The latest Commonwealth Department of Health data shows the Shoalhaven has hit a fully vaccinated rate of 80.9 per cent among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents who are aged 15 or over, with 85.4 per cent having received at least one dose.

Kiama leads the way in South Eastern NSW, with 89.5 per cent of Indigenous residents having received two doses of the COVID vaccine.

In Eurobodalla, the vaccination rate for Indigenous residents is 85.3 per cent double dosed and for Wollongong, 83.5 per cent double vaccinated.

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Dianne Kitcher, the chief executive officer of the South Eastern NSW Primary Health Network Coordinare, said it was a relief to see higher vaccination rates in this part of the state, but 100 per cent was the ultimate target.

"At the beginning of September vaccination figures for First Nations people were of great concern, with only 20 to 23 percent of people having received two vaccine doses," Ms Kitcher said.

"In parts of the world, when people who are indigenous have been unvaccinated, there has been a significant loss of life when COVID has reached their communities.

"We are relieved that higher vaccination rates mean our communities are in a better place as restrictions are eased and people travel more, but ideally 100 percent vaccination is still our target."

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