Norwood Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Norwood (5067) is a suburb of Adelaide, Eastern Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 3 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Norwood is in the federal electorate of Adelaide.

In the 2011 census the population of Norwood was 5,802 and is comprised of approximately 53.0% females and 47.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Norwood is 38 years of age.

65.3% of people living in the suburb of Norwood were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.4% England, 2.4% China , 2.3% Italy, 1.7% India, 1.6% Malaysia, 1.4% Greece, 1.2% New Zealand, 0.9% Scotland, 0.7% Germany, 0.7% United States of America, 0.5% Sri Lanka, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Korea, Republic of , 0.4% Hong Kong .

74.2% of people living in Norwood speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.5% Greek, 3.4% Italian, 2.8% Mandarin, 1.2% Other, 1.0% Cantonese, 0.6% Other, 0.6% Other, 0.5% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Norwood is 34.8% No religion, 19.7% Catholic, 12.0% Anglican, 10.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.8% Eastern Orthodox, 4.7% Uniting Church, 2.6% Buddhism, 1.6% Lutheran, 1.6% Christian, nfd, 1.3% Hinduism.

35.0% of people are married, 45.8% have never married and 10.8% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 305 widowed people living in Norwood.

61.6% of the people living in Norwood over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.9% are working on a part time basis. Norwood has an unemployment rate of 4.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Norwood are 40.4% Professionals, 14.5% Managers, 13.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.2% Community & personal service workers, 8.2% Sales workers, 7.6% Technicians & trades workers, 4.1% Labourers, 1.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Norwood work in are 15.3% Health care and social assistance, 13.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 10.0% Education and training, 8.6% Retail trade, 8.0% Public administration and safety, 7.6% Accommodation and food services, 5.2% Manufacturing, 4.7% Construction, 4.0% Financial and insurance services.

27.6% of homes are fully owned, and 22.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 46.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $764 per week and the median household income is $1329 per week.

The median rent in Norwood is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

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