Marlo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 678 people in Marlo of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Marlo was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.7% of the population.

Of people in Marlo aged 15 years and over, 55.5% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marlo was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Marlo, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marlo was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Marlo 22.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.9% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marlo were Australian 31.1%, English 31.1%, Scottish 10.1%, Irish 7.7% and German 3.8%.

In Marlo, 86.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, Canada 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9%, Austria 0.4% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.4%.

In Marlo, 75.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marlo were No Religion 44.5%, Anglican 17.9%, Catholic 12.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.8% and Uniting Church 3.8%.

In Marlo 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.7%, Maltese 0.6%, Filipino 0.6%, Cantonese 0.4% and Yorta Yorta 0.4%.

Employment

There were 312 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marlo. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Marlo, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marlo was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Marlo included Managers 27.8%, Professionals 24.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Labourers 9.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7% and Sales Workers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Marlo, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 13.5%, Hospitals 9.5%, Accommodation 8.1%, Dairy Cattle Farming 6.1% and State Government Administration 5.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marlo was $467.

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In Marlo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.9%, Walked only 6.4%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Other 2.7% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marlo, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.9% 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 Marlo, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marlo, 34.6% were couple families with children, 56.6% were couple families without children and 6.6% were one parent families.

In Marlo 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marlo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,905 and those without children was $1,639.

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Employment status of couple families

In Marlo, of couple families with children, 18.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 16.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marlo, 64.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.9% were unoccupied.

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

In Marlo, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 21.3% had 2 bedrooms and 47.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marlo, 49.4% were owned outright, 28.8% were owned with a mortgage and 19.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Marlo, of all households, 68.7% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In Marlo, 34.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Marlo, 37.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marlo, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 63.6%) were male and 4 (or 36.4%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Marlo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Marlo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.