Ethnic
background of Aurovilian residents, as registered on the Auroville
Master list:
- of those countries with 50 or more people living in Auroville
as of 2002:
| Local
Indian Aurovilians |
28.18% |
| French
Aurovilians |
17.11% |
| German
Aurovilians |
13.44% |
| Non-local
Indians |
7.99% |
| Dutch
|
4.8% |
| Italians
|
4.26% |
| Americans |
3.85% |
Age
groups of various categories
| Category |
Age
|
Number |
Percentage |
| Infants
|
0
- 1 |
26 |
1.5% |
| Toddlers |
2
- 4 |
77 |
4.6
% |
| Children
|
5
- 12 |
174 |
10.2%
|
Teenagers
|
13
- 19 |
134 |
7.9% |
| 'Young'
adults |
20
- 26 |
142
|
8.4% |
| 'Prime'
adults |
27
- 35 |
297
|
17.6%
|
| 'Experienced'
adults |
36
- 44 |
288
|
17.0%
|
| 'Executive'
adults |
45
- 52 |
254
|
15.0%
|
| 'Mature'
adults |
53
- 65 |
237
|
14%
|
| 'Senior'
adults |
66
and up |
61
|
3.6%
|
Average
age of respective nationalities
The number of nationalities represented in Auroville is 35,
yet 15 of these nationalities have only 5 people or less living
here.
| Nationality
|
Number
|
Average
age |
| American
|
65 |
47.3 |
| Argentinean
|
10 |
40.6 |
| Australian
|
17 |
39.5 |
| Austrian
|
7 |
50.5 |
| Belgian
|
23 |
43.4 |
| British
|
34 |
55.9 |
| Canadian
|
21 |
49 |
| Dutch
|
81 |
39.2 |
| French
|
289 (including multi-nationals) |
39.2 |
| German
|
227 |
37.6 |
| Indian
|
135 (of non-local origin) |
34.4 |
| Indian
|
476 (Tamil origin) |
25.8 |
| Italian
|
72 |
40.4 |
| Korean
|
9 person |
32.8 |
| Russian
|
31 |
36.8 |
| Spanish
|
34 |
35.2 |
| Swedish
|
13 |
35.6 |
| Swiss
|
44 |
36.7 |
| Ukrainian
|
21 |
39.5 |
Occupational
field in number and percentage of those in working years 20 -
65
(- average age of people in this 'working' bracket of population
= 40.98 years):
| Areas
of Activity |
Number |
Percentage |
| Auroville
services |
283 |
23.8% |
| Commercial/Industrial
sect |
192 |
16.2% |
| Education |
144 |
12.1% |
| Manual
labour, construction & crafts |
01 |
8.5% |
| Green
wk & festry |
78 |
6.6% |
| Full-time
artist (musician, painter, dancer, writer etc...) |
56
|
4.7% |
| Students
|
50 |
4.2% |
| Child
care & domestic |
46
|
3.9% |
| Specialist
(docts, dentists, etc…) |
43
|
3.6% |
| Internal
administration & coordination (incl. cultural & project ganisers) |
39
|
3.3% |
| Therapist/healer
|
38 |
3.2% |
| Farmer |
33 |
2.8% |
| Architects
(and architectural students) |
31 |
2.6% |
| Computer
technicians (and programmers) |
15 |
1.3% |
| Research
(scientific) |
13 |
1.1% |
| Trade
apprenticeship |
10
|
under 1% |
| Specialised
consultant |
10 |
|
| Occasionally
employed |
7 |
|
| Total
|
1189 |
|
