Norman Gardens

20.5% of Norman Gardens's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2,847 family households lived in Norman Gardens; 43.7% were couple families and 16.3% were one-parent families.

42.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Norman Gardens had 10,534 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 86.8% of occupied private dwellings in Norman Gardens.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

33.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

37.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.1% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Norman Gardens had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 23.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 27.2% had four or more usual residents.

4.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

71.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 36.2% of the total.

59.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.2% reported a different address.

15.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

80.0% of residents used only English at home.

13.7% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

15.9% of Norman Gardens's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.1% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.6% of ancestry responses in Norman Gardens.

Australian ancestry made up 38.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

20.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.3% of workers, and education and training employed 12.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

38.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 8.4% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.1%.

Median household income was $1,770 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 4.1% in Norman Gardens, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 33.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Renting accounted for 29.1% in Norman Gardens, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.