The 2016 census recorded a population of 5067 for the state suburb of Prospect Vale.

Prospect Vale has a small shopping centre, Prospect Vale Marketplace, containing a Woolworths supermarket and a small industrial park lies within its boundaries.

[2] The land was originally used by European settlers for cattle grazing and horse studs.

St Patrick's moved to the current site in the late 1950s, to where the Rising Sun Hotel, a 2-storey 12-room building had been first built.

[4] National Route 1 (Bass Highway) runs through from south-east to south-west.