Narre Warren Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Narre Warren (3805) is a suburb of Melbourne, South East, Victoria. It is about 38 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Narre Warren is in the federal electorates of Holt, La Trobe.

In the 2011 census the population of Narre Warren was 25,882 and is comprised of approximately 50.0% females and 50.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Narre Warren is 34 years of age.

62.7% of people living in the suburb of Narre Warren were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.6% India, 3.2% England, 2.7% Sri Lanka, 1.9% Afghanistan, 1.9% New Zealand, 1.2% Mauritius, 0.9% China , 0.9% Philippines, 0.8% South Africa, 0.7% Timor-Leste, 0.7% Fiji, 0.7% Scotland, 0.7% Italy, 0.6% Romania.

66.7% of people living in Narre Warren speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.9% Other, 3.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.2% Sinhalese, 1.7% Dari, 1.5% Arabic, 1.4% Spanish, 1.3% Hindi, 1.3% Mandarin, 1.2% Italian.

The religious makeup of Narre Warren is 28.8% Catholic, 19.6% No religion, 10.9% Anglican, 7.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.6% Islam, 3.9% Buddhism, 3.2% Eastern Orthodox, 3.0% Christian, nfd, 2.9% Uniting Church, 2.7% Presbyterian and Reformed.

51.6% of people are married, 33.6% have never married and 7.9% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 813 widowed people living in Narre Warren.

61.7% of the people living in Narre Warren over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.1% are working on a part time basis. Narre Warren has an unemployment rate of 5.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Narre Warren are 18.5% Technicians & trades workers, 16.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.5% Professionals, 11.4% Sales workers, 11.1% Labourers, 10.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.6% Community & personal service workers, 8.5% Managers, 2.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Narre Warren work in are 17.3% Manufacturing, 12.8% Retail trade, 10.3% Construction, 9.3% Health care and social assistance, 6.3% Wholesale trade, 5.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.6% Education and training, 4.8% Accommodation and food services, 4.7% Other services.

24.3% of homes are fully owned, and 51.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 22.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $556 per week and the median household income is $1271 per week.

The median rent in Narre Warren is $285 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1600 per month.

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