Marsden

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,278 people in Marsden of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Marsden was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Marsden aged 15 years and over, 41.1% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marsden was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Marsden, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marsden was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Marsden 33.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 20.1% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marsden were Australian 25.8%, English 24.8%, Irish 4.9%, Maori 4.6% and Scottish 4.6%.

In Marsden, 65.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 10.8%, England 2.7%, Samoa 2.1%, Cambodia 1.0% and Fiji 1.0%.

In Marsden, 49.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marsden were No Religion 24.3%, Catholic 17.9%, Anglican 15.0%, Christian, nfd 4.4% and Uniting Church 4.4%.

In Marsden 76.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 4.3%, Khmer 1.8%, Hindi 1.0%, Romanian 0.6% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 4,996 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marsden. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 23.5% were employed part-time and 10.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marsden, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marsden was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Marsden included Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.3%, Labourers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Professionals 7.4% and Managers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Marsden, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%, School Education 3.5% and Hospitals 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marsden was $541.

In Marsden, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Car, as passenger 8.5%, Bus 2.7%, Truck 2.0% and Train 1.4%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marsden, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.9% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.1% 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 Marsden, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marsden, 47.8% were couple families with children, 25.4% were couple families without children and 25.1% were one parent families.

In Marsden 18.5% of single parents were male and 81.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marsden, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,885 and those without children was $1,680.

Employment status of couple families

In Marsden, of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 17.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marsden, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marsden, 90.5% were separate houses, 6.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Marsden, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.5% had 2 bedrooms and 49.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marsden, 14.4% were owned outright, 39.2% were owned with a mortgage and 42.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Marsden, of all households, 81.5% were family households, 14.9% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Marsden, 20.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Marsden, 32.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marsden, there were 539 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 260 (or 48.2%) were male and 279 (or 51.8%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Marsden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,204.

In Marsden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.