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Marsfield, NSW 2122
Rooms in Marsfield, a short walk from Macquarie University
2 rooms listedfrom $240/weekMacquarie University
Marsfield is the suburb that presses right up against the Macquarie University campus, which makes it about the closest you can live to your lectures without moving into student halls. It's quiet, green and residential — tree-lined streets, low red-brick blocks and family houses rather than high-rise towers or a busy town centre — so it suits students who want to walk to a 9am class and then come home somewhere calm to study. The enormous Macquarie Centre, one of Sydney's largest shopping centres, sits right on the edge of the campus with big supermarkets, a food court and a cinema, so groceries and everyday errands are a short walk from your front door.
Because so many Macquarie students want to live within walking distance of campus, Marsfield is full of share houses and rooms in apartment blocks, and fresh rooms open up through the year as students finish their degrees and move on. If you're still overseas, that demand is a good reason to start early: on Zuwu you can read every Marsfield listing and message hosts in your own language before you fly out, so you can have an inspection booked for your first week instead of searching from a hostel once you land. Every host verifies an Australian mobile number before a listing goes live, so there's a real, contactable person behind each room.
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Getting to Macquarie University
This is the whole reason a lot of students pick Marsfield: the Macquarie University campus is right next door, so from much of the suburb you can walk to class in well under half an hour, with a short local bus covering the far end. The Macquarie University Metro station sits by the campus too, so when you want to head further afield you can catch the metro toward Chatswood and on into the city. For day-to-day study, though, most Marsfield students barely touch public transport — the walk to campus is the commute.
Who lives in Marsfield
Marsfield's population is shaped by the university on its doorstep, and its mix is a fairly even one. At the 2021 Census the two largest groups were residents of European ancestry (around 33%) and East Asian ancestry (around 30%), alongside a notable Oceanian community (about 13%) of Australian and Pacific families, many of whom have lived here for years. In practice that makes for a quiet, campus-side suburb where long-settled local households live side by side with a large international student population — so you'll be in good company as a newcomer, without the suburb feeling as though it's only students.
Tips for renting in Marsfield
- Macquarie's campus is big, so a 'walk to uni' can mean ten minutes or closer to thirty depending on which part of Marsfield you're in and which faculty you study at. A listing's exact address only appears on Zuwu once you book an inspection, so message the host first to check the real walk to your building.
- Lean on Macquarie Centre to set yourself up. With big supermarkets, a huge food court and most shops you'll need under one roof, you can furnish a room and stock the kitchen in your first week without ever needing a car.
- Rooms closest to campus go fastest in the weeks before Session 1 starts, so if little is free in Marsfield itself, widen your search to neighbouring Macquarie Park, North Ryde and Eastwood — all a short bus or metro ride from the uni. Wherever you book, never pay a deposit before the room has been seen in person, and take Zuwu's warning seriously if a message starts to look like a scam.
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