Normanton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,468 people in Normanton of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 47.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Normanton was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.7% of the population.

Of people in Normanton aged 15 years and over, 32.1% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Normanton was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Normanton, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Normanton was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Normanton 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.4% were in primary school, 6.8% in secondary school and 4.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Normanton were Australian 41.6%, English 16.5%, Australian Aboriginal 7.8%, Irish 5.0% and Scottish 2.8%.

In Normanton, 78.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 1.0%, England 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Denmark 0.2% and Fiji 0.2%.

In Normanton, 89.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Normanton were Anglican 19.6%, Catholic 18.5%, No Religion 13.2%, Pentecostal 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Normanton 81.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 0.9%, Tagalog 0.3%, Lardil 0.3%, French 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 616 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Normanton. Of these 72.6% were employed full time, 13.3% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Normanton, 5.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Normanton was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Normanton included Labourers 27.2%, Managers 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Professionals 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.5% and Sales Workers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Normanton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 28.5%, Local Government Administration 8.8%, School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 5.0% and Metal Ore Mining 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Normanton was $604.

In Normanton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 37.0%, Walked only 26.3%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Other 5.5% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 42.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Normanton, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 5.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Normanton, 17.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Normanton, 39.3% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 18.3% were one parent families.

In Normanton 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Normanton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,042 and those without children was $1,856.

Employment status of couple families

In Normanton, of couple families with children, 36.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 9.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Normanton, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Normanton, 78.9% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.6% were other dwellings.

In Normanton, of occupied private dwellings 12.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.6% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Normanton, 18.7% were owned outright, 11.1% were owned with a mortgage and 60.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Normanton, of all households, 68.9% were family households, 27.5% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Normanton, 23.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Normanton, 30.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Normanton, there were 696 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 323 (or 46.4%) were male and 373 (or 53.6%) were female. The median age was 29 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Normanton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $928.

In Normanton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $800.