Marrara

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,444 people in Marrara of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Marrara was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.0% of the population.

Of people in Marrara aged 15 years and over, 46.7% were married and 16.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marrara was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Marrara, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marrara was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Marrara 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.1% were in primary school, 17.3% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marrara were English 25.7%, Australian 25.6%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.2%.

In Marrara, 69.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 2.7%, Philippines 2.4%, India 1.5% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Marrara, 56.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marrara were No Religion 23.6%, Catholic 23.2%, Anglican 16.0%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Marrara 78.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 1.2%, Portuguese 1.1%, Indonesian 1.1%, Thai 1.0% and Greek 0.8%.

Employment

There were 883 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marrara. Of these 69.9% were employed full time, 18.9% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marrara, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marrara was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Marrara included Clerical and Administrative Workers 22.0%, Professionals 18.2%, Managers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Labourers 6.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Marrara, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 10.5%, School Education 5.2%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8% and Road Freight Transport 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marrara was $949.

In Marrara, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.6%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Walked only 2.4%, Bus 2.3% and Bicycle 1.9%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marrara, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.3% provided care for children and 6.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 Marrara, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marrara, 36.7% were couple families with children, 50.1% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

In Marrara 31.1% of single parents were male and 68.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marrara, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,932 and those without children was $2,265.

Employment status of couple families

In Marrara, of couple families with children, 34.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Marrara, 35.9% were separate houses, 31.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.0% were flats, units or apartments and 20.5% were other dwellings.

In Marrara, of occupied private dwellings 13.7% had 1 bedroom, 34.1% had 2 bedrooms and 24.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marrara, 32.6% were owned outright, 31.9% were owned with a mortgage and 33.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Marrara, of all households, 69.0% were family households, 26.3% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Marrara, 10.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.8% 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 Marrara, 38.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marrara, there were 70 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 48.6%) were male and 36 (or 51.4%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Marrara, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Marrara, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.