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Marybank NZ

Marybank is in Nelson, New Zealand, with population 1,113.

The read

Livability-led

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$580/wk
1/01/2020 → 1/10/2025 · 13 periods
Tenancy Services · 1/10/2025
$625
$450
1/01/20201/10/2025
Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Lower deprivation supports a livability-led read.

Median rent
$595/wk
Income-stretched rent market
D5 vs NZ
Population
1,113
1K local footprint
D2 vs NZ
Income
$43K/yr
Median personal income
D6 vs NZ
NZDep
Decile 2
Lower deprivation
D2 vs NZ
Schools
1
matched school context

Area prices & affordability

Median sale price
$699K
+11.0% over 5yr
3.2%YoY
Lower quartile
$577K
Entry-level price
House Price Index
2,349
QV-based HPI
1.5%5yr
Income to buy
8.5x
Years of median income
Annual sales
948
Transactions, TA

Mortgage serviceability

at the 5.69% 2-year fixed rate
Monthly repayment
$3,242/mo
20% deposit, 30-year P&I
Repayment burden
47%
of gross household income
Stress level
Severe
<30% comfortable · >45% severe
Years to deposit
11.4 yrs
20% deposit at 15% savings

Monthly repayment by fixed term

Floating · 6.15%
$3,407
1-year fixed · 5.26%
$3,091
2-year fixed · 5.69%
$3,242
3-year fixed · 5.86%
$3,303

A territorial-authority estimate: the Nelson City median sale price on a 20% deposit and 30-year loan, against the TA median household income implied by HUD's income-to-buy ratio, at RBNZ new-mortgage rates. A market-wide guide, not a Marybank-specific or borrower-specific figure.

Price trend

1yr -1.4%5yr -2.0%
QV House Price Index (Jan 2007 = 1000)

QV House Price Index for the Nelson City territorial authority (monthly, Jan 2007 = 1000). A valuation-based index of price movement over time — distinct from the actual median sale price above.

Years of median household income to buy

Figures are for the Nelson City territorial authority (as at 2026-03). New Zealand has no free suburb-level sale-price series, so these are TA-wide medians from HUD Local Housing Statistics (LINZ District Valuation Roll + Stats NZ) — a market backdrop for Marybank, not a Marybank-specific sale price.

Rent trend depth

Rent cycle positionRents easing
Low · 2020Peak · 2023

7.2% below peak rent · 16.0% above its low

Rent growth (compound)3-yr -1.1%/yr · 5-yr +3.0%/yr

Rent trend is derived from MBIE tenancy-bond medians and excludes suburbs with too few bonds to be reliable.

Personal income

$43K personal · yr+8.4% vs Nelson suburb median
Personal income distribution (Census 2023 · annual)
$10,000 or less
87
$10,001-$20,000
84
$20,001-$30,000
174
$30,001-$50,000
171
$50,001-$70,000
165
$70,001-$100,000
123
$100,001 or more
114

Median individual income. NZ has no suburb-level household-income or sale-price data, so this is a personal-income benchmark, not a household-affordability measure. Distribution covers people aged 15+ with stated income; counts are randomly rounded to base 3.

Housing stock and tenure

Home ownership over three censuses+2.4pp since 2013
2013
83% owned
2018
85% owned
2023
86% owned

6.7% of private dwellings were unoccupied on 2023 census night (holiday homes, empty rentals, and vacant stock).

Dwelling condition (occupied dwellings, self-reported)

8% damp (-2pp vs 2018) and 5% with visible mould larger than A4 (-3pp vs 2018).

Investor-specific data (gearing, investor concentration) is not published for NZ suburbs — the tenure trend above is the available investor signal.

Population outlook

54,300 people · 202356,600 by 2033 (+4.2%)

Stats NZ subnational projection (2023 base, medium series) for Nelson City — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,524
Total incidents1,853· 2026-05
  • Assault47252%
  • Burglary34738%
  • Robbery354%
  • Sexual Assault526%

Natural hazards

Earthquake exposure
Moderate
Proximity to active faults
Nearest active fault
8.0 km
Waimea Fault
Fault slip rate
Low
Higher = more active

Earthquake exposure is the distance from Marybank's centre to the nearest mapped active fault (GNS Science NZ Active Faults Database) — an area estimate, not a site-specific seismic assessment. NZ's full ground-shaking model (NSHM) is not available as a queryable map layer.

Short-term rentals

12
active listings · ~10.8 per 1,000 residents
100%
entire homes (vs private rooms)
25%
run by multi-listing operators
Investment view Estimated
$234
median nightly (entire home)
16%
estimated occupancy
$24,242
estimated annual revenue (gross)

Active Airbnb listings point-mapped to this suburb from Inside Airbnb (CC BY 4.0). Occupancy and revenue are estimates from Inside Airbnb's San Francisco model (review-rate proxy, minimum-stay assumption, occupancy capped at 70%) — they are gross, indicative, and not a guarantee of returns. Short-stay letting is subject to state and local regulation.

