What LGA is Merrigal in?

Merrigal is in the Gilgandra Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2827. Council-level context for Gilgandra LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

What is the typical weekly rent in Merrigal?

The median weekly rent in Merrigal is $300/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

What does the rent signal say about Merrigal?

Rent context available: Merrigal has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

Is Merrigal a good investment?

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

Where does QuickProperty get its data for Merrigal?

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.

How often is the Merrigal 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.

Suburb profile ·Gilgandra LGA · NSW ·2827

Merrigal NSW 2827

Merrigal is in Gilgandra LGA, NSW, postcode 2827, with population 10.

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.

$300/wk

Flat

+0.0% YoY

Mar 2025 → May 2026 · 15 periods

NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2827 · May 2026

$390

$240

Mar 2025May 2026

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

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Median house

—

No local house series

Median rent

$300/wk

Rent context available

→0.0%YoY D6 vs AU

Gross yield

—

Need rent + price

Population

4,304

4K via Gilgandra LGA · SAL undercount

Schools

—

No matched school data

Drive to city

—

Not in commute dataset

Solar

1,073

41 added 12mo · 7MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth—

Median rent · wk—

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data

18%

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

Manageable

This suburb 18% · NSW median 21%

Nationally · lighter rent burden than 54% of AU suburbs

Household income · yr: $86K
Median rent · wk: $300

Household income

ABS Census · ATO

$86K household · yr+4.2% vs NSW suburb median

Personal: $38K
Family: $86K
Household: $86K

Crime April 2025 - March 2026

253

5,877 per 100k

D7 vs AU

Crime

lga

Rate · per 100k5,877

Total incidents253· April 2025 - March 2026

Assault7960%
Sexual Offences2418%
Robbery00%
Break And Enter2821%

Bushfire exposure

NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land

Severe exposure ~73.2%

~73.2% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Planning zones

NSW Land Zoning (EPI)

Dominant zone Primary Production

Rural / Green wedge 100%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

ABS projection · Gilgandra SA2 area · 2022 base

4,410 people · 20224,458 by 2032 (+1.1%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Gilgandra SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets

Located in New South Wales within the Gilgandra local government area, Merrigal is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2827). The area has roughly 10 residents and a young professional demographic, with a median age of 27. Households earn a median income of $86K per year, with an average household size of 4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.0% 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 current median weekly rent is $300.

The crime rate in the Gilgandra LGA is moderate at 5,877 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.0% 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+0.0%· Stable

Development+0%· Steady

InvestmentNSW

Mortgage · mth—

Rent · wk(Census)—

Market rent · wk(2026-05)$300

Population growth · Gilgandra LGAABS ERP

Population (2025)4,304

5-year growth-0.1% CAGR

YoY change+0%

20012025

Development · Gilgandra LGAABS Approvals

Approvals (2026)10

Houses 20%Units 80%

YoY change+0%

Employment · Gilgandra LGASALM

Unemployment (Dec-25)2.6%

YoY change-0.9pp

Dec-10Dec-25

Property investors · Postcode 2827ATO

Negatively geared3.7%

73 of filers

Avg rental loss$4,491/yr

Landlords (rental income)215

Reported capital gains131

People & prosperity

DemographicsCensus 21

Population10

Median age27

Household size4

HH income · wk$1,649

Personal income · wk$725

Persons / bedroom0.9

SEIFA indexABS

Advantage (IRSAD)10/10

Education (IEO)9/10

Economic (IER)9/10

Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10

Income momentumCensus 16→21

HH income · wk$1,625 → $1,649

Change+1.5%

vs NSW median-19.1 pp

softeningvs NSW 2016–21

Top industriesCensus

Retail Trade3

Top ancestryCensus

German8

Area & amenity

Hospitals · Gilgandra LGAAIHW

Public1

Private0

Gilgandra Multi Purpose Servicepublic

Aged care · Gilgandra LGAGEN

Facilities3

Residential places77

Cooee Lodge50 places

Gilgandra Multi-Purpose Service19 places

Jack Towney Hostel8 places

Childcare · Gilgandra LGAACECQA

Services3

Approved places148

Exceeding NQS1

Gilgandra Preschool80 places

Aussie Kindies Early Learning Gilgandra49 places

Tooraweenah Preschool19 places

Nearby in Gilgandra LGA10

Gilgandra$195K · 2,983 Tooraweenah$95K · 253 Armatree$1.0M · 164 Balladoran$590K · 140 Curban · 137 Biddon · 123 Tonderburine · 112 Bearbong · 72 Kickabil · 67 Breelong · 85

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Sources & freshness

Usable evidence

Merrigal is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.

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 using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

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

NSW Fair Trading · 2026-05 · State market dataset

stable source · automated · every update · monthly

Available

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 Merrigal 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 main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Next step path

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Stronger nearby reads

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

Gilgandra better covered

better market coverage

pop +3000 · adds house price coverage · rent -$100/wk

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

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Tooraweenah better covered

better market coverage

pop +200 · adds house price coverage · rent -$152/wk

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

Detail Compare

Armatree better covered

better market coverage

pop +200 · adds house price coverage · rent -$200/wk

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

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Merrigal FAQ

Common questions

What LGA is Merrigal in?

Merrigal is in the Gilgandra Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2827. Council-level context for Gilgandra LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
What is the typical weekly rent in Merrigal?

The median weekly rent in Merrigal is $300/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
What does the rent signal say about Merrigal?

Rent context available: Merrigal has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
Is Merrigal a good investment?

QuickProperty's investment signals for Merrigal show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Where does QuickProperty get its data for Merrigal?

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.
How often is the Merrigal 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.