Unincorporated NT

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,089 people in Unincorporated NT of these 59.4% were male and 40.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Unincorporated NT was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.6% of the population.

Of people in Unincorporated NT aged 15 years and over, 44.7% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Unincorporated NT was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Unincorporated NT, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Unincorporated NT was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Unincorporated NT 38.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.5% were in primary school, 11.4% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Unincorporated NT were Australian 28.2%, English 22.6%, Irish 7.0%, Scottish 5.8% and German 3.2%.

In Unincorporated NT, 72.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.9%, England 2.7%, Philippines 1.1%, Indonesia 0.9% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Unincorporated NT, 62.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Unincorporated NT were No Religion 26.4%, Catholic 19.9%, Anglican 12.7%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Christian, nfd 2.4%.

In Unincorporated NT 72.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 0.6%, Tagalog 0.4%, Thai 0.4%, Japanese 0.4% and Korean 0.4%.

Employment

There were 4,201 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Unincorporated NT. Of these 75.6% were employed full time, 14.4% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Unincorporated NT, 5.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 67.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Unincorporated NT included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.4%, Professionals 17.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.8%, Managers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Labourers 10.0% and Sales Workers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Unincorporated NT, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 15.4%, Metal Ore Mining 9.0%, Accommodation 8.1%, School Education 6.2% and State Government Administration 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Unincorporated NT was $1,004.

In Unincorporated NT, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.0%, Walked only 14.6%, Bus 8.3%, Car, as passenger 8.2% and Bicycle 3.6%. On the day, 9.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Unincorporated NT, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 5.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.9% 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 Unincorporated NT, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Unincorporated NT, 54.7% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 8.0% were one parent families.

In Unincorporated NT 35.2% of single parents were male and 64.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Unincorporated NT, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,856 and those without children was $2,767.

Employment status of couple families

In Unincorporated NT, of couple families with children, 36.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.3% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Unincorporated NT, 78.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Unincorporated NT, 59.3% were separate houses, 16.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.9% were flats, units or apartments and 9.3% were other dwellings.

In Unincorporated NT, of occupied private dwellings 19.1% had 1 bedroom, 22.2% had 2 bedrooms and 41.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Unincorporated NT, 10.6% were owned outright, 6.1% were owned with a mortgage and 78.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Unincorporated NT, of all households, 69.1% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Unincorporated NT, 11.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.2% 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 Unincorporated NT, 46.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Unincorporated NT, there were 1,021 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 730 (or 71.5%) were male and 291 (or 28.5%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Unincorporated NT, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,781.

In Unincorporated NT, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $30 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.