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Suburb profile ·Upper Lachlan Shire LGA · NSW ·2581

Merrill NSW 2581

Merrill is in Upper Lachlan Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2581, with population 38.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

$625/wk
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 7 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2581 · Jun 2026 · sparse signal
$785
$470
Jun 2025Jun 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

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Median house
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No local house series
Median rent
$625/wk
Rent context available
≈D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
38
38 local footprint
D2 vs AU
Schools
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No matched school data
Drive to city
—
Not in commute dataset
Solar
640
45 added 12mo · 5MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets
No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$867
Median rent · wk$243

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
23%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $867/mo, while renters pay about $2,708/mo — renting runs $1,841/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$143K
Median rent · wk
$625
Owner mortgage · mo
$867

Household income

ABS Census · ATO
$143K household · yr+73.7% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$80K
Family
$143K
Household
$143K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
136
1,532 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k1,532
Total incidents136· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault3556%
  • Sexual Offences1524%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter1219%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

1 broad-area layer staged

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

Moderate broad-area context

About 28.5% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land
Moderate exposure ~28.5%
~28.5% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~13.3% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Planning zones

NSW Land Zoning (EPI)
Dominant zone Rural Landscape
Rural / Green wedge 100%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

ABS projection · Goulburn Surrounds SA2 area · 2022 base
13,946 people · 202215,916 by 2032 (+14.1%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Goulburn Surrounds SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Merrill NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Upper Lachlan Shire local government area, Merrill is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2581). With a population of 38, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $143K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 people. 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, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, Irish, English.

The current median weekly rent is $625. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $867.

Public transport access includes 4 bus stops. The crime rate in the Upper Lachlan Shire LGA is low at 1,532 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$867
Rent · wk(Census)$243
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$625
Property investors · Postcode 2581ATO
Negatively geared5.8%
89 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,458/yr
Landlords (rental income)246
Reported capital gains114
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population38
Median age39
Household size3.2
HH income · wk$2,750
Personal income · wk$1,542
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,687 → $2,750
Change+63%
vs NSW median+42.4 pp
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Managers15Labourers4
Top industriesCensus
Agriculture18Retail Trade5
Top ancestryCensus
Australian24Irish14English10Scottish3
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops4
Hospitals · Upper Lachlan Shire LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Crookwell District Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Upper Lachlan Shire LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places68
Uniting Crookwell45 places
Uniting Taralga23 places
Childcare · Upper Lachlan Shire LGAACECQA
Services7
Approved places222
Exceeding NQS2
MINDCHAMPS EARLY LEARNING @ BROADWAY53 places
Gunning Early Learning Centre35 places
SDN Crookwell Preschool35 places
Paradise 4 Kids30 places
Crookwell Early Learning29 places
Crookwell Neighbourhood Centre - Combined OOSH20 places
+1 more in Upper Lachlan Shire LGA
Nearby in Upper Lachlan Shire LGA12
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Merrill works as a starting read but still needs cross-checking.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
NSW price medians are parser-guarded official records.

Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records
medium stability · automated · every update · weekly
Missing
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-06 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · April 2025 - March 2026 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · 4 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Merrill is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Next step path
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Stronger nearby reads

If Merrill feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Peelwood better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$408/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

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Fullerton better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$425/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

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Bevendale better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$445/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

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Merrill FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Merrill in?

    Merrill is in the Upper Lachlan Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2581. Council-level context for Upper Lachlan Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Merrill?

    The median weekly rent in Merrill is $625/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Merrill?

    Rent context available: Merrill has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Merrill?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Merrill data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.