New Norcia

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 318 people in New Norcia of these 56.0% were male and 44.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in New Norcia was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in New Norcia aged 15 years and over, 59.3% were married and 7.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in New Norcia was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 41 years.

In New Norcia, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in New Norcia was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In New Norcia 15.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.9% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in New Norcia were English 30.8%, Australian 29.9%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 8.3% and German 3.7%.

In New Norcia, 78.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.7%, Philippines 3.8%, England 3.4%, Scotland 1.6% and Sri Lanka 1.6%.

In New Norcia, 71.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in New Norcia were Catholic 36.6%, Anglican 22.8%, No Religion 18.8%, Uniting Church 3.4% and Lutheran 2.8%.

In New Norcia 88.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 3.4%, Tamil 1.3%, Filipino 1.3%, French 0.9% and Russian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 205 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in New Norcia. Of these 70.7% were employed full time, 23.4% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in New Norcia, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in New Norcia was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in New Norcia included Managers 47.0%, Labourers 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%, Professionals 3.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.0% and Sales Workers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in New Norcia, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 49.0%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 5.9%, Accommodation 2.9%, Clubs (Hospitality) 2.9% and Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in New Norcia was $664.

In New Norcia, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 39.6%, Walked only 16.3%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Truck 5.0% and Motorbike/scooter 2.0%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 44.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In New Norcia, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.0% 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 New Norcia, 19.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in New Norcia, 49.4% were couple families with children, 44.4% were couple families without children and 6.2% were one parent families.

In New Norcia 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In New Norcia, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $2,100.

Employment status of couple families

In New Norcia, of couple families with children, 26.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 32.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In New Norcia, 71.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Norcia, 95.2% were separate houses, 4.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In New Norcia, of occupied private dwellings 8.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 38.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Norcia, 37.9% were owned outright, 10.5% were owned with a mortgage and 49.2% were rented.

Household composition

In New Norcia, of all households, 66.4% were family households, 31.2% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In New Norcia, 18.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 New Norcia, 32.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In New Norcia, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 58.3%) were male and 5 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 52 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 New Norcia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In New Norcia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $112 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.