Tennant Creek

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Statistical Areas Level 2
Area code 702021056
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 1,707
Male 49.7%
Female 50.3%
Median age 28
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families 421
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 420
Average number of people per household 3.7
Median weekly household income $1,210
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,083
Median weekly rent (a) $145

(a) For 2021, median weekly rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent-free.

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People and population

Indigenous status
All people 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total 1,707 55.4 61,115 26.3 812,728 3.2
Aboriginal 1,696 55.1 58,566 25.2 742,882 2.9
Torres Strait Islander 7 0.2 692 0.3 33,765 0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 11 0.4 1,852 0.8 36,083 0.1
Non-Indigenous 1,135 36.9 152,705 65.6 23,375,949 91.9
Not stated 241 7.8 18,775 8.1 1,234,112 4.9

More information on Place of Usual Residence (PURP), Indigenous status (INGP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Age
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median age 28 N/A 26 N/A 24 N/A
0-4 years 184 10.8 5,365 8.8 85,941 10.6
5-14 years 321 18.8 11,809 19.3 179,604 22.1
15-24 years 239 14.0 11,436 18.7 150,057 18.5
25-34 years 293 17.2 10,180 16.7 117,969 14.5
35-44 years 205 12.0 8,173 13.4 87,910 10.8
45-54 years 204 12.0 6,858 11.2 81,802 10.1
55-64 years 155 9.1 4,458 7.3 61,759 7.6
65 years and over 117 6.9 2,846 4.7 47,677 5.9

More information on Age (AGEP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Registered marital status
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Married 405 33.5 15,538 35.4 127,525 23.3
Separated 80 6.6 1,527 3.5 23,982 4.4
Divorced 37 3.1 1,451 3.3 37,473 6.8
Widowed 56 4.6 2,043 4.6 16,329 3.0
Never married 632 52.3 23,389 53.2 341,871 62.5

Note: In December 2017, amendments to the Marriage Act 1961 came into effect enabling marriage equality for all couples. For 2021, registered marriages include all couples.

More information on Registered marital status (MSTP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Social marital status
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over, usually resident and present in the household on Census night 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Registered marriage (a) 259 24.3 11,406 30.0 112,643 23.0
De facto marriage (b) 156 14.6 4,659 12.2 81,295 16.6
Not married 653 61.2 22,023 57.8 296,032 60.4

(a) In December 2017, amendments to the Marriage Act 1961 came into effect enabling marriage equality for all couples. For 2021, registered marriages include all couples.
(b) De facto marriage is when two people live together as partners who are not in a registered marriage. It includes people who report de facto, partner, common law husband/wife/spouse, lover, girlfriend or boyfriend.

More information on Social marital status (MDCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Education

Type of educational institution attending
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people attending an educational institution 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Preschool 31 5.6 1,325 6.5 25,485 8.0
Primary 222 40.2 7,964 38.8 120,864 37.9
Secondