Narre Warren South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 28,594 people in Narre Warren South of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Narre Warren South was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.2% of the population.

Of people in Narre Warren South aged 15 years and over, 59.0% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Narre Warren South was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Narre Warren South, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Narre Warren South was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Narre Warren South 35.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.0% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Narre Warren South were Australian 23.1%, English 20.4%, Scottish 5.0%, Irish 4.3% and Indian 4.3%.

In Narre Warren South, 63.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 4.3%, England 3.3%, Afghanistan 3.3%, Sri Lanka 3.0% and New Zealand 2.0%.

In Narre Warren South, 37.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 50.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Narre Warren South were Catholic 29.9%, No Religion 19.0%, Anglican 11.6%, Islam 7.2% and Buddhism 3.3%.

In Narre Warren South 68.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dari 3.0%, Sinhalese 2.6%, Spanish 1.8%, Arabic 1.6% and Hindi 1.4%.

Employment

There were 14,522 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Narre Warren South. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Narre Warren South, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Narre Warren South included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Professionals 13.8%, Managers 11.3%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Labourers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Narre Warren South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, School Education 3.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, Hospitals 3.0% and Building Installation Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Narre Warren South was $622.

In Narre Warren South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.5%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Train 3.1%, Train, car as driver 1.3% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 6.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Narre Warren South, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.7% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.8% 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 South, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Narre Warren South, 62.9% were couple families with children, 23.2% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Narre Warren South 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Narre Warren South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,092 and those without children was $2,023.

Employment status of couple families

In Narre Warren South, of couple families with children, 24.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 26.4% 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 South, 96.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narre Warren South, 93.0% were separate houses, 6.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Narre Warren South, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 1.4% had 2 bedrooms and 36.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narre Warren South, 18.3% were owned outright, 66.6% were owned with a mortgage and 13.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Narre Warren South, of all households, 89.6% were family households, 9.0% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Narre Warren South, 11.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.6% 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 South, 21.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Narre Warren South, there were 110 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 57 (or 51.8%) were male and 53 (or 48.2%) were female. The median age was 19 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 South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,963.

In Narre Warren South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $279 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,800.