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Housing
russell vale
New South Wales · Census 2021
$1.26M
+2.0% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Russell Vale is a leafy residential suburb of Wollongong.
Median house price
People
Population
1,593
Median age
39 yrs
Income / person / wk
$769
Household income / wk
$1,715
Housing
Median rent / wk
$400
Mortgage / month
$2,167
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 44%
- Top language at home
- Spanish · 0%
- No religion
- 44%
- Born overseas
- 10%
- English only at home
- 95%
Local amenities
Amenity score
9/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
4
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.8 km
Nearest train
1.7 km
Nearest hospital
2.6 km
Distance to coast
2.2 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
1.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Wollongong
- Council population
- 214,498
- Council area
- 684 km²
- Density
- 313/km²
- Federal grants
- $23.41M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $109/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Cunningham
- Federal MP
- Alison Byrnes (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 68% 2PP
- State electorate
- Keira
- State MP
- Ryan Park (ALP)
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