Norlane

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,012 people in Norlane of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Norlane was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.0% of the population.

Of people in Norlane aged 15 years and over, 33.2% were married and 17.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Norlane was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Norlane, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Norlane was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Norlane 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.8% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Norlane were Australian 25.2%, English 24.4%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 5.7% and German 3.2%.

In Norlane, 69.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, Croatia 2.3%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 2.1%, South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 1.1% and Italy 1.1%.

In Norlane, 55.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Norlane were Catholic 25.6%, No Religion 25.5%, Anglican 11.1%, Eastern Orthodox 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Norlane 73.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 3.2%, Macedonian 2.7%, Serbian 2.4%, Italian 1.5% and Karen 1.2%.

Employment

There were 2,782 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Norlane. Of these 46.6% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 15.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Norlane, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Norlane was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Norlane included Labourers 24.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Professionals 5.8% and Managers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Norlane, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.2% and Residential Care Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Norlane was $352.

In Norlane, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Car, as passenger 8.8%, Walked only 2.5%, Bus 2.2% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 5.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Norlane, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.4% 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 Norlane, 19.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Norlane, 29.9% were couple families with children, 31.5% were couple families without children and 36.4% were one parent families.

In Norlane 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Norlane, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,495 and those without children was $1,399.

Employment status of couple families

In Norlane, of couple families with children, 8.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 12.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Norlane, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Norlane, 84.7% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Norlane, of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 31.2% had 2 bedrooms and 49.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Norlane, 29.0% were owned outright, 19.5% were owned with a mortgage and 46.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Norlane, of all households, 59.4% were family households, 36.5% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Norlane, 48.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.7% 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 Norlane, 42.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Norlane, there were 150 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 78 (or 52.0%) were male and 72 (or 48.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Norlane, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $589.

In Norlane, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $177 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $542.