Marden Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Marden (5070) is a suburb of Adelaide, Eastern Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 5 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Marden is in the federal electorate of Sturt.

In the 2011 census the population of Marden was 2,342 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Marden is 35 years of age.

55.4% of people living in the suburb of Marden were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.6% India, 5.0% China , 4.9% Italy, 3.6% England, 1.2% Malaysia, 1.1% Sudan, 0.8% Bangladesh, 0.6% Sri Lanka, 0.6% South Africa, 0.6% Vietnam, 0.6% United States of America, 0.5% Nepal, 0.5% Greece, 0.5% Germany.

56.6% of people living in Marden speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.9% Italian, 6.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 4.7% Other, 4.6% Mandarin, 3.9% Other, 2.3% Greek, 1.3% Hindi, 1.1% Cantonese, 1.0% Other.

The religious makeup of Marden is 26.1% Catholic, 23.2% No religion, 9.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.3% Uniting Church, 7.2% Anglican, 6.7% Hinduism, 3.5% Eastern Orthodox, 2.9% Islam, 2.3% Christian, nfd, 2.0% Buddhism.

45.5% of people are married, 36.4% have never married and 9.3% are divorced and 2.7% are separated. There are 121 widowed people living in Marden.

53.3% of the people living in Marden over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.9% are working on a part time basis. Marden has an unemployment rate of 7.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Marden are 28.5% Professionals, 13.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.6% Community & personal service workers, 11.2% Labourers, 10.6% Managers, 10.5% Technicians & trades workers, 8.4% Sales workers, 4.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Marden work in are 16.2% Health care and social assistance, 10.5% Retail trade, 8.8% Accommodation and food services, 8.7% Education and training, 8.3% Public administration and safety, 8.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.1% Manufacturing, 5.0% Financial and insurance services, 4.2% Administrative and support services.

26.0% of homes are fully owned, and 20.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 46.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $472 per week and the median household income is $860 per week.

The median rent in Marden is $210 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1657 per month.

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