merrylands
New South Wales · Census 2021
$1.40M
+6.1% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Located in Cumberland, Merrylands features Central Gardens Nature Reserve, strong Arabic cultural connections, 41 nearby parks, and sits 8.1 km from the coast.
Median house price
People
Housing
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Islam · 28%
- Top language at home
- Arabic · 11%
- No religion
- 12%
- Born overseas
- 55%
- English only at home
- 29%
Local amenities
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 Woolworths · 2 Aldi. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Cumberland
- Council population
- 280,614
- Council area
- 73 km²
- Density
- 3,860/km²
- Federal grants
- $9.83M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $35/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Blaxland
- Federal MP
- Jason Clare (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 72% 2PP
- State electorate
- Granville
- State MP
- Julia Finn (ALP)
Crime & safety
FY2024–25, 2-yr pooled. Recorded incidents: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR); adjusted to the ABS Crime Victimisation Survey; ABS ERP population denominator. All CC BY 4.0. Percentile is the population-weighted rank among suburbs in the same state — higher means more reported crime. Ranks are never compared across states, because each police force counts offences under its own rules.
Similar suburbs
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