Norton Summit

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 536 people in Norton Summit of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Norton Summit was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.8% of the population.

Of people in Norton Summit aged 15 years and over, 58.8% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Norton Summit was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Norton Summit, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Norton Summit was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Norton Summit 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.3% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 26.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Norton Summit were English 28.9%, Australian 25.7%, Scottish 8.2%, Italian 7.4% and Irish 7.3%.

In Norton Summit, 76.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, Italy 2.2%, Brazil 2.0%, United States of America 2.0% and Netherlands 0.9%.

In Norton Summit, 55.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Norton Summit were No Religion 33.1%, Catholic 23.2%, Christian, nfd 7.6%, Anglican 6.3% and Uniting Church 5.8%.

In Norton Summit 83.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.7%, Portuguese 2.4%, Persian (excluding Dari) 1.5%, German 1.3% and French 1.3%.

Employment

There were 289 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Norton Summit. Of these 52.9% were employed full time, 35.6% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Norton Summit, 18.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Norton Summit was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Norton Summit included Professionals 33.5%, Managers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Labourers 6.1%, Sales Workers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Norton Summit, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Hospitals 5.7%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 5.0%, Tertiary Education 4.7% and Medical Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Norton Summit was $539.

In Norton Summit, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Bus 3.2%, Walked only 2.9%, Bicycle 2.5% and Car, as passenger 1.8%. On the day, 4.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Norton Summit, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.4% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.1% 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 Norton Summit, 32.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Norton Summit, 56.5% were couple families with children, 30.4% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Norton Summit 31.2% of single parents were male and 68.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Norton Summit, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,625 and those without children was $2,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Norton Summit, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 27.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Norton Summit, 80.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Norton Summit, 98.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Norton Summit, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 48.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Norton Summit, 42.8% were owned outright, 40.4% were owned with a mortgage and 12.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Norton Summit, of all households, 82.4% were family households, 13.9% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Norton Summit, 16.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.8% 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 Norton Summit, 19.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Norton Summit, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Norton Summit, 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 $700.

In Norton Summit, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.