Marden

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,342 people in Marden of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Marden was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

Of people in Marden aged 15 years and over, 45.5% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marden was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Marden, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marden was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Marden 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.6% were in primary school, 12.3% in secondary school and 37.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marden were English 20.6%, Australian 18.5%, Italian 11.2%, Indian 6.1% and Chinese 6.0%.

In Marden, 55.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 7.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.0%, Italy 4.8%, England 3.6% and Malaysia 1.2%.

In Marden, 37.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marden were Catholic 26.1%, No Religion 23.2%, Uniting Church 7.3%, Anglican 7.2% and Hinduism 6.7%.

In Marden 56.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 7.8%, Mandarin 4.5%, Gujarati 3.0%, Greek 2.2% and Hindi 1.4%.

Employment

There were 1,134 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marden. Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 34.8% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marden, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.3% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Marden included Professionals 28.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Labourers 11.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.6%, Managers 10.5%, Sales Workers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Marden, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, School Education 4.7%, Hospitals 4.3%, State Government Administration 3.4% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marden was $472.

In Marden, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Bus 13.6%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Walked only 2.5% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 15.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marden, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.7% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Marden, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marden, 35.5% were couple families with children, 45.7% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Marden 19.8% of single parents were male and 80.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marden, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,359 and those without children was $1,672.

Employment status of couple families

In Marden, of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 20.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marden, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marden, 47.4% were separate houses, 9.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 42.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Marden, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 44.7% had 2 bedrooms and 37.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marden, 26.0% were owned outright, 20.8% were owned with a mortgage and 47.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Marden, of all households, 57.4% were family households, 36.1% were single person households and 6.5% were group households.

In Marden, 36.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Marden, 48.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marden, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 43.8%) were male and 9 (or 56.2%) 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 Marden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Marden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $135 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $648.