Norton Summit SA 5136
292 addresses · 18 streets
Mayo Electorate › Adelaide Hills LGA › Norton Summit · 12 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Norton Summit is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 548 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,316 a week, with median rent near $315 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Uraidla - Summertown statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Norton Summit itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
2 post offices
1 hardware store
1 electrician
1 place to stay
Getting around. Bus interchange: Paradise Interchange, 8.7 km north-west · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 18.3 km west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 56.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 56.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 79.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 65.6%
Population by age in Norton Summit
| 0-4 | 36 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 83 |
| 15-19 | 32 |
| 20-24 | 26 |
| 25-34 | 55 |
| 35-44 | 68 |
| 45-54 | 105 |
| 55-64 | 69 |
| 65-74 | 54 |
| 75-84 | 23 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Norton Summit
| House | 175 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 5 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Norton Summit
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 38 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 49 |
| $3,000+ | 67 |
Top ancestries in Norton Summit
| Australian | 232 |
|---|---|
| English | 207 |
| Other | 73 |
| Italian | 67 |
| Scottish | 65 |
| German | 52 |
Housing tenure in Norton Summit
| Owned | 70 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 83 |
| Rented | 19 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Norton Summit
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 84 |
| 3 | 34 |
| 4+ | 29 |
Commute to work in Norton Summit
| Car | 177 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 4 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 48 |
Top countries of birth in Norton Summit
| England | 29 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 10 |
| United States | 8 |
| Iran | 5 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| India | 4 |
Languages used at home in Norton Summit
| German | 6 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 6 |
| Persian | 5 |
| French | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
22,173 bird observations recorded near Norton Summit — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,808)
- South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (1,065)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (1,016)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (1,012)
- Crimson Rosella (989)
- Little Raven (933)
- Black-winged Currawong (861)
- Western Striated Pardalote (842)
- Mount Lofty Ranges Yellow-faced Honeyeater (825)
- New Holland Honeyeater (793)
- Australian Magpie (773)
- Eurasian Blackbird (773)
- Superb Fairy-wren (706)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Norton Summit
- Grey Fantail (705)
- White-naped Honeyeater (697)
- Western Red Wattlebird (663)
- Red Wattlebird (661)
- South Australian Crescent Honeyeater (658)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (606)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (598)
- South Australian Silvereye (582)
- Silvereye (576)
- Common Bronzewing (573)
- Mount Lofty Ranges White-throated Treecreeper (543)
- Laughing Kookaburra (505)
- Galah (490)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (489)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (483)
- South Australian Striated Thornbill (476)
- Mount Lofty Ranges White-browed Scrubwren (472)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Norton Summit:
- Horsnell Gully (2 km)
- Marble Hill (2.1 km)
- Ashton (2.2 km)
- Teringie (3.4 km)
- Skye (3.6 km)
- Montacute (3.6 km)
- Cherryville (3.7 km)
- Basket Range (3.8 km)
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Streets
- Church Road (11)
- Colonial Drive (18)
- Crescent Drive (23)
- Debneys Road (42)
- Green Valley Road (26)
- Gum Tree Glade (18)
- Lobethal Road (5)
- Marble Hill Road (22)
- Moores Road (6)
- Morialta Lane (10)
- Nicholls Road (18)
- Norton Summit Road (21)
- Old Norton Summit Road (41)
- St John Road (2)
- Tembys Road (5)
- The Crescent Drive (3)
- Valley View Crescent (9)
- Woods Hill Road (12)
