{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Russell Vale | city = Wollongong | state = NSW | image = Russell Vale 6.jpg | caption = The Princes Highway in Russell Vale | lga = City of Wollongong | postcode = 2517 | coordinates = | est = | pop = 1593 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="Census">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL13463|name=Russell Vale (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=30 July 2024}}</ref> | elevation = 135 | area = 1.974 | stategov = Keira | fedgov = Cunningham | near-nw = | near-n = Woonona | near-ne = Woonona East | near-w = | near-e = Bellambi | near-sw = | near-s = Corrimal | near-se = East Corrimal | dist1 = 75.550 | location1 = Sydney | dist2 = 7.180 | location2 = Wollongong }}
'''Russell Vale''' is a small suburb of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
== Geography == Russell Vale straddles the Princes Highway.
== History == Russell Vale was the home and estate of surveyor Francis Peter MacCabe, who died in 1897. The name Russell was the maiden name of his mother (Margaret née Russell). The estate was originally {{Convert|250|acre|}}. In April 1904, 116 lots were subdivided and sold. In November 1904, a further 96 lots were subdivided and sold. The house at Russell Vale was demolished in 1966.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Herben|first=Carol|date=May-June 2005|title=Russell Vale House, The Estate of Francis Peter MacCabe|url=https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2228&context=ihsbulletin|url-status=live|journal=Illawarra Historical Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112001005/https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2228&context=ihsbulletin|archive-date=12 November 2018|access-date=12 November 2018|via=University of Wollongong}}</ref>
== Sporting amenities == thumb|Russell Vale Golf Club thumb|Cawley Park Russell Vale is the home of the Russell Vale Golf Course, opened in 1986. It also contains the soccer field of Cawley Park, the homeground of the Russell Vale Soccer Club.
== Demographics == At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Russell Vale had a population of 1,593,<ref name="Census"/> an increase of 360 or 29.2% from the population of 1,233 at the {{CensusAU|2001}}.<ref>{{Census 2001 AUS|id=SSC17206|name=Russell Vale (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=16 July 2017}}</ref>
Median family incomes in Russell Vale were slightly above average for the Wollongong LGA at $2,201 per week,<ref name="Census"/> compared with $2,151 per week<ref name="abs_woll">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA18450 |name=Wollongong (Local Government Area) |quick=on|accessdate=30 July 2024}}</ref> respectively. Median rents were $10 per week greater in Russell Vale at $400 than in the rest of the Wollongong LGA, although median monthly mortgage repayments were the same at $2,167.<ref name="Census"/><ref name="abs_woll"/>
== Mining == Russell Vale Colliery is an underground coal mine under the Woronora Plateau in the Sydney Drinking Water Catchment Area to the west of Russell Vale. The mine has been in operation since the 1880s using various underground mining methods to mine different coal seams. More recently, the mine has come under attack from local residents, as subsidence and cracking attributed to the mine's activities have been observed in the catchment area<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/cqstatic/gnw5hv/russellvale2.pdf|title='Russell Vale Colliery Underground Expansion Project PAC Second Review Report'|author=NSW Planning Assessment Commission|date=March 2016 |publisher=NSW Government, March 2016.}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Russell Vale 1.jpg|Sign for Russell Vale, coming from Woonona on the Princes Highway File:Russell Vale 2.jpg File:Russell Vale 5.jpg </gallery>
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{{Wollongong suburbs}} {{Coord|-34.358|150.901|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-NSW|display=title}}
Category:Suburbs of Wollongong