Marsden Park

30.0% of Marsden Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

3,975 family households lived in Marsden Park; 69.0% were couple families and 7.9% were one-parent families.

64.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Marsden Park had 14,610 residents at the 2021 Census.

43.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

10.5% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Separate houses made up 97.5% of occupied private dwellings in Marsden Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

10.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

68.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.4% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Marsden Park had 3.4 people.

One-person households made up 9.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 19.5%, while 47.8% had four or more usual residents.

39.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

38.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.2% walked or cycled.

1.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 32.1% of the total.

65.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

7.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 92.7% reported a different address.

52.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

38.1% of residents used only English at home.

57.3% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 5.6% spoke Hindi.

52.1% of Marsden Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 47.9% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

22.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 11.7% of ancestry responses in Marsden Park.

Australian ancestry made up 13.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.3% of responses.

30.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 12.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.3% of workers, and education and training employed 6.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

46.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

76.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.1% reported asthma, 2.8% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

39.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 16.6%.

Median household income was $2,722 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,900.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $570 per week.

Working from home was 39.9% in Marsden Park, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 10.6% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 21.4% in Marsden Park, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.