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Suburb profile ·Kiama LGA · NSW ·2534

Rose Valley NSW 2534

Rose Valley is in Kiama LGA, NSW, postcode 2534, with population 87.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

$800/wk
+37.9% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2534 · Apr 2026
$800
$530
Mar 2025Apr 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$800/wk
Rent-pressure candidate
37.9%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
23,139
23K via Kiama LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,267
87 added 12mo · 9MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,828
Median rent · wk$300

Affordability

37%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,828/mo, while renters pay about $3,467/mo — renting runs $1,639/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$112K
Median rent · wk
$800
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,828

Household income

$112K household · yr+35.8% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$55K
Family
$121K
Household
$112K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
387
1,682 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,682
Total incidents387· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault6545%
  • Sexual Offences3927%
  • Robbery11%
  • Break And Enter3827%

Full data detail

Rose Valley NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Rose Valley is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Kiama local government area (postcode 2534). With a population of 87, the suburb has an established family demographic with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $112K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, sales. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Serbian, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $800. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,828.

The crime rate in the Kiama LGA is low at 1,682 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.1% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.1% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,828
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$800
Population growth · Kiama LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)23,139
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change-0.1%
20012025
Development · Kiama LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)114
Houses35
Units79
YoY change+0%
Employment · Kiama LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.3%
YoY change-0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2534ATO
Negatively geared266 (7.7% of filers)
Avg rental loss$9,175/yr
Landlords (rental income)721
Reported capital gains499
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population87
Median age43
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$2,150
Personal income · wk$1,062
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Top occupationsCensus
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Rose Valley works as a starting read but still needs cross-checking.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
NSW price medians are parser-guarded official records.

Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records
medium stability · automated · every update · weekly
Missing
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-04 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · January 2025 - December 2025 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Rose Valley is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Rose Valley feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Toolijooa better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$500/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Saddleback Mountain better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$450/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Broughton Village better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$200/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Rose Valley FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Rose Valley in?

    Rose Valley is in the Kiama Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2534. Council-level context for Kiama LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Rose Valley?

    The median weekly rent in Rose Valley is $800/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Rose Valley?

    Rent-pressure candidate: Rose Valley rents screen above the local benchmark. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Rose Valley a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Rose Valley show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Rose Valley?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  6. How often is the Rose Valley data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.