Norman Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,003 people in Norman Park of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Norman Park was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.6% of the population.

Of people in Norman Park aged 15 years and over, 46.0% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Norman Park was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Norman Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Norman Park was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Norman Park 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 16.1% in secondary school and 28.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Norman Park were English 27.0%, Australian 25.6%, Irish 11.9%, Scottish 8.4% and German 4.5%.

In Norman Park, 77.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 3.4%, South Africa 0.8%, Germany 0.7% and Ireland 0.7%.

In Norman Park, 61.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Norman Park were Catholic 30.7%, No Religion 25.8%, Anglican 17.3%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Norman Park 87.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.8%, German 0.6%, French 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and Japanese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 3,737 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Norman Park. Of these 66.0% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Norman Park, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Norman Park was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Norman Park included Professionals 34.7%, Managers 17.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 7.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Labourers 4.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Norman Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Hospitals 4.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.4%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.3% and State Government Administration 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Norman Park was $975.

In Norman Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.2%, Bus 7.4%, Train 7.1%, Car, as passenger 5.1% and Bicycle 2.6%. On the day, 19.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Norman Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% 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 Norman Park, 32.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Norman Park, 46.2% were couple families with children, 40.3% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Norman Park 20.5% of single parents were male and 79.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Norman Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,114 and those without children was $2,709.

Employment status of couple families

In Norman Park, of couple families with children, 34.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 25.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Norman Park, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Norman Park, 73.8% were separate houses, 8.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Norman Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 26.0% had 2 bedrooms and 40.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Norman Park, 22.4% were owned outright, 38.4% were owned with a mortgage and 37.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Norman Park, of all households, 69.3% were family households, 22.4% were single person households and 8.4% were group households.

In Norman Park, 12.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.8% 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 Norman Park, 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Norman Park, there were 45 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 68.9%) were male and 14 (or 31.1%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Norman Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Norman Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,025.