Noranda

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,441 people were counted in Noranda: of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Noranda there were 1,510 children aged 0-14 years and 1,749 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Noranda, 7,500 people were Australian citizens, 3,493 were born overseas and 71 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Noranda, 58.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.3% were separated or divorced, 4.7% were widowed and 30.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Noranda, 55.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Noranda were England 5.7%, Italy 5.3%, South Africa 4.6%, Viet Nam 3.0% and Malaysia 2.9%.

Of all people counted in Noranda on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 38.3%, Anglican 14.0%, No Religion 9.4%, Judaism 6.7% and Buddhism 5.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Noranda, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 9.8%, Vietnamese 3.5%, Cantonese 3.4%, Greek 2.0% and Mandarin 1.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 67.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,561 people aged 15 years and over in Noranda were in the labour force. Of these 58.9% worked full-time, 32.9% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.6% were unemployed. 2,211 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Noranda, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.8%, Professionals 10.1%, Associate Professionals 8.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.2%, Managers and Administrators 4.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Noranda, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.4%, Food Retailing 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.8%, Health Services 4.5% and Education 4.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Noranda, 2,388 families were counted: of these, 29.4% were couple families without children, 57.2% were couple families with children, 12.1% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Noranda, 2,866 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Noranda, 83.4% were separate houses, 13.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Noranda, 56.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.3% were being purchased and 13.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Noranda, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 50.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Noranda, 81.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 15.4% were single (or lone) person households and 1.3% were group households.