Suburb profile
Merriton SA 5523
Merriton is located in the Barossa, Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia, postcode 5523. It has 35 properties across 12 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Merriton, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Merriton
Merriton, SA 5523, sits in the Barossa, Yorke and Mid North region and neighbours Clements Gap, Redhill, Wandearah East and Crystal Brook. Its 12 streets hold 35 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for Port Pirie Surrounds, which had 3,335 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,145 a week, the median mortgage repayment $997 a month and the median rent $200 a week. Of 1,286 dwellings, 1,212 were separate houses, 55 semi-detached and 17 other; 604 were owned outright, 435 owned with a mortgage and 188 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Merriton
- 3,335Peoplelive in the area
- 47Median ageyears
- $1,145Median household incomea week
- $200Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,212
- Townhouses and semis55
- Other17
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$997a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Merriton
Neighbouring suburbs
Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.