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QLD 4753 · Mackay
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Marian, Queensland
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Marian QLD
Based on 62 sales in the preceding 12 months
$770,000
Up 19.2% over 12 months
Based on 30 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$725 per week
Up 16.0% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Marian, QLD is currently $770,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Marian has a 12-month growth rate of 19.2% for houses.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $474,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $710,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $812,000 in Marian.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Marian is $725 per week. The median house rent has increased 16.0% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Marian is 1,276 offences per 100,000 residents — 48% below the Rest of Qld benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Marian.
Overall crime rate
1,276
offences per 100,000 residents
48% belowRest of Qld
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Marian QLD 4753 is in Queensland, within Rest of Qld.
4,224 people call Marian home, with an average of 3 people per household and a median household income of $2,392 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
5.9% of workers in Marian worked from home on Census day — less common than across Rest of Qld.
41.4% of people in Marian described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Marian QLD 4753.
27.0% of Marian's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.
1,151 family households lived in Marian; 55.3% were couple families and 10.3% were one-parent families.
49.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Marian had 4,224 residents at the 2021 Census.
31.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
17.2% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 98.8% of occupied private dwellings in Marian.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
22.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.
59.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.
18.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Marian had 3.0 people.
One-person households made up 11.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.
Two-person households represented 32.2%, while 37.1% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
5.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.
71.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.
1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.
One-car households formed 20.8% of the total.
77.9% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
56.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.1% reported a different address.
5.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
90.9% of residents used only English at home.
1.4% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
5.5% of Marian's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.5% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.6%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 39.3% of ancestry responses in Marian.
Australian ancestry made up 46.2% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
11.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.
Managers accounted for 8.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.
Health care and social assistance employed 10.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 70.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.
44.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.1% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
63.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.
6.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
8.5% reported asthma, 5.7% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
11.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.2% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 57.7%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,392 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,941.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 5.9% in Marian, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.
Outright ownership was 22.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.
Renting accounted for 18.4% in Marian, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $770,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 1,151 local families, and 27.0% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
4-bedroom houses have a median around $812,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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