Noorat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 167 people in Noorat of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Noorat was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Noorat aged 15 years and over, 59.0% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Noorat was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 17 years.

In Noorat, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Noorat was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 58 years.

In Noorat 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 46.9% in secondary school and 6.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Noorat were English 30.2%, Australian 25.9%, Scottish 16.4%, Irish 16.4% and German 3.9%.

In Noorat, 91.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.0% and Scotland 1.8%.

In Noorat, 84.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Noorat were Presbyterian and Reformed 31.5%, Catholic 30.3%, No Religion 20.0%, Anglican 10.3% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

In Noorat 98.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 96 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Noorat. Of these 53.1% were employed full time, 36.5% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Noorat, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Noorat was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Noorat included Professionals 25.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Labourers 15.8%, Sales Workers 14.7%, Managers 9.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Noorat, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 12.6%, Dairy Cattle Farming 8.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 4.2% and Hospitals 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Noorat was $659.

In Noorat, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.8%, Car, as passenger 13.8% and Walked only 4.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Noorat, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.1% 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 Noorat, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Noorat, 56.1% were couple families with children, 31.7% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Noorat 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Noorat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,937 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Noorat, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 33.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Noorat, 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Noorat, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Noorat, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Noorat, 40.0% were owned outright, 43.3% were owned with a mortgage and 11.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Noorat, of all households, 76.3% were family households, 23.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Noorat, 26.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% 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 Noorat, 27.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Noorat, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Noorat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Noorat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.