Narre Warren South District statistical profile from the 2001 Census

Population and housing statistics have been calculated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics based on the State electoral boundaries.

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Population and mobility

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Total Persons	63,055	-	4,612,097
Persons who changed address between 1996 and 2001 (a)	29,001	53.4%	41.4%
(a) Percentage is given as a proportion of persons aged 5 years and over who stated their previous address.

Age

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
0-17	20,974	33.3%	24.7%
18-39	23,778	37.7%	32.2%
40-64	15,281	24.2%	30.4%
65+	3,022	4.8%	12.7%
Total	63,055	100.0%	100.0%
Median Age		29 years	35 years

Birthplace

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Australia (a)	42,328	71.0%	75.3%
United Kingdom	3,693	6.2%
Sri Lanka	1,430	2.4%
New Zealand	1,209	2.0%
Other	10,956	18.4%
Born Overseas	17,288	29.0%	24.7%
Total (b)	59,616	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Does not include Australia External Territories. (b) Excludes persons who did not state their birthplace, inadequately described their birthplace or were born at sea.

Proficiency in English

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Speaks English only	48,191	80.0%	79.0%
Speaks other language and speaks English:
Very well or well	10,461	17.4%	17.0%
Not well or not at all	1,616	2.7%	4.0%
Total (a)	60,268	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Excludes persons who did not state their language spoken at home and/or did not state their proficiency in English.

Weekly household income

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
$0 - $299 (a)	1,041	5.9%	13.3%
$300 - $699	4,431	25.0%	30.6%
$700 - $1499	8,703	49.0%	34.8%
$1500 or more	3,582	20.2%	21.2%
Total (b)	17,757	100.0%	100.0%
Median weekly household income		$970	$812
(a) Includes negative and nil income. (b) Excludes non-classifiable households and households where one or more persons did not state their income.

Housing

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Owned/Being Purchased	16,142	83.1%	74.2%
Rented/Other	3,282	16.9%	25.8%
Total (a)	19,424	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Excludes households where the tenure type was not stated.

Internet use

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
No, did not use Internet	38,309	63.4%	59.6%
Yes, did use Internet, at home, work or elsewhere	22,132	36.6%	40.4%
Total (a)	60,441	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Excludes individuals who didn't state their use of Internet.

Labour force

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Employed	29,697	94.4%	93.2%
Unemployed (2001 Census) (a)	1,759	5.6%	6.8%
Total (b)	31,456	100.0%	100.0%
In the labour force	31,456	72.8%	63.6%
Not in the labour force	11,765	27.2%	36.4%
Total (c)	43,221	100.0%	100.0%
(a) This figure is derived from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing and represents the unemployment rate as at Census day, 7 August, 2001. By contrast, the widely published monthly unemployment rate is derived from the Labour Force Survey which samples approximately 30,000 households across Australia. Due to sample variability, the Labour Force Survey does not provide unemployment estimates for relatively small areas such as State electorates; hence 5-yearly Census data is the only source which can be used for this purpose. (b) Excludes persons aged 0-14, persons not in the labour force and persons who did not state their labour force status. (c) Excludes persons aged 0-14 and persons who did not state their labour force status.

Occupation

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Managers and administrators	1,656	5.7%	9.7%
Professionals	2,860	9.8%	19.6%
Associate professionals	2,801	9.6%	11.6%
Tradespersons and related workers	4,808	16.5%	12.5%
Clerical, sales and service workers	9,711	33.4%	30.0%
Production and transport workers	4,098	14.1%	8.3%
Labourers and related workers	3,149	10.8%	8.4%
Total (a)	29,083	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Employed persons excluding those who did not state their occupation.