Narre Warren, Victoria

Narre Warren is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 38 km southeast of Melbourne's central business district in the local government area of the City of Casey. At the 2011 Census, Narre Warren had a population of 25,882. Narre Warren has a population density of over 2000 people per square kilometre. Narre Warren has its own railway station, located on Webb Street and is home to Australia's second largest shopping centre (by Gross Leasable Area), Westfield Fountain Gate after Chadstone Shopping Centre. The biggest secondary school in Narre Warren is Fountain gate Secondary College.

History

Narre Warren Post Office, located on what is now Heatherton Road, opened on 21 January 1869. In 1900 it was renamed Narre Warren North, and Narre Warren Railway Station Post Office (open since 1886) was renamed Narre Warren.

Demographics

The most common ancestries in Narre Warren were Australian 21.9%, English 20.6%, Irish 5.1%, Scottish 5.1% and Indian 3.6%. 62.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 3.6%, England 3.2%, Sri Lanka 2.7%, Afghanistan 1.9% and New Zealand 1.9%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 19.6%, Anglican 10.9%, Islam 5.6% and Buddhism 3.9%. 66.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Sinhalese 2.2%, Dari 1.7%, Arabic 1.5%, Spanish 1.4% and Hindi 1.3%.