Marsden Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,050 people in Marsden Park of these 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Marsden Park was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Marsden Park aged 15 years and over, 42.5% were married and 18.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marsden Park was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Marsden Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marsden Park was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Marsden Park 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 16.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marsden Park were Australian 25.5%, English 22.4%, Maltese 14.6%, Irish 5.0% and Italian 4.2%.

In Marsden Park, 70.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Malta 6.5%, New Zealand 2.5%, England 2.4%, Fiji 1.4% and Germany 1.1%.

In Marsden Park, 50.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marsden Park were Catholic 47.2%, Anglican 18.6%, No Religion 10.0%, Uniting Church 2.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Marsden Park 79.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 6.5%, Cantonese 1.8%, Hindi 1.6%, Italian 1.0% and Indonesian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 513 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marsden Park. Of these 66.3% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marsden Park, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marsden Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Marsden Park included Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.5%, Managers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Labourers 10.0%, Professionals 9.6%, Sales Workers 8.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Marsden Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.9%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.2%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.0%, School Education 3.0% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.8%.

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

In Marsden Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.8%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Walked only 4.3%, Truck 4.1% and Train 3.7%. On the day, 6.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marsden Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.0% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.3% 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 Park, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marsden Park, 44.6% were couple families with children, 35.6% were couple families without children and 18.7% were one parent families.

In Marsden Park 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marsden Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,656 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Marsden Park, of couple families with children, 20.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 21.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marsden Park, 95.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marsden Park, 54.1% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 44.0% were other dwellings.

In Marsden Park, of occupied private dwellings 13.1% had 1 bedroom, 25.4% had 2 bedrooms and 25.7% 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 Marsden Park, 38.7% were owned outright, 17.9% were owned with a mortgage and 35.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Marsden Park, of all households, 63.3% were family households, 35.2% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Marsden Park, 31.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.4% 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 Park, 38.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marsden Park, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 67.9%) were male and 9 (or 32.1%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $680.

In Marsden Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.