Marsden, Queensland

Located 4 km south of Logan Central and 24 km south of central Brisbane,{{Cite web |title=Marsden {{!}} Queensland Places |url=https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/marsden |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=www.queenslandplaces.com.au |archive-date=6 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606101126/https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/marsden |url-status=live }} most of the area has been developed into housing estates.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} Prior 1980, Marsden was divided between the Albert and Beaudesert Shires along Browns Plains Road, however, after the abolishment of Albert Shire in 1979; Marsden became entirely within Logan City. The suburb of Crestmead is the adjoining suburb to the south. The northern boundary of the suburb roughly runs parallel to the Logan Motorway.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}} The industrial estate of Marsden is in the south-west of the suburb.

Marsden was originally part of Kingston, known as the Kingston Park Estate, until 1 May 1976, when the Council started to use the name Marsden.{{Cite web |last=Council |first=Logan City |title=Marsden |url=https://www.logan.qld.gov.au/marsden |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Logan City Council |language=en |archive-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329102611/https://www.logan.qld.gov.au/marsden |url-status=live }}

The suburb was named after Violet Marsden, a member of a pioneer family, associated with the Kingston Park and Districts Progress Association.

Between the 1870s and the 1930s, the land was transferred, sold, and subdivided. The first house on the property was built in the 1930s by blacksmith and former Shire Chairman Martin Schneider, where the Marsden Park shopping centre is now located.

In 1944, part of Marsden was again subdivided, but into small farms; known as Kingston Park. These small farms were offered to ex-servicemen and post-war immigrants. By this time amenities in the suburb were extremely limited, with no cleared roads, no reticulated water system, and electricity was not supplied. Telephone and electricity services were installed in the late 1940s and retuclated water in the 1970s.

In January 1956, solicitors sought advice to the exact locations of planned roads for the suburb; a survey of the land was not issued until April 1956.

In 1967, the Kingston Park Progress Association transported an old shed from Sunnybank to Marsden Park and renovated it for a progress hall.

Marsden State School opened on 23 January 1978.{{Citation |author1=Queensland Family History Society |title=Queensland schools past and present |publication-date=2010 |edition=Version 1.01 |publisher=Queensland Family History Society |isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}

In 1981, the Marsden Industrial Estate opened.

The Marsden Park Shopping Centre opened in 1985. The library was added to it in 1992 and the shopping centre was renovated and expanded in 2006.

Marsden State High School opened on 27 January 1987. The school is now within the boundaries of neighbouring Waterford West.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=21 May 2022}}

Burrowes State School opened on 27 January 1987.

St Francis' College opened on 8 February 1988. The school is now with the boundaries of neighbouring Crestmead.

In 1992, the Crestmead Community Centre opened.

1998 saw the opening of the Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church on Macarthy Road, along with the Islamic Mosque on Third Avenue.

The Cambodian Buddhist Temple was completed in 2005, after 14 years in construction.

The new Marsden Library was constructed and opened in 2006 with a major refurbishment in 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|page=14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018}}

== Demographics ==

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Marsden recorded a population of 11,278 people, 50.1% female and 49.9% male. The median age of the Marsden population was 27 years, 10 years below the national median of 37. 65.2% of people living in Marsden were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 10.8%, England 2.7%, Samoa 2.1%, Cambodia 1%, Fiji 1%. 76% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 4.3% Samoan, 1.8% Khmer, 1% Hindi, 0.6% Romanian, 0.5% Spanish.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31021|name=Marsden (SSC)|access-date=4 June 2024|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Marsden had a population of 14,071 people, 51.0% female and 49.0% male. The median age of the Marsden population was 28 years, 10 years below the national median of 38. 57.0% of people living in Marsden were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 11.8%, Samoa 2.6%, England 1.9%, Fiji 1.2% and the Philippines 1.1%. 65.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 5.4% Samoan, 1.7% Khmer, 1.7% Arabic, 1.4% Hindi and 0.7% Maori (New Zealand).{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31791|name=Marsden (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Marsden had a population of 14,795 people, 50.7% female and 49.3% male. The median age of the Marsden population was 28 years, 10 years below the national median of 38. 55.3% of people living in Marsden were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 9.7%, Myanmar 2.4%, Afghanistan 2.3%, Samoa 2.1%, and England 1.5%. 59.5% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 4.5% Samoan, 2.3% Arabic, 2.0% Hazaraghi, 1.7% Khmer, and 1.3% Urdu.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31775|name=Marsden (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Marsden State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at Hickory Street ({{coord|-27.6846|153.1040|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Marsden State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|publisher=Queensland Government|date=9 July 2018|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=Marsden State School |url=https://marsdenss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Marsden State School |language=en |archive-date=31 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031003628/https://marsdenss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1048 students with 70 teachers (66 full-time equivalent) and 39 non-teaching staff (30 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|access-date=28 January 2020|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}} It includes a special education program.

Burrowes State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at Third Avenue ({{coord|-27.6762|153.0898|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Burrowes State School}}).{{Cite web |date=2019-12-17 |title=Burrowes State School |url=https://burrowesss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Burrowes State School |language=en |archive-date=20 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320140626/https://burrowesss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 786 students with 61 teachers (57 full-time equivalent) and 32 non-teaching staff (23 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.

File:Bikeway Marsden.jpg

Marsden is also home to Scrubby Creek, which passes along the northern extent of the suburb. Along the creek, from near Third Avenue, through to Marsden Park Shopping Centre area is a series of parks, bike paths and walkways.

The Logan City Council operate a public library at 35 Chambers Flat Road.{{Cite web|url=http://www.logan.qld.gov.au/facilities-and-recreation/libraries/library-locations/marsden-library|title=Marsden Library|website=Logan City Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204246/http://www.logan.qld.gov.au/facilities-and-recreation/libraries/library-locations/marsden-library|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}

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