Narre Warren

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 25,882 people in Narre Warren of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Narre Warren was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.9% of the population.

Of people in Narre Warren aged 15 years and over, 51.6% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Narre Warren was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Narre Warren, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Narre Warren was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Narre Warren 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Narre Warren were Australian 21.9%, English 20.6%, Irish 5.1%, Scottish 5.1% and Indian 3.6%.

In Narre Warren, 62.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 3.6%, England 3.2%, Sri Lanka 2.7%, Afghanistan 1.9% and New Zealand 1.9%.

In Narre Warren, 38.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Narre Warren were Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 19.6%, Anglican 10.9%, Islam 5.6% and Buddhism 3.9%.

In Narre Warren 66.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Sinhalese 2.2%, Dari 1.7%, Arabic 1.5%, Spanish 1.4% and Hindi 1.3%.

Employment

There were 13,159 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Narre Warren. Of these 61.7% were employed full time, 27.1% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Narre Warren, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Narre Warren was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Narre Warren included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Professionals 12.5%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Labourers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Managers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Narre Warren, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, School Education 3.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%, Road Freight Transport 2.6% and Hospitals 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Narre Warren was $556.

In Narre Warren, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.4%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Train 3.7%, Truck 1.3% and Train, car as driver 0.9%. On the day, 7.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Narre Warren, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.3% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Narre Warren, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Narre Warren, 54.2% were couple families with children, 27.4% were couple families without children and 17.1% were one parent families.

In Narre Warren 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Narre Warren, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,974 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Narre Warren, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Narre Warren, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narre Warren, 93.0% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Narre Warren, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 56.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narre Warren, 24.3% were owned outright, 51.0% were owned with a mortgage and 22.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Narre Warren, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 18.0% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Narre Warren, 18.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Narre Warren, 30.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Narre Warren, there were 119 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 61 (or 51.3%) were male and 58 (or 48.7%) were female. The median age was 14 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Narre Warren, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Narre Warren, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $306 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.