Russell Vale NSW 2517

Living Here

Russell Vale is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,593 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,715 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Russell Vale itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 23 schools

  • Russell Vale Public School
  • Corrimal Public School
  • St Columbkille's Catholic Parish Primary School
  • St Columbkille's Parish School
  • Holy Spirit College
  • Woonona East Public School
  • Woonona Primary School
  • Woonona High School
  • Bellambi Public School
  • Corrimal High School

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• 16 cafés & restaurants

  • GF Eats
  • Corrimal Bowling Club
  • Hog's Breath Cafe
  • North Break Cafe
  • Olive Cafe
  • Woonona Pizza Kitchen
  • Earth & Soul Cafe
  • Moon Sushi
  • Cafeli House
  • Franks 'n beans

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• 5 supermarkets

  • Coles
  • Woolworths
  • IGA
  • Foodworks
  • Woolworths
• 21 parks

  • John Parker Reserve
  • JJ Sweeney Park
  • Cawley Park
  • Boyton Park
  • Hollymount Park
  • Brompton Road Reserve
  • Hardie Park
  • Harry Henson Park
  • F.S. (sep) Woods Park
  • Lemrac Park

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• 5 beaches

  • Woonona Beach
  • Bellambi Beach
  • Bulli Beach
  • Corrimal Beach
  • Sandon Point Beach
• 7 Catholic churches

  • St Columbkille's Catholic Church
  • Woonona Presbyterian Community Church
  • St Joseph's Catholic Church
  • St John Vianney Co-Cathedral
  • St Michael's Catholic Church
  • Sacred Heart Church
  • St Therese
• 1 medical clinic

  • Woonona Medical
• 3 physiotherapists

  • Purpose Physiotherapy
  • Physiotherapy
  • Body Dynamics Illawarra
• 10 hospitals

  • Bulli District Hospital
  • Ramsay Clinic Thirroul
  • Victoria Street Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Hospital
  • South Coast Private Hospital
  • Wollongong Day Surgery
  • Wollongong Private Hospital
  • Coledale Hospital
  • Figtree Private Hospital
  • Port Kembla Hospital
• 3 vets

  • Northern Illawarra Veterinary Hospital
  • Greencross Vets
  • Greencross Veterinary Clinic Fairy Meadow
• 1 childcare centre

  • Coolgardie Children's Centre
• 4 libraries

  • Corrimal Library
  • Bulli Library
  • Thirroul Library
  • University of Wollongong Library (16)
• 6 post offices

  • Woonona East Post Office
  • Corrimal Post Office
  • Woonona Post Office
  • Towradgi Post Office
  • Tarrawanna Post Office
  • Australia Post
• 7 service stations

  • Shell Service Station
  • Shell
  • Shell Petrol Station
  • EG Ampol
  • 7-Eleven
  • Freedom Fuel
  • Metro Petroleum Balgownie
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Corrimal Heated Pool
  • Fairy Meadow Bowling Club
• 2 golf clubs

  • Russell Vale Public Golf Course
  • Wollongong Golf Club
• 5 bakeries

  • Phil Nguyen
  • Bakers Delight
  • Egg and Flour Bakery
  • Corrimal Bakery
  • Black Diamond Bakery
• 2 butchers

  • East Corrimal Butcher
  • Bulli's Meat Market
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 electrician

  • Simmark Wollongong
• 1 plumber

  • The Clean Plumber Wollongong
• 4 places to stay

  • Corrimal Beach Tourist Park
  • Bulli Family Hotel
  • Wollongong Surf Leisure Resort
  • Thirroul Beach Motel

Getting around. Train station: Bellambi, 850 m south-east · Bus interchange: Station St opp Wollongong Station, 7.8 km south · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 24.6 km south-west.

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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: 37.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 60%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

69,118 bird observations recorded near Russell Vale — most often seen:

• Common Myna (5,009)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (4,377)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (4,039)
• Little Wattlebird (3,335)
• Magpie-lark (3,257)
• Australian Magpie (3,233)
• Eastern Spinebill (3,199)
• Silver Gull (3,002)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (3,000)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (2,529)
• Masked Lapwing (2,488)
• Willie Wagtail (2,310)
• Australian Raven (2,262)

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 Russell Vale:

• Corrimal (1.4 km)
• Woonona (1.4 km)
• Bellambi (1.5 km)
• East Corrimal (2.2 km)
• Tarrawanna (2.6 km)
• Towradgi (2.9 km)
• Fernhill (3.1 km)
• Bulli (3.1 km)

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