Merryvale QLD 4340
15 addresses · 3 streets
Wright Electorate › Scenic Rim LGA › Merryvale · 64 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Merryvale is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 32 people, with a median age of 32. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Boonah statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Merryvale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
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: 18.8% 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 | 18.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 35.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 18.2% · Labour-force participation 44%
Population by age in Merryvale
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Merryvale
| House | 7 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Merryvale
| Ancestry NS | 21 |
|---|---|
| English | 10 |
| Scottish | 4 |
| Australian | 3 |
| German | 3 |
| Irish | 3 |
Housing tenure in Merryvale
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Commute to work in Merryvale
| Car | 7 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
89 bird observations recorded near Merryvale — most often seen:
- Southern Masked Lapwing (10)
- Australian Torresian Crow (6)
- Nankeen Kestrel (5)
- Straw-necked Ibis (5)
- Australasian Darter (3)
- Australasian Grebe (3)
- Brown Falcon (3)
- Common Bronzewing (3)
- Double-barred Finch (3)
- Grey Teal (3)
- Hardhead (3)
- Pacific Black Duck (3)
- Southern Magpie-lark (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Merryvale
- Southern Rufous Whistler (3)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (3)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (2)
- Australian King-parrot (2)
- Australian Pelican (2)
- Australian Shelduck (2)
- Australian Wood Duck (2)
- Banded Lapwing (2)
- Black-headed Pardalote (2)
- Cattle Egret (2)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (2)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (2)
- Common Myna (2)
- Eastern Galah (2)
- Eurasian Coot (2)
- Little Black Cormorant (2)
- Little Pied Cormorant (2)
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 Merryvale:
- Mount Walker West (3.7 km)
- Mount Mort (5.5 km)
- Mount Walker (6.1 km)
- Rosevale (6.7 km)
- Coleyville (9.7 km)
- Lower Mount Walker (10.3 km)
- Thornton (12 km)
- Warrill View (12.4 km)
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Streets
- Greys Plains Road (5)
- Mount Walker West Road (7)
- Tralee Road (3)