I've lived in Noranda for 21 years and it's a pretty decent suburb. Nice people, shops, housing etc, it's close to the highway which leads (basically) striaght to the inter/national airport/s, there is some decent bus routes around that will go to the Morley bus station (the next suburb along) and then to the city of wherever u need to go.
All in all, im happy with Noranda, and it's only 10km's NorthEast of the CBD, so you are relatively close to large shops, nightlife areas, restuarants, etc etc