Norwell QLD 4208
136 addresses · 13 streets
Fadden Electorate › Gold Coast LGA › Norwell · 44 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Norwell is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 189 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,562 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 58% of households own their home and 29% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Jacobs Well - Alberton statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Norwell itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 optometrist
1 hospital
3 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
4 hardware stores
2 mechanics
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Ormeau, 4 km south-west · Airport: Southport Flying Club, 17.2 km south.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 8.2% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 65.4%
Population by age in Norwell
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 23 |
| 35-44 | 25 |
| 45-54 | 32 |
| 55-64 | 25 |
| 65-74 | 22 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Norwell
| House | 62 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Norwell
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 23 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 27 |
| $3,000+ | 15 |
Top ancestries in Norwell
| Australian | 83 |
|---|---|
| English | 78 |
| German | 48 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Maltese | 7 |
Housing tenure in Norwell
| Owned | 21 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 17 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Norwell
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Norwell
| Car | 59 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Norwell
| New Zealand | 6 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,045 bird observations recorded near Norwell — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (482)
- Brown Honeyeater (432)
- Dusky Moorhen (424)
- Welcome Swallow (423)
- Magpie-lark (422)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (416)
- Pacific Black Duck (402)
- Superb Fairy-wren (390)
- Australian Magpie (359)
- Masked Lapwing (335)
- Noisy Miner (335)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (330)
- Australian White Ibis (322)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Norwell
- Australasian Darter (298)
- Little Pied Cormorant (283)
- Willie Wagtail (278)
- Little Black Cormorant (270)
- Intermediate Egret (269)
- Pied Butcherbird (264)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (254)
- Great Egret (251)
- Australian Pelican (247)
- Noisy Friarbird (210)
- Royal Spoonbill (210)
- Common Myna (207)
- Whistling Kite (196)
- Magpie Goose (191)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (188)
- Eurasian Coot (181)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (176)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Norwell:
- Woongoolba (4.2 km)
- Pimpama (5.4 km)
- Jacobs Well (5.4 km)
- Ormeau (5.5 km)
- Steiglitz (5.7 km)
- Gilberton (5.8 km)
- Ormeau Hills (6.7 km)
- Willow Vale (7.6 km)
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Streets
- Behms Road (8)
- Cowley Road (2)
- Eggersdorf Road (1)
- Fischers Road (2)
- Goldmine Road (1)
- Kerkin Road (1)
- Kerkin Road N (8)
- New Norwell Road (6)
- Norwell Lakes Road (4)
- Norwell Road (61)
- Pimpama Jacobs Well Road (34)
- Skopps Road (5)
- Stapylton - Jacobs Well Road (3)
