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What's going on in Merbein

Population 4,976 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#7 of 510 in Victoria

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (4.6%)

Rank 2

#43 of 510 in Victoria

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (59.6%)

Rank 3

#134 of 510 in Victoria

for % single-parent families (14.9%)

The three dimensions where Merbein picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,338 / week
#419 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
43 years
#144 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
16.1%
#393 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
4.4%
#270 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.80
#383 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Merbein's sharpest rank is for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #592 · one rank above Proserpine Queensland ↓ #594 · one rank below Toowoomba - West Queensland

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.