Marlee NSW 2429
146 addresses · 10 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Marlee · 255 km from Sydney
Living Here
Marlee is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 199 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,362 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Taree Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Marlee itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Train station: Wingham, 11.7 km south-east · Airport: Taree Airport, 22.3 km south-east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 66.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 66.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 69.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.6% · Labour-force participation 58.7%
Population by age in Marlee
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 15 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 18 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 32 |
| 55-64 | 49 |
| 65-74 | 35 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Marlee
| House | 77 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Marlee
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 35 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 20 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Marlee
| Australian | 83 |
|---|---|
| English | 75 |
| Scottish | 32 |
| Irish | 19 |
| Ancestry NS | 19 |
| Other | 11 |
Housing tenure in Marlee
| Owned | 38 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 25 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Marlee
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 27 |
| 3 | 17 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Marlee
| Car | 63 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Marlee
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,285 bird observations recorded near Marlee — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (65)
- Eastern Whipbird (63)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (59)
- Australian Magpie (54)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (53)
- Superb Fairy-wren (53)
- Grey Fantail (52)
- Laughing Kookaburra (52)
- Pied Currawong (49)
- White-throated Treecreeper (49)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (47)
- Brown Gerygone (45)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (42)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Marlee
- Satin Bowerbird (42)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (42)
- Eastern Spinebill (40)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (39)
- Wonga Pigeon (38)
- Silvereye (37)
- Australian King-parrot (36)
- Grey Butcherbird (36)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (36)
- Noisy Friarbird (35)
- Olive-backed Oriole (33)
- Pied Butcherbird (33)
- Australian Raven (32)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (32)
- Torresian Crow (32)
- Green Catbird (31)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (28)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Marlee:
- Strathcedar (4.3 km)
- Mooral Creek (8.2 km)
- Cedar Party (8.4 km)
- Bobin (8.4 km)
- Killabakh (8.6 km)
- Wherrol Flat (8.8 km)
- Caparra (10.2 km)
- Dollys Flat (11.2 km)
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Streets
- Brewers Close (4)
- Bulga Road (56)
- Burri Close (6)
- Gunyah Road (8)
- Little Back Creek Road (8)
- Middlebrook Road (11)
- Pinnacle Place (4)
- Robinson Road (14)
- Stockyard Flat Close (8)
- Warrawillah Road (27)
