Meroo Meadow NSW 2540
253 addresses · 18 streets
Gilmore Electorate › Shoalhaven LGA › Meroo Meadow · 119 km from Sydney
Living Here
Meroo Meadow is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 474 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $2,116 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the North Nowra - Bomaderry statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Meroo Meadow itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 supermarkets
1 Catholic church
1 library
6 service stations
2 golf clubs
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Bomaderry, 3.7 km south · Airport: HMAS Albatross, 14.7 km south.
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: 15.7% 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 | 15.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 31.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.1% · Labour-force participation 60.8%
Population by age in Meroo Meadow
| 0-4 | 21 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 59 |
| 15-19 | 23 |
| 20-24 | 20 |
| 25-34 | 35 |
| 35-44 | 53 |
| 45-54 | 76 |
| 55-64 | 61 |
| 65-74 | 81 |
| 75-84 | 49 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Meroo Meadow
| House | 171 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Meroo Meadow
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 41 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 45 |
| $3,000+ | 60 |
Top ancestries in Meroo Meadow
| English | 231 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 215 |
| Scottish | 66 |
| Irish | 55 |
| Other | 33 |
| Italian | 19 |
Housing tenure in Meroo Meadow
| Owned | 83 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 56 |
| Rented | 29 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Meroo Meadow
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 31 |
| 2 | 93 |
| 3 | 24 |
| 4+ | 20 |
Commute to work in Meroo Meadow
| Car | 151 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 43 |
Top countries of birth in Meroo Meadow
| England | 23 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 5 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
49,070 bird observations recorded near Meroo Meadow — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (2,807)
- Australian Raven (2,697)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (2,565)
- Superb Fairy-wren (2,387)
- Magpie-lark (2,358)
- Grey Butcherbird (2,195)
- Eurasian Blackbird (1,900)
- Galah (1,891)
- Grey Fantail (1,839)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,764)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1,753)
- Common Myna (1,711)
- Willie Wagtail (1,706)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Meroo Meadow
- Welcome Swallow (1,661)
- Little Corella (1,643)
- Eastern Spinebill (1,546)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (1,477)
- Red-browed Finch (1,404)
- Chestnut Teal (1,359)
- Crimson Rosella (1,293)
- White-faced Heron (1,261)
- Silvereye (1,241)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1,185)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (1,143)
- Straw-necked Ibis (1,111)
- Crested Pigeon (1,088)
- Little Wattlebird (1,074)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (1,025)
- Noisy Miner (994)
- Red-whiskered Bulbul (992)
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 Meroo Meadow:
- Bomaderry (2.8 km)
- Badagarang (3.4 km)
- Cambewarra (3.9 km)
- Cambewarra Village (4.3 km)
- Bolong (4.4 km)
- North Nowra (4.8 km)
- Beaumont (4.8 km)
- Jaspers Brush (5 km)
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Streets
- Abernethys Lane (7)
- Appleberry Close (2)
- Bells Lane (13)
- Boxsells Lane (13)
- Devitts Lane (23)
- Elliott Lane (4)
- Emerald Drive (72)
- Fletchers Lane (5)
- Grahams Road (14)
- Jade Place (13)
- Lamonds Lane (13)
- Meroo Road (14)
- Morschels Lane (9)
- Pestells Lane (9)
- Princes Highway (24)
- Red Cedar Lane (13)
- Ruby Lane (4)
- Turners Lane (1)
