Merriton is in Port Pirie LGA, SA, postcode 5523, with population 55.
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.
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The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
This suburb 27% · SA median 18%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 12% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,950/mo, while renters pay about $1,950/mo — owning runs $0/mo higher on these medians.
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ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Port Pirie Surrounds SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Merriton (postcode 5523) is a sparsely populated locality in South Australia within the Port Pirie local government area. The area has roughly 55 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $87K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 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. SA employment has moved +1.6% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 21 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 7 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, clerical & administrative, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $450. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,950.
On the investment side, 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.
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Merriton is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.
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Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
This page stays indexable because Merriton 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.
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Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.
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If Merriton feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop same · rent -$109/wk
Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.
pop same · rent -$100/wk
Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.
Merriton is in the Port Pirie Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5523. Council-level context for Port Pirie LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Merriton is $450/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Merriton 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.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Merriton show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.