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Jamberoo vs Rose Valley
Suburb / Locality comparison ≈ 6.8 km apart · Jamberoo profile · Rose Valley profile
Jamberoo Rose Valley
Jamberoo and Rose Valley (Kiama - NSW) are neighbouring areas in New South Wales with very different scales of population and layout. Jamberoo is a larger community where 60.3% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed and a walkability score of 4.1 (somewhat walkable). In contrast, Rose Valley (Kiama - NSW) is sparsely populated and car-dependent. There are also notable differences in work and home life; full-time employment is far higher in Rose Valley (Kiama - NSW) at 72% compared to 52.5% in Jamberoo, while 32.2% of Jamberoo residents do 15+ hours of unpaid housework, far higher than the 19.5% in Rose Valley (Kiama - NSW).
Both areas are very similar in their typical weekly household income, which sits around $2,130 to $2,150. They also share similar levels of higher education, with about 30% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. While Jamberoo is noticeably older with a typical resident aged 50, Rose Valley (Kiama - NSW) is younger at 43. This age gap is consistent with the fact that children under 15 make up 24.1% of the population in Rose Valley (Kiama - NSW), well higher than the 16.4% in Jamberoo.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2011: 1,526
- First area, 2016: 1,636
- First area, 2021: 1,910
- Second area, 2016: 76
- Second area, 2021: 87
- First area, 2011: 48 yrs
- First area, 2016: 49 yrs
- First area, 2021: 50 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 44 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 43 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Jamberoo: 0.9% males, 1.3% females; 85+ in Rose Valley: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 80–84 in Jamberoo: 1.8% males, 1.3% females; 80–84 in Rose Valley: 6.3% males, 0.0% females
- 75–79 in Jamberoo: 3.1% males, 2.7% females; 75–79 in Rose Valley: 6.3% males, 0.0% females
- 70–74 in Jamberoo: 3.3% males, 3.9% females; 70–74 in Rose Valley: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 65–69 in Jamberoo: 4.6% males, 4.6% females; 65–69 in Rose Valley: 6.3% males, 6.3% females
- 60–64 in Jamberoo: 3.8% males, 4.5% females; 60–64 in Rose Valley: 4.7% males, 0.0% females
- 55–59 in Jamberoo: 4.0% males, 4.0% females; 55–59 in Rose Valley: 10.9% males, 4.7% females
- 50–54 in Jamberoo: 3.4% males, 3.7% females; 50–54 in Rose Valley: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 45–49 in Jamberoo: 2.6% males, 3.7% females; 45–49 in Rose Valley: 0.0% males, 6.3% females
- 40–44 in Jamberoo: 2.5% males, 3.0% females; 40–44 in Rose Valley: 0.0% males, 6.3% females
- 35–39 in Jamberoo: 1.4% males, 1.8% females; 35–39 in Rose Valley: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 30–34 in Jamberoo: 1.7% males, 1.7% females; 30–34 in Rose Valley: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 25–29 in Jamberoo: 1.6% males, 1.9% females; 25–29 in Rose Valley: 10.9% males, 0.0% females
- 20–24 in Jamberoo: 2.5% males, 2.1% females; 20–24 in Rose Valley: 4.7% males, 0.0% females
- 15–19 in Jamberoo: 2.7% males, 3.4% females; 15–19 in Rose Valley: 12.5% males, 6.3% females
- 10–14 in Jamberoo: 2.6% males, 2.5% females; 10–14 in Rose Valley: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 5–9 in Jamberoo: 2.6% males, 3.1% females; 5–9 in Rose Valley: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 0–4 in Jamberoo: 3.0% males, 2.7% females; 0–4 in Rose Valley: 0.0% males, 7.8% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2011: $602
- First area, 2016: $706
- First area, 2021: $838
- Second area, 2016: $1,042
- Second area, 2021: $1,062
- First area, 2011: $1,434
- First area, 2016: $1,703
- First area, 2021: $2,131
- Second area, 2016: $2,250
- Second area, 2021: $2,150
- First area, 2011: $1,764
- First area, 2016: $2,011
- First area, 2021: $2,374
- Second area, 2016: $2,250
- Second area, 2021: $2,333
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
First Nations
Family & Households
- First area, 2011: 2.6
- First area, 2016: 2.6
- First area, 2021: 2.6
- Second area, 2016: 3.0
- Second area, 2021: 2.9
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2011: $290
- First area, 2016: $312
- First area, 2021: $498
- Second area, 2021: $300
- First area, 2011: $2,069
- First area, 2016: $1,993
- First area, 2021: $2,600
- Second area, 2016: $3,723
- Second area, 2021: $1,828
- First area, 2011: 1.10
- First area, 2016: 0.70
- First area, 2021: 0.70
- Second area, 2016: 0.90
- Second area, 2021: 0.70
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jamberoo vs Rose Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sal/SAL12007/jamberoo/vs/SAL13413/rose-valley