Narrikup

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 507 people in Narrikup of these 52.9% were male and 47.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Narrikup was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in Narrikup aged 15 years and over, 60.3% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Narrikup was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Narrikup, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Narrikup was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Narrikup 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.0% were in primary school, 26.7% in secondary school and 17.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Narrikup were English 36.2%, Australian 27.4%, Scottish 7.8%, Irish 4.8% and German 4.6%.

In Narrikup, 71.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.2%, South Africa 2.8%, Philippines 1.6%, New Zealand 1.4% and Denmark 0.8%.

In Narrikup, 50.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Narrikup were No Religion 31.0%, Anglican 25.8%, Catholic 9.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1% and Uniting Church 5.1%.

In Narrikup 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.6%, German 0.8%, Italian 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.6% and Danish 0.6%.

Employment

There were 282 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Narrikup. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Narrikup, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Narrikup was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Narrikup included Managers 33.8%, Labourers 14.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Professionals 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.4%, Sales Workers 6.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Narrikup, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 23.3%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Dairy Cattle Farming 2.5% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Narrikup was $466.

In Narrikup, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.0%, Walked only 5.8%, Car, as passenger 2.5%, Other 1.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Narrikup, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 8.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.5% 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 Narrikup, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Narrikup, 39.4% were couple families with children, 48.4% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Narrikup 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Narrikup, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,849 and those without children was $1,328.

Employment status of couple families

In Narrikup, of couple families with children, 23.5% had both partners employed full-time, 8.8% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Narrikup, 78.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narrikup, 97.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Narrikup, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 9.6% had 2 bedrooms and 47.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Narrikup, 41.0% were owned outright, 33.7% were owned with a mortgage and 18.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Narrikup, of all households, 86.5% were family households, 11.8% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Narrikup, 23.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Narrikup, 12.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 47.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Narrikup, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 72.7%) were male and 3 (or 27.3%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Narrikup, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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