to include childcare facilities,[50] but this was later scrapped due to concerns about pickup issues.

[51] It was suggested in local media that Sutherland Library may move its main branch to the South Village shopping centre, instead of having a "technology hub" at the site,[52] but this idea was later scrapped.

[54] Over 1500 jobs were expected to be created by the South Village project, with hundreds of ongoing retail positions in the shopping centre.

[55] A 'technology-focused library and community hub' is planned to operate in the South Village complex, and will be considered in the Sutherland Shire Council's 2023-2024 budget if approved in April 2022.

[56] Kirrawee railway station is on the Cronulla line which links Sydney's southern suburbs to the CBD.

On the day of the 2016 census, 19.8% of employed people in Kirrawee used public transport to get to work and 64.1% travelled by car.