Primrose Valley NSW 2621
77 addresses · 5 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA › Primrose Valley · 244 km from Sydney
Living Here
Primrose Valley is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 155 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $2,625 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Queanbeyan Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Primrose Valley itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Airport: Canberra Airport, 25.4 km north-west.
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: 38.5% 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 | 38.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 50.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.5% · Labour-force participation 64.3%
Population by age in Primrose Valley
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 19 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 23 |
| 35-44 | 22 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 27 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Primrose Valley
| House | 53 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Primrose Valley
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 22 |
| $3,000+ | 29 |
Top ancestries in Primrose Valley
| Australian | 80 |
|---|---|
| English | 61 |
| Scottish | 23 |
| Irish | 19 |
| German | 13 |
| Ancestry NS | 13 |
Housing tenure in Primrose Valley
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 18 |
| Rented | 17 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Primrose Valley
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Primrose Valley
| Car | 57 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
634 bird observations recorded near Primrose Valley — most often seen:
- Common Starling (51)
- Australian Magpie (44)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (35)
- Galah (30)
- Australian Wood Duck (29)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (26)
- Australian Raven (23)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (23)
- Eastern Galah (22)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (20)
- Nankeen Kestrel (20)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (20)
- Superb Fairy-wren (19)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Primrose Valley
- Little Raven (18)
- Pacific Black Duck (18)
- Crimson Rosella (17)
- Diamond Firetail (17)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (17)
- Welcome Swallow (17)
- White-faced Heron (17)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (17)
- Australian Pipit (16)
- Australian Shelduck (16)
- Willie Wagtail (16)
- Brown Falcon (15)
- Grey Fantail (15)
- Australasian Grebe (14)
- Eurasian Skylark (14)
- Striated Pardalote (14)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (14)
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 Primrose Valley:
- Yarrow (7.8 km)
- Hoskinstown (9 km)
- Rossi (10.5 km)
- Forbes Creek (11.6 km)
- Carwoola (12.1 km)
- Captains Flat (14.2 km)
- Urila (14.6 km)
- Googong (15 km)
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Streets
- Captains Flat Road (17)
- Koombahlah Road (11)
- Sinclair Road (5)
- Sugarloaf Ridge Road (24)
- Woolcara Lane (20)
