Noble Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 28,377 people in Noble Park of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Noble Park was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Noble Park aged 15 years and over, 47.1% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Noble Park was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Noble Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Noble Park was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Noble Park 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.4% were in primary school, 18.0% in secondary school and 23.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Noble Park were English 11.7%, Australian 10.6%, Vietnamese 8.2%, Indian 6.8% and Chinese 6.7%.

In Noble Park, 37.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 8.5%, Vietnam 8.1%, Sri Lanka 5.3%, Cambodia 4.2% and Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.9%.

In Noble Park, 16.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 77.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Noble Park were Catholic 25.1%, Buddhism 16.8%, No Religion 12.5%, Islam 8.5% and Anglican 5.9%.

In Noble Park 36.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 10.5%, Khmer 5.3%, Sinhalese 3.5%, Punjabi 3.5% and Cantonese 2.7%.

Employment

There were 12,613 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Noble Park. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 9.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Noble Park, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Noble Park was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Noble Park included Labourers 17.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Professionals 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 8.4% and Managers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Noble Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Residential Care Services 2.7%, Hospitals 2.7%, Polymer Product Manufacturing 2.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Noble Park was $405.

In Noble Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.0%, Train 9.6%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Train, bus 1.8% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 15.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Noble Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.2% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.0% 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 Noble Park, 19.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Noble Park, 42.1% were couple families with children, 33.0% were couple families without children and 21.9% were one parent families.

In Noble Park 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Noble Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,707 and those without children was $1,571.

Employment status of couple families

In Noble Park, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 12.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Noble Park, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Noble Park, 57.0% were separate houses, 9.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 33.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Noble Park, of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 27.1% had 2 bedrooms and 50.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Noble Park, 30.2% were owned outright, 28.1% were owned with a mortgage and 37.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Noble Park, of all households, 68.8% were family households, 27.1% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Noble Park, 31.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Noble Park, 41.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Noble Park, there were 111 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 49 (or 44.1%) were male and 62 (or 55.9%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Noble Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $637.

In Noble Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $299.