New Norfolk

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,243 people in New Norfolk of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in New Norfolk was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.6% of the population.

Of people in New Norfolk aged 15 years and over, 41.7% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in New Norfolk was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In New Norfolk, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in New Norfolk was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In New Norfolk 25.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.9% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in New Norfolk were English 37.7%, Australian 37.5%, Irish 6.6%, Scottish 5.2% and German 2.5%.

In New Norfolk, 89.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 0.7%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.3% and Netherlands 0.2%.

In New Norfolk, 85.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in New Norfolk were Anglican 34.8%, No Religion 22.3%, Catholic 22.0%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Jehovah's Witnesses 1.8%.

In New Norfolk 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Polish 0.2%, German 0.1%, Italian 0.1%, Dutch 0.1% and Ukrainian 0.1%.

Employment

There were 2,114 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in New Norfolk. Of these 51.0% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 10.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in New Norfolk, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in New Norfolk was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in New Norfolk included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.6%, Labourers 17.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Professionals 8.4% and Managers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in New Norfolk, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, State Government Administration 3.7% and School Education 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in New Norfolk was $397.

In New Norfolk, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 3.6%, Bus 3.1% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In New Norfolk, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.6% 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 Norfolk, 22.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in New Norfolk, 39.1% were couple families with children, 37.6% were couple families without children and 21.8% were one parent families.

In New Norfolk 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In New Norfolk, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,758 and those without children was $1,495.

Employment status of couple families

In New Norfolk, of couple families with children, 14.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In New Norfolk, 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Norfolk, 90.7% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In New Norfolk, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 17.0% had 2 bedrooms and 61.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Norfolk, 32.4% were owned outright, 33.0% were owned with a mortgage and 30.6% were rented.

Household composition

In New Norfolk, of all households, 69.0% were family households, 29.0% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In New Norfolk, 40.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Norfolk, 37.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In New Norfolk, there were 228 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 109 (or 47.8%) were male and 119 (or 52.2%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Norfolk, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $771.

In New Norfolk, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $188 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.