Northern Territory

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 211,945 people in Northern Territory of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 26.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Northern Territory was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.7% of the population.

Of people in Northern Territory aged 15 years and over, 43.1% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Northern Territory was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Northern Territory, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Northern Territory was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Northern Territory 34.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 17.2% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Northern Territory were Australian 23.9%, English 19.4%, Australian Aboriginal 14.7%, Irish 6.2% and Scottish 5.1%.

In Northern Territory, 74.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.9%, Philippines 1.7%, India 0.9% and United States of America 0.5%.

In Northern Territory, 66.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Northern Territory were No Religion 23.9%, Catholic 21.6%, Anglican 11.4%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Lutheran 3.7%.

In Northern Territory 62.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 1.9%, Djambarrpuyngu 1.4%, Greek 1.3%, Warlpiri 1.1% and Murrinh Patha 1.1%.

Employment

There were 103,967 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Northern Territory. Of these 66.9% were employed full time, 20.1% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Northern Territory, 6.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Northern Territory was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Northern Territory included Professionals 19.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.4%, Managers 12.0%, Labourers 9.6%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Northern Territory, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 6.8%, School Education 5.6%, Defence 5.3%, Local Government Administration 3.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Northern Territory was $745.

In Northern Territory, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.3%, Walked only 11.0%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Bus 3.3% and Bicycle 2.8%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Northern Territory, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Northern Territory, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Northern Territory, 46.3% were couple families with children, 34.0% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Northern Territory 19.5% of single parents were male and 80.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Northern Territory, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,475 and those without children was $2,300.

Employment status of couple families

In Northern Territory, of couple families with children, 32.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 15.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Northern Territory, 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Northern Territory, 67.6% were separate houses, 11.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.6% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In Northern Territory, of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 21.8% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Northern Territory, 15.7% were owned outright, 30.6% were owned with a mortgage and 49.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Northern Territory, of all households, 72.3% were family households, 21.9% were single person households and 5.8% were group households.

In Northern Territory, 14.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Northern Territory, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Northern Territory, there were 56,776 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28,035 (or 49.4%) were male and 28,741 (or 50.6%) were female. The median age was 23 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Northern Territory, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,099.

In Northern Territory, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $75 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,963.