Palmvale NSW 2484
45 addresses · 4 streets
Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Palmvale · 649 km from Sydney
Living Here
Palmvale is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 95 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,724 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Murwillumbah Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Palmvale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
2 hospitals
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 22.6 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 53.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 53.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 74.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Palmvale
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Palmvale
| House | 25 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Palmvale
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Palmvale
| English | 34 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 33 |
| Scottish | 14 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Other | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
Housing tenure in Palmvale
| Owned | 20 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Palmvale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Palmvale
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Palmvale
| India | 5 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Palmvale
| Thai | 4 |
|---|---|
| Punjabi | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,559 bird observations recorded near Palmvale — most often seen:
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (843)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (725)
- Australasian Figbird (168)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (149)
- Pied Currawong (143)
- White-headed Pigeon (133)
- Pacific Black Duck (120)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (119)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (118)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (113)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (110)
- Australian Torresian Crow (109)
- Laughing Kookaburra (108)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Palmvale
- Eastern Pied Currawong (105)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (103)
- Wonga Pigeon (103)
- Green Figbird (101)
- Noisy Miner (98)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (96)
- Australian Wood Duck (95)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (95)
- Southern Magpie-lark (95)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (94)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (93)
- Welcome Swallow (93)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (90)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (88)
- Black-headed Pardalote (87)
- Eastern Whipbird (83)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (82)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Palmvale:
- Reserve Creek (2.3 km)
- Cudgera Creek (3.7 km)
- Clothiers Creek (4.3 km)
- Wardrop Valley (4.8 km)
- Round Mountain (5.2 km)
- Farrants Hill (5.9 km)
- Nunderi (6 km)
- Sleepy Hollow (6.1 km)
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Streets
- Aquilas Retreat (4)
- Christies Road (11)
- Palmvale Road (29)
- Reserve Creek Road (1)
