Marburg

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 567 people in Marburg of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Marburg was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Marburg aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 16.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marburg was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Marburg, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marburg was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Marburg 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 14.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marburg were Australian 33.7%, English 23.6%, German 12.1%, Irish 9.1% and Scottish 8.7%.

In Marburg, 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.7%, England 1.6%, Brunei Darussalam 0.5%, Canada 0.5% and France 0.5%.

In Marburg, 75.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marburg were Catholic 21.4%, No Religion 19.5%, Anglican 16.3%, Lutheran 13.2% and Uniting Church 6.0%.

In Marburg 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Russian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 278 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marburg. Of these 67.6% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marburg, 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marburg was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Marburg included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Labourers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Professionals 10.7%, Managers 10.3% and Sales Workers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Marburg, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 7.7%, School Education 7.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Residential Care Services 4.4% and Hospitals 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marburg was $628.

In Marburg, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 7.7%, Train, car as driver 3.3%, Train 1.1% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 6.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marburg, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Marburg, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marburg, 45.8% were couple families with children, 38.6% were couple families without children and 13.7% were one parent families.

In Marburg 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marburg, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,027 and those without children was $1,542.

Employment status of couple families

In Marburg, of couple families with children, 29.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 16.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marburg, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marburg, 91.7% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Marburg, of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.1% had 2 bedrooms and 56.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marburg, 34.3% were owned outright, 41.2% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Marburg, of all households, 70.7% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Marburg, 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Marburg, 32.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marburg, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 33.3%) were male and 10 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Marburg, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Marburg, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.