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Suburb profile ·Tenterfield LGA · NSW ·4377

Maryland NSW 4377

Maryland is in Tenterfield LGA, NSW, postcode 4377, with population 89.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$213/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
7,188
7K via Tenterfield LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
195
29 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$650
Median rent · wk$213
Investor profile

Who invests in Maryland

Owner-occupied 66%Rented 34%
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

62% of homes here are owner-occupied and 32% rented.

Why it fits

A balanced 62% owner-occupier / 32% renter mix.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

20%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $650/mo, while renters pay about $923/mo — renting runs $273/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$54K
Median rent · wk
$213
Owner mortgage · mo
$650

Household income

$54K household · yr-34.2% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$31K
Family
$69K
Household
$54K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (34 households)
Owned outright
50%
Owned with mortgage
12%
Rented
32%
Dwelling structure27.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
88%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 66% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 34% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime April 2025 - March 2026
323
4,562 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,562
Total incidents323· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault7649%
  • Sexual Offences1912%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter6039%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Maryland NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Maryland is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Tenterfield local government area (postcode 4377). It is home to about 89 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $54K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, technicians & trades, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $213 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $650.

The crime rate in the Tenterfield LGA is moderate at 4,562 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$650
Rent · wk(Census)$213
Population growth · Tenterfield LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)7,188
5-year growth+1.2% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Tenterfield LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)50
Houses 96%Units 4%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Tenterfield LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.4%
YoY change+0.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population89
Median age52
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,042
Personal income · wk$588
Persons / bedroom1
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,083 → $1,042
Change-3.8%
vs NSW median-24.4 pp
softeningvs NSW 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Tenterfield LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Tenterfield Hospitalpublic
Urbenville Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Aged care · Tenterfield LGAGEN
Facilities3
Residential places129
Haddington Nursing Home74 places
Millrace Hostel36 places
Urbenville Multi-Purpose Service19 places
Childcare · Tenterfield LGAACECQA
Services2
Approved places68
Exceeding NQS1
Tenterfield Child Care Centre39 places
Tenterfield Preschool29 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Maryland depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
NSW price medians are parser-guarded official records.

Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records
medium stability · automated · every update · weekly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
BOCSAR · April 2025 - March 2026 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Maryland is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Maryland feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Drake Village better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$33/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Sandy Flat better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent +$72/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Liston better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent +$22/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Maryland FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Maryland in?

    Maryland is in the Tenterfield Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 4377. Council-level context for Tenterfield LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Maryland?

    The median weekly rent in Maryland is $213/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Maryland a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Maryland show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Maryland?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Maryland data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.