Norlane

16.0% of Norlane's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

2,010 family households lived in Norlane; 28.1% were couple families and 36.2% were one-parent families.

38.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Norlane had 8,682 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 84.7% of occupied private dwellings in Norlane.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

24.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

19.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

56.7% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Norlane had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 39.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 30.0%, while 14.6% had four or more usual residents.

7.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

64.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

2.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

16.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 45.6% of the total.

37.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.0% reported a different address.

25.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

66.7% of residents used only English at home.

22.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

25.5% of Norlane's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

3.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.0% of ancestry responses in Norlane.

Australian ancestry made up 31.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

8.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 5.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 4.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

20.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

46.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

17.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.3% reported asthma, 11.2% arthritis and 8.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.4%.

Median household income was $909 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 7.7% in Norlane, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 24.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 56.7% in Norlane, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..