Marsden

27.9% of Marsden's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

3,404 family households lived in Marsden; 49.1% were couple families and 27.0% were one-parent families.

54.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Marsden had 14,795 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 79.4% of occupied private dwellings in Marsden.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.4% of occupied private dwellings.

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

13.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

32.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

54.0% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Marsden had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 18.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 23.4%, while 40.8% had four or more usual residents.

5.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

69.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

5.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

One-car households formed 34.6% of the total.

60.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.0% reported a different address.

35.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

59.5% of residents used only English at home.

31.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.1% spoke Hindi.

35.9% of Marsden's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 64.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 69.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 25.7% of ancestry responses in Marsden.

Australian ancestry made up 23.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.2% of responses.

8.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Managers accounted for 5.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.7% of workers, and education and training employed 5.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.5%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

29.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.5%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

60.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 6.9% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.4%.

Median household income was $1,409 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,457.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 5.9% in Marsden, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 13.5% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Renting accounted for 54.0% in Marsden, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.