Norwell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 282 people in Norwell of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Norwell was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Norwell aged 15 years and over, 42.5% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Norwell was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Norwell, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Norwell was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Norwell 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.3% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Norwell were Australian 30.1%, English 28.0%, German 16.1%, Scottish 6.7% and Irish 5.9%.

In Norwell, 84.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.9%, England 2.8%, South Africa 1.8%, Netherlands 1.4% and Scotland 1.4%.

In Norwell, 75.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Norwell were No Religion 21.7%, Catholic 17.1%, Anglican 16.4%, Lutheran 13.5% and Uniting Church 10.0%.

In Norwell 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Maltese 1.4%.

Employment

There were 160 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Norwell. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Norwell, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Norwell was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Norwell included Managers 23.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.9%, Labourers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Professionals 3.2% and Sales Workers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Norwell, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 13.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, Road Freight Transport 5.2%, Poultry Farming 3.9% and Hospitals 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Norwell was $532.

In Norwell, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.7%, Walked only 6.6%, Truck 5.9%, Car, as passenger 5.3% and Other 2.6%. 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 56.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Norwell, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Norwell, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Norwell, 43.0% were couple families with children, 38.0% were couple families without children and 19.0% were one parent families.

In Norwell 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Norwell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,856 and those without children was $1,541.

Employment status of couple families

In Norwell, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Norwell, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Norwell, 97.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

In Norwell, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 54.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Norwell, 27.8% were owned outright, 21.6% were owned with a mortgage and 47.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Norwell, of all households, 79.8% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Norwell, 26.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.3% 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 Norwell, 21.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Norwell, 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 3 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 Norwell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Norwell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $102 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.