Schools

Total1
Students272
State1
  • Clifton Terrace SchoolContributing · State

Livability

31/ 100 livability index

Top 69% most liveable of 1,902New Zealand suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 31% of New Zealand districts
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access0
Public transport (5 stops)35
Schools & hospitals32

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within New Zealand suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Investment grade

Dgrade · 33/100 · top 67% of 65New Zealand districts
Peer distributionstronger than 33% of New Zealand districts
WeakerTypicalStronger
Capital growth27
Rental yield38
Stability41

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

District-level grade across New Zealand territorial authorities, combining 5-year price growth, rental yield (district median rent vs district median price), and stability (price-to-income level + affordability trajectory) via the same three-pillar method with an imbalance penalty. New Zealand has no free suburb-level prices, so this reflects your area's territorial authority. Within-New-Zealand relative, indicative only — not financial advice.

Building activity

Latest consents
1
1 houses · 0 units
0.0%YoY D1 vs NZ

Employment

Employed residents
549
Was 552 in 2018
0.5%vs 2018 D2 vs NZ

Full data detail

Marybank Nelson — Property Data and Demographics

Marybank is a small community in Nelson with a population of 1,113 and a median age of 50. Median personal income is $43K per year. The main ethnic groups are European, Māori, Asian. Nelson population estimates moved -0.3% in the year ended June 2025, after moving +0.4% in 2024, which should be read as a broader regional movement backdrop rather than suburb-level migration precision. The resident employment base moved from 552 in 2018 to 549 in 2023 (-0.5%), which should be read as a census-to-census employment backdrop rather than a live jobs series. Te Waihanga's December 2025 Pipeline snapshot tracked over 12,000 NZ infrastructure initiatives, with more than 2,700 under construction and transport taking 52% of projected 2026 pipeline spend, which should be read as a broader national delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project list.

Median weekly rent in Marybank is $595 (595 houses, 0 units). This represents approximately 72% of median weekly personal income.

Livability indicators for Marybank: NZDep decile 2 (low deprivation (affluent)); 1 school with avg EQI 406; 5 transport stops (5 bus).

In 2026, Marybank recorded 1 building approval (1 house, 0 units), up 0% year-on-year.

Market & money
Livability signalsHeuristics
Rent Affordability72% Stretched
School QualityEQI 406· Average
DeprivationDecile 2 Low
Transport Access5 stops· Some Access
Development+0%· Steady
Rental marketMBIE
Median rent · wk(1/10/2025)$595
House · wk$595
Rent / income72.3%
Lodgements12
DevelopmentStats NZ
Consents (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 23
Population1,113
Median age50
Household size
HH income · yr
Personal income · yr$42,800
Deprivation (NZDep)NZDep23
Less deprived2/10
NZDep score921

1 = least deprived · 10 = most deprived

EthnicityCensus 23
European1,047
Māori81
Asian48
MELAA15
Pacific Peoples12
Top industriesCensus 23
Professional, Scientific and Technical72
Construction63
Retail Trade54
Education and Training54
Health Care and Social Assistance51
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops5
Hospitals · Nelson CityMoH
Nelson HospitalPublic Hospital
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Marybank for a first-pass decision.

NZ suburb pages combine Stats NZ, MBIE, MoE, GTFS, and pinned service coverage. The key difference is that some items are direct feeds, while others are fallback or snapshot layers.

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using MBIE bond data when present.

Treat current rent as a decision input, not as a guaranteed market quote.

HOSPITAL POSTURE
Hospital coverage comes from an official pinned snapshot.

This is a trusted coverage layer, but it is still a pinned snapshot rather than a live facility API.

TRANSPORT POSTURE
Transport is feed-based and depends on GTFS bundle coverage.

It is good for stop presence and local network context, but not a guarantee that every operator or schedule is equally current.

Data status
Weekly rent
MBIE rental bond data · 1/10/2025 · Bond market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Schools
MoE school directory · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · nightly
Available
Hospitals
Pinned Health NZ public hospital snapshot · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · mixed acquisition · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
NZ GTFS bundle · 5 matched stops
medium stability · mixed acquisition · snapshot · mixed
Available
Building consents
Stats NZ building consents CSV · 2026 · Annual release series
Available
Demographic baseline
Stats NZ Census 2023 · Population, income, and demographic baseline
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Available
Available means a direct local source is linked. Verify means the page is using a weaker fallback or coverage-only snapshot, especially Census rent fallback or pinned hospital coverage.

Marybank FAQ

Common questions
  1. What is the typical weekly rent in Marybank?

    The median weekly rent in Marybank is $595/wk, based on the MBIE market rent dataset. The current rent signal is income-stretched rent market.

  2. What does the rent signal say about Marybank?

    Income-stretched rent market: Weekly rent screens at about 72% of annual income. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  3. What is the livability profile for Marybank?

    QuickProperty's livability signals for Marybank show: Stretched, Average, Low. These are based on rent affordability, school EQI, NZDep deprivation index, and transport access.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Marybank?

    Housing data comes from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ). Demographics are from Stats NZ Census 2023. Schools data uses the Ministry of Education Equity Index (EQI). The deprivation score uses NZDep2018. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Marybank data updated?

    RBNZ macro data updates with each deploy. Demographics are from NZ Census 2023. School EQI scores are from the Ministry of Education latest release.