Marlo Merrican NSW 2441
34 addresses · 4 streets
Lyne Electorate › Port Macquarie-Hastings LGA › Marlo Merrican · 326 km from Sydney
Living Here
Marlo Merrican is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 60 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $949 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Aboriginal, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Port Macquarie Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Marlo Merrican itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 96.9% 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 | 96.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 96.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 13.8% · Labour-force participation 63%
Population by age in Marlo Merrican
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Marlo Merrican
| House | 20 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Marlo Merrican
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Marlo Merrican
| Australian | 26 |
|---|---|
| Other | 12 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
| Irish | 9 |
| English | 6 |
| Spanish | 4 |
Housing tenure in Marlo Merrican
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Marlo Merrican
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Marlo Merrican
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Marlo Merrican
| Ireland | 6 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
Languages used at home in Marlo Merrican
| Spanish | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
850 bird observations recorded near Marlo Merrican — most often seen:
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (200)
- White-throated Treecreeper (48)
- Grey Fantail (43)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (40)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (37)
- Pied Currawong (33)
- Laughing Kookaburra (32)
- Spotted Pardalote (32)
- Superb Lyrebird (31)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (30)
- Eastern Whipbird (27)
- Golden Whistler (23)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (20)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Marlo Merrican
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (20)
- Wonga Pigeon (20)
- Brown Thornbill (18)
- Australian Owlet-nightjar (17)
- Eastern Spinebill (17)
- Brown Gerygone (16)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (16)
- White-naped Honeyeater (16)
- Australian King-parrot (15)
- Striated Thornbill (15)
- Silvereye (14)
- Olive-backed Oriole (13)
- Grey Butcherbird (12)
- Shining Bronze-cuckoo (12)
- Australian Magpie (11)
- Satin Bowerbird (11)
- White-browed Scrubwren (11)
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 Marlo Merrican:
- Upper Rollands Plains (5.5 km)
- Rollands Plains (8 km)
- Gearys Flat (9.6 km)
- Gum Scrub (9.7 km)
- Ballengarra (12.7 km)
- Wittitrin (13 km)
- Kundabung (13.2 km)
- Yessabah (13.5 km)
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Streets
- Clarefield Dungay Creek Road (21)
- Extension Road (1)
- Middle Valley Road (3)
- Molly Milligan Road (9)
