Marlo Merrican NSW 2441

Located in New South Wales, Marlo Merrican sits 423 km from Sydney CBD, around 5 hours by car. The locality has 60 residents, a median age of 43, and a median household income of $49,348 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The locality fell 14.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $250 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,625. Marlo Merrican is characterised by high bushfire risk and high crime risk. Walkability is low.

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Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
All rentals
$505/wk
18 bonds
+39% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2441 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

117 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 26% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2441.

SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.

Short-Stay Rentals

No active Airbnb listings.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months.

Is Marlo Merrican safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Marlo Merrican sits in the moderate band, with 2 incidents recorded in 2025.

2 offences

no change since 2024
Assault 1 (50.0%)
Property Damage 1 (50.0%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Marlo Merrican killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Council Flood Studies

Port Macquarie-Hastings Council has published 10 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 10 on the portal

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Marlo Merrican is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Marlo Merrican.

18
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Satellite (Sky Muster)
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
25
Technology mix
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 80%
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 20%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
None
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
3 in locality
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Port Macquarie-Hastings: council population

The whole council area, not just Marlo Merrican · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
92,432
+1.5% in a year
Change
+1,368
people since 2024
Density
25
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
-288
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+1,397
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+259
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
4/10
3/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
5/10
4/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
6/10
5/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Marlo Merrican is home to 60 residents, with a median age of 43, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $49,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

60

14.3% since 2016

Median Age

43

no change since 2016

Median Household Income

$49,348/yr

20.1% since 2016
Bottom 11% in NSW

Census Median Rent

$250/wk

Census Median Mortgage

$1,625/mo

46.0% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.8

30.0% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$21,164/yr

11.1% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

0.0%

Total Dwellings

20

5.3% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

82.4%

17.6% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

no change since 2016

Rental Stress

26.3%

Mortgage Stress

39.5%

82.9% since 2016

Work From Home

36.0%

91.5% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 20 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 7 (41.2%)
Mortgage 7 (41.2%)
Renting 3 (17.6%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
86.7%
English Spoken at Home
70.0%
Employment Rate
54.3%
38.2% since 2016
Completed Year 12
36.7%

Occupations

Professionals 7 (29.2%)
Managers 6 (25.0%)
Labourers 6 (25.0%)
Community & Personal Service 4 (16.7%)

Religion

No Religion 25 (41.7%)
Christianity 18 (30.0%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

Ireland 6 (10.0%)
England 4 (6.7%)

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

Spanish 5 (8.3%)

Age Distribution

5-14 9 (15.0%)
15-19 7 (11.7%)
20-24 5 (8.3%)
35-44 5 (8.3%)
45-54 8 (13.3%)
55-64 13 (21.7%)
65-74 4 (6.7%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 9 (69.2%)
Lone Person 4 (30.8%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 13 (52.0%)
Worked from Home 9 (36.0%)
Car (passenger) 3 (12.0%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 11 (18.3%)
Bachelor Degree 9 (15.0%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 5 (8.3%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 6 (35.3%)
2 cars 8 (47.1%)
3 cars 4 (23.5%)

Council Rates

Port Macquarie-Hastings
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,325 a year through Port Macquarie-Hastings based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,325/yr
8% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Marlo Merrican's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Environmental 58%
  • Rural and farming 42%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Port Macquarie-Hastings

The whole council area, not just Marlo Merrican · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 546 new dwellings were approved across Port Macquarie-Hastings. That mix is 357 houses and 189 units. Approvals are up 32.7% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
546dwellings
+32.7% YoY
Houses
357
detached dwellings
Units
189
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Kempsey Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Climate & Setting

from Yarras (Mount Seaview), 46.5 km

High rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.

Elevation
142 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
27.1 km
Annual rainfall
2,842 mm
156 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
29.0°C
12 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
6.7°C
1 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

EV adoption

0.4%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021
+0.1 points this year

In postcode 2441, 16 of 4,515 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.2% (52 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.5%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.11%
2023
0.20%
2024
0.25%
2025
0.35%

Rooftop solar

72
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.0 kW each

In postcode 2441, 1,330 rooftop-solar systems totalling 7.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,857 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 55 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
65
2020
116
2021
111
2022
82
2023
103
2024
79
2025
56
2026
33

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Federal Electorate

Division of Lyne

Currently held by Alison Penfold The Nationals

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Alison Penfold 40.2% 59.8% +4.0
2022 David Gillespie 36.2% 63.8% -1.4
2019 David Gillespie 34.8% 65.2% +3.5

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Oxley District

Currently held by Michael Kemp The Nationals

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Michael Kemp NP 62.8%
2019 Melinda Pavey NP 64.9%
2015 Melinda Pavey NP 60.9%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about Marlo Merrican

Is Marlo Merrican a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Marlo Merrican is moderate (63/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Marlo Merrican?

Marlo Merrican has a high recorded bushfire history (92/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Marlo Merrican?

Marlo Merrican, NSW had a population of 60 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Marlo Merrican, NSW?

The postcode for Marlo Merrican, NSW is 2441.

How far is Marlo Merrican from Sydney?

Marlo Merrican is 423 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 300 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Marlo Merrican?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Marlo Merrican was $49,348 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Marlo Merrican?

There are too few current rental listings in Marlo Merrican for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $250, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Marlo Merrican?

The median age of residents in Marlo Merrican was 43 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Marlo Merrican at risk of bushfire?

Marlo Merrican has a high recorded bushfire history (92/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

What is the weather like in Marlo Merrican?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Marlo Merrican, Yarras (Mount Seaview) (46.5 km away), summer days average 29°C, winter nights 6.7°C, 2,842 mm of rain a year over 156 rainy days, and 12 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Marlo Merrican?

First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Marlo Merrican belong to?

Marlo Merrican sits within the Port Macquarie-Hastings local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Marlo Merrican?

The average residential rates bill through Port Macquarie-Hastings is $1,325 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Marlo Merrican?

Across Port Macquarie-Hastings, 546 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 32.7% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Marlo Merrican in?

Marlo Merrican sits within the federal Division of Lyne, currently held by Alison Penfold (The Nationals).

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