Bedroom counts and kinds of homes
Three bedrooms describe 45% of Merimbula's homes, above the 35% across New South Wales. Homes with four or more bedrooms are 28%, below the state's 34%, and homes with two bedrooms or fewer are 26%, below 30% statewide. Separate houses are 69% of occupied homes, above the New South Wales share of 66%. Townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses account for 16%, above 12% statewide, while flats or apartments are 14%, below the state's 22%.
Ownership, income and rent
In Merimbula, 49% of households own their home outright, above 32% across New South Wales. Paying off a mortgage describes 24% of households, below the state's 33%, and the median mortgage repayment is $1,625 a month, below $2,167 statewide. The median household income is $1,224 a week, below $1,829 across the state.
Renting covers 24% of households, below 33% across New South Wales, and 65% of renting households rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below the state's 69%. The median rent is $345 a week, below $420 statewide. Worked out on this page from two medians, that rent equals 28% of the median weekly income of all households, above 23% across the state.
Age, household size and address
The median age in Merimbula is 56 years, above 39 across New South Wales. The town of Merimbula counted 8,220 people at the 2021 Census. Households here hold 2.1 people on average, below the state's 2.6. Of people aged five and over in Merimbula, 50% lived at the same address five years earlier, below 54% across the state.