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 +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, 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 $762. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,828.
The crime rate in the Kiama LGA is low at 1,683 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.