Marsden

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 17,523 people were counted in Marsden: of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 3.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Marsden there were 5,580 children aged 0-14 years and 1,609 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Marsden, 14,966 people were Australian citizens, 3,624 were born overseas and 50 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Marsden, 46.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.4% were separated or divorced, 2.9% were widowed and 35.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Marsden, 73.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Marsden were New Zealand 6.4%, England 4.2%, Samoa 1.2%, Philippines 0.7% and Scotland 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Marsden on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 21.8%, No Religion 18.6%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Marsden, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Samoan 2.0%, Spanish 0.7%, Khmer 0.6%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.6% and Romanian 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 7,436 people aged 15 years and over in Marsden were in the labour force. Of these 56.6% worked full-time, 27.2% worked part-time, 3.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 12.9% were unemployed. 4,109 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Marsden, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 10.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 9.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Associate Professionals 3.9%, Professionals 2.8%, Managers and Administrators 1.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Marsden, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 4.2%, Business Services 3.5%, Construction Trade Services 3.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.7% and Road Transport 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Marsden, 4,604 families were counted: of these, 20.6% were couple families without children, 52.4% were couple families with children, 25.9% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Marsden, 5,498 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Marsden, 95.7% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Marsden, 17.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 40.4% were being purchased and 36.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Marsden, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 56.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 18.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 24.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Marsden, 82.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.9% were group households.