Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 92,429 people in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan) of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan) was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.7% of the population.

Of people in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 54.0% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan) was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan) was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan) 33.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.5% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 16.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan) were Australian 21.8%, English 20.8%, Scottish 4.8%, Irish 4.7% and Indian 4.4%.

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), 60.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 4.5%, England 3.4%, Sri Lanka 3.3%, Afghanistan 2.4% and New Zealand 2.4%.

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), 36.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan) were Catholic 28.6%, No Religion 19.6%, Anglican 11.2%, Islam 6.3% and Buddhism 4.2%.

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan) 66.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Sinhalese 2.8%, Dari 2.2%, Spanish 1.6%, Hindi 1.5% and Arabic 1.4%.

Employment

There were 46,713 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan). Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Professionals 13.4%, Labourers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.4%, Managers 9.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%.

Of the employed people in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, School Education 3.2%, Hospitals 3.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9% and Road Freight Transport 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan) was $590.

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 3.9%, Train, car as driver 1.1% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 7.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.4% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.2% 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 (South Eastern Metropolitan), 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), 57.0% were couple families with children, 25.5% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan) 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,008 and those without children was $1,924.

Employment status of couple families

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 24.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 23.7% 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 South (South Eastern Metropolitan), 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), 91.3% were separate houses, 5.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 4.3% had 2 bedrooms and 50.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), 19.3% were owned outright, 57.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), of all households, 84.3% were family households, 13.6% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), 15.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 South (South Eastern Metropolitan), 27.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), there were 500 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 239 (or 47.8%) were male and 261 (or 52.2%) were female. The median age was 18 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 (South Eastern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,304.

In Narre Warren South (South Eastern Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.