Marsfield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 12,347 people in Marsfield of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Marsfield was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Marsfield aged 15 years and over, 44.7% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marsfield was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Marsfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marsfield was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Marsfield 34.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.6% were in primary school, 10.2% in secondary school and 52.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marsfield were Chinese 27.8%, English 14.4%, Australian 13.7%, Irish 4.7% and Italian 4.5%.

In Marsfield, 42.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 18.1%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 4.5%, Korea, Republic of (South) 2.9%, Malaysia 2.4% and India 2.3%.

In Marsfield, 23.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 67.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marsfield were No Religion 29.5%, Catholic 23.4%, Anglican 9.8%, Buddhism 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Marsfield 43.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 16.8%, Cantonese 10.5%, Korean 3.3%, Italian 2.6% and Indonesian 2.0%.

Employment

There were 6,164 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marsfield. Of these 63.6% were employed full time, 24.9% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marsfield, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marsfield was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Marsfield included Professionals 34.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.5%, Managers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Labourers 4.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Marsfield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 5.2%, Tertiary Education 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, School Education 3.5% and Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marsfield was $561.

In Marsfield, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.2%, Bus 13.0%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Train 4.6% and Walked only 4.4%. On the day, 23.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marsfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.0% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Marsfield, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marsfield, 44.4% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 12.7% were one parent families.

In Marsfield 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marsfield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,577 and those without children was $2,343.

Employment status of couple families

In Marsfield, of couple families with children, 26.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 17.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marsfield, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marsfield, 33.4% were separate houses, 38.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 27.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Marsfield, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 43.6% had 2 bedrooms and 27.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marsfield, 30.8% were owned outright, 29.0% were owned with a mortgage and 34.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Marsfield, of all households, 62.7% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 10.4% were group households.

In Marsfield, 23.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.6% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Marsfield, 47.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marsfield, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 54.3%) were male and 16 (or 45.7%) were female. The median age was 36 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Marsfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Marsfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $285 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.