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Housing
merrigum
Victoria · Census 2021
$263k
-4.5% yr · median house · Dec 2024
Merrigum is a bushland suburb of Greater Shepparton.
Median house price
People
Population
679
Median age
47 yrs
Income / person / wk
$557
Household income / wk
$1,030
Housing
Median rent / wk
$180
Mortgage / month
$1,083
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 40%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 1%
- No religion
- 40%
- Born overseas
- 14%
- English only at home
- 92%
Local amenities
Amenity score
11/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
2
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
10.6 km
Nearest train
18.9 km
Nearest hospital
11.3 km
Distance to coast
165 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
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
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
10.1 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Greater Shepparton
- Council population
- 68,213
- Council area
- 2,422 km²
- Density
- 28/km²
- Federal grants
- $17.63M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $258/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,449
- Operating result
- +4.5%
- Asset renewal
- 86%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Nicholls
- Federal MP
- Sam Birrell (NP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 64% 2PP
- State electorate
- Euroa
- State MP
- Annabelle Cleeland (NAT)
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