Narre Warren South

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 13,970 people were counted in Narre Warren South: of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Narre Warren South there were 4,336 children aged 0-14 years and 1,084 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Narre Warren South, 12,138 people were Australian citizens, 3,356 were born overseas and 25 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Narre Warren South, 66.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.3% were separated or divorced, 1.8% were widowed and 24.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Narre Warren South, 70.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Narre Warren South were England 4.6%, New Zealand 1.9%, Sri Lanka 1.7%, Mauritius 1.4% and Scotland 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Narre Warren South on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 31.7%, No Religion 18.9%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Narre Warren South, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Spanish 1.6%, Italian 1.6%, French 1.0%, Sinhalese 1.0% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 80% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 7,198 people aged 15 years and over in Narre Warren South were in the labour force. Of these 67.5% worked full-time, 26.5% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.6% were unemployed. 2,057 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Narre Warren South, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 13.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 11.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.2%, Professionals 8.0%, Associate Professionals 7.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.0%, Managers and Administrators 5.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Narre Warren South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.1%, Food Retailing 4.7%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.5% and Construction Trade Services 3.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Narre Warren South, 3,844 families were counted: of these, 28.1% were couple families without children, 63.4% were couple families with children, 7.9% were one parent families and 0.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Narre Warren South, 4,292 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Narre Warren South, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Narre Warren South, 18.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 68.8% were being purchased and 6.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Narre Warren South, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 59.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Narre Warren South, 88.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 7.1% were single (or lone) person households and 1.2% were group households.