Nar Nar Goon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,013 people in Nar Nar Goon of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Nar Nar Goon was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.4% of the population.

Of people in Nar Nar Goon aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nar Nar Goon was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Nar Nar Goon, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nar Nar Goon was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Nar Nar Goon 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.4% were in primary school, 27.2% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nar Nar Goon were Australian 30.9%, English 30.8%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 6.7% and Dutch 3.9%.

In Nar Nar Goon, 87.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, Italy 1.2%, Netherlands 1.1%, New Zealand 1.0% and Ireland 0.6%.

In Nar Nar Goon, 69.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nar Nar Goon were Catholic 31.7%, Anglican 22.2%, No Religion 21.3%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Nar Nar Goon 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.5%, Italian 0.5%, Croatian 0.4%, Punjabi 0.4% and Portuguese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 571 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nar Nar Goon. Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nar Nar Goon, 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nar Nar Goon was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Nar Nar Goon included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.4%, Managers 18.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Labourers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Professionals 8.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Nar Nar Goon, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.4%, School Education 4.0%, Building Installation Services 3.3%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nar Nar Goon was $584.

In Nar Nar Goon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.2%, Walked only 5.5%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Train 2.8% and Truck 2.8%. On the day, 5.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nar Nar Goon, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% 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 Nar Nar Goon, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nar Nar Goon, 50.3% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Nar Nar Goon 30.4% of single parents were male and 69.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nar Nar Goon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,045 and those without children was $1,976.

Employment status of couple families

In Nar Nar Goon, of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 26.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nar Nar Goon, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nar Nar Goon, 97.4% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Nar Nar Goon, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 9.5% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% 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 Nar Nar Goon, 39.5% were owned outright, 40.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Nar Nar Goon, of all households, 81.8% were family households, 15.0% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Nar Nar Goon, 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.7% 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 Nar Nar Goon, 18.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nar Nar Goon, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 47 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 Nar Nar Goon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Nar Nar Goon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $800.