Marlow Lagoon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 717 people in Marlow Lagoon of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Marlow Lagoon was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.2% of the population.

Of people in Marlow Lagoon aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marlow Lagoon was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Marlow Lagoon, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marlow Lagoon was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Marlow Lagoon 34.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.7% were in primary school, 24.6% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marlow Lagoon were Australian 33.0%, English 26.5%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.6% and Greek 3.3%.

In Marlow Lagoon, 80.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.2%, England 1.5%, Sri Lanka 1.0%, Scotland 0.7% and Germany 0.6%.

In Marlow Lagoon, 69.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marlow Lagoon were No Religion 27.8%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 15.8%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Eastern Orthodox 3.4%.

In Marlow Lagoon 86.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.4%, German 0.8%, Thai 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.4% and Portuguese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 429 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marlow Lagoon. Of these 76.0% were employed full time, 16.3% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marlow Lagoon, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marlow Lagoon was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Marlow Lagoon included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.4%, Managers 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Professionals 15.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 6.9%, Labourers 4.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Marlow Lagoon, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 10.4%, School Education 5.5%, Public Order and Safety Services 5.3%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.9% and Residential Building Construction 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marlow Lagoon was $1,150.

In Marlow Lagoon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.1%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Walked only 2.2%, Motorbike/scooter 1.9% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 81.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marlow Lagoon, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.9% provided care for children and 5.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Marlow Lagoon, 31.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marlow Lagoon, 64.8% were couple families with children, 29.7% were couple families without children and 5.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Marlow Lagoon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,195 and those without children was $2,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Marlow Lagoon, of couple families with children, 50.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% 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 Marlow Lagoon, 95.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marlow Lagoon, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Marlow Lagoon, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 8.8% had 2 bedrooms and 26.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marlow Lagoon, 20.7% were owned outright, 61.6% were owned with a mortgage and 15.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Marlow Lagoon, of all households, 86.8% were family households, 8.8% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Marlow Lagoon, 3.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 38.6% 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 Marlow Lagoon, 8.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marlow Lagoon, there were 37 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 48.6%) were male and 19 (or 51.4%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Marlow Lagoon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $4,285.

In Marlow Lagoon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,617.