Marion Bay TAS 7175
65 addresses · 2 streets
Lyons Electorate › Sorell LGA › Marion Bay · 44 km from Hobart
Living Here
Marion Bay is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 56 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,325 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Dodges Ferry - Lewisham statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Marion Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 29.1 km west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 9.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020
Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 9.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 25.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 47.1%
Population by age in Marion Bay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Marion Bay
| House | 28 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Marion Bay
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Marion Bay
| English | 30 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 23 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
| Dutch | 3 |
Housing tenure in Marion Bay
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Marion Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Marion Bay
| Car | 15 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
12,188 bird observations recorded near Marion Bay — most often seen:
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (1,088)
- White-faced Heron (723)
- Black Swan (675)
- Kelp Gull (603)
- White-fronted Chat (529)
- Pacific Gull (500)
- Chestnut Teal (489)
- Silver Gull (462)
- Forest Raven (460)
- Red-capped Plover (438)
- Common Starling (413)
- Hooded Plover (412)
- Welcome Swallow (386)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Marion Bay
- Noisy Miner (371)
- Masked Lapwing (367)
- Crested Tern (365)
- Little Wattlebird (359)
- Australian Pelican (356)
- Superb Fairy-wren (343)
- Australian Shelduck (328)
- Little Pied Cormorant (311)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (298)
- Eurasian Skylark (281)
- Great Egret (265)
- Red-necked Stint (247)
- East Coast Pacific Gull (239)
- Black-faced Cormorant (235)
- Giinbaywarraymal (227)
- Caspian Tern (212)
- Southern Forest Raven (206)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Marion Bay:
- Bream Creek (3.3 km)
- Boomer Bay (4.5 km)
- Copping (4.9 km)
- Kellevie (7.1 km)
- Dunalley (8.1 km)
- Connellys Marsh (13.2 km)
- Murdunna (14.8 km)
- Nugent (14.9 km)
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Streets
- Bay Road (38)
- Marion Bay Road (27)