Normanhurst

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,462 people were counted in Normanhurst: of these 44.9% were male and 55.1% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Normanhurst there were 892 children aged 0-14 years and 1,191 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Normanhurst, 4,031 people were Australian citizens, 1,106 were born overseas and 33 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Normanhurst, 53.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.7% were separated or divorced, 9.3% were widowed and 29.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Normanhurst, 71.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Normanhurst were England 5.4%, New Zealand 1.8%, India 1.7%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.6% and South Africa 1.2%.

Of all people counted in Normanhurst on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.3%, Anglican 23.5%, No Religion 11.3%, Uniting Church 9.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Normanhurst, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 2.0%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 2.0%, Mandarin 1.1%, Spanish 0.6% and Korean 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 82.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,183 people aged 15 years and over in Normanhurst were in the labour force. Of these 60.2% worked full-time, 33.4% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.7% were unemployed. 1,288 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Normanhurst, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 19.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.2%, Associate Professionals 7.4%, Managers and Administrators 5.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.3%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.5% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Normanhurst, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 10.2%, Education 7.2%, Health Services 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0% and Food Retailing 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Normanhurst, 1,161 families were counted: of these, 33.2% were couple families without children, 52.5% were couple families with children, 12.8% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Normanhurst, 1,550 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Normanhurst, 75.5% were separate houses, 12.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Normanhurst, 45.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.4% were being purchased and 16.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Normanhurst, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 30.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 28.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 39.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Normanhurst, 73.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.8% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.