Narre Warren North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,212 people in Narre Warren North of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Narre Warren North was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Narre Warren North aged 15 years and over, 60.7% were married and 5.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Narre Warren North was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Narre Warren North, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Narre Warren North was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Narre Warren North 32.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 30.7% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Narre Warren North were Australian 24.8%, English 21.2%, Italian 8.3%, Irish 4.6% and Scottish 4.3%.

In Narre Warren North, 70.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Italy 2.5%, Sri Lanka 1.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.4% and India 1.3%.

In Narre Warren North, 43.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Narre Warren North were Catholic 32.8%, No Religion 17.9%, Anglican 10.9%, Eastern Orthodox 5.0% and Uniting Church 4.4%.

In Narre Warren North 74.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.7%, Romanian 1.9%, Greek 1.7%, Mandarin 1.4% and Croatian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 3,332 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Narre Warren North. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Narre Warren North, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Narre Warren North was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Narre Warren North included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Managers 15.7%, Professionals 15.3%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Labourers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Narre Warren North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Residential Building Construction 4.2%, School Education 4.0%, Building Installation Services 3.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Narre Warren North was $617.

In Narre Warren North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.5%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Truck 3.2%, Train 1.5% and Walked only 0.8%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Narre Warren North, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.0% 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 North, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Narre Warren North, 63.5% were couple families with children, 29.3% were couple families without children and 6.8% were one parent families.

In Narre Warren North 27.5% of single parents were male and 72.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Narre Warren North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,528 and those without children was $2,103.

Employment status of couple families

In Narre Warren North, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 29.0% 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 North, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narre Warren North, 99.1% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Narre Warren North, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 2.1% had 2 bedrooms and 21.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narre Warren North, 38.8% were owned outright, 54.0% were owned with a mortgage and 4.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Narre Warren North, of all households, 93.1% were family households, 5.9% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Narre Warren North, 10.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.9% 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 North, 8.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 50.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Narre Warren North, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 38.9%) were male and 11 (or 61.1%) were female. The median age was 12 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 North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Narre Warren North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,867.