Merbein South VIC 3505
209 addresses · 20 streets
Mallee Electorate › Mildura LGA › Merbein South · 480 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Merbein South is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 407 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,571 a week, with median rent near $285 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Merbein statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Merbein South itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 library
1 post office
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Mildura Airport, 5.3 km south-east.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Merbein South.
- Nichols Point Reserve Rugby League
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: 1.9% 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 | 1.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 10.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 63.9%
Population by age in Merbein South
| 0-4 | 20 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 55 |
| 15-19 | 39 |
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 31 |
| 35-44 | 60 |
| 45-54 | 57 |
| 55-64 | 61 |
| 65-74 | 56 |
| 75-84 | 18 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Merbein South
| House | 141 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Merbein South
| <$650 | 21 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 47 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 50 |
| $3,000+ | 15 |
Top ancestries in Merbein South
| Australian | 175 |
|---|---|
| English | 149 |
| Scottish | 39 |
| Italian | 34 |
| Irish | 33 |
| Ancestry NS | 21 |
Housing tenure in Merbein South
| Owned | 52 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 63 |
| Rented | 17 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Merbein South
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 53 |
| 3 | 38 |
| 4+ | 30 |
Commute to work in Merbein South
| Car | 140 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 11 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 32 |
Top countries of birth in Merbein South
| Turkey | 6 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 5 |
| Croatia | 3 |
| England | 3 |
Languages used at home in Merbein South
| Italian | 11 |
|---|---|
| Turkish | 6 |
| Croatian | 3 |
| Greek | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
987 bird observations recorded near Merbein South — most often seen:
- Grey Teal (53)
- Pacific Black Duck (52)
- Crested Pigeon (48)
- Black Swan (47)
- Common Starling (43)
- Willie Wagtail (40)
- Yellow-throated Miner (40)
- Australian Magpie (39)
- Magpie-lark (39)
- Mallee Ringneck (37)
- Singing Honeyeater (36)
- Nankeen Kestrel (35)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (35)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Merbein South
- Common Bronzewing (33)
- Bluebonnet (32)
- Red Wattlebird (31)
- Eurasian Coot (30)
- Australian Shelduck (29)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (29)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (27)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (24)
- House Sparrow (24)
- Whistling Kite (24)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (24)
- Galah (23)
- Little Raven (23)
- Red-rumped Parrot (23)
- Southern Magpie-lark (23)
- Australasian Grebe (22)
- Pied Butcherbird (22)
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 Merbein South:
- Birdwoodton (4.1 km)
- Merbein West (5.1 km)
- Cabarita (5.2 km)
- Merbein (5.3 km)
- Koorlong (8.2 km)
- Yelta (8.8 km)
- Wargan (9.6 km)
- Mildura (10.5 km)
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Streets
- Blaby Lane (6)
- Borree Avenue (3)
- Cowanna Avenue S (29)
- Harris Road (4)
- Kuhanez Road (2)
- Main Avenue S (1)
- Mccarthys Road (18)
- Mcmillan Road (4)
- Meridian Road (1)
- Middleton Road (3)
- Monteleone Lane (2)
- Orourkes Road (4)
- Palmer Road (1)
- Paschendale Avenue (27)
- River Avenue (20)
- Seventh Street (25)
- Sixth Street (12)
- Storer Road (1)
- Sturt Highway (45)
- Vanbeeks Road (1)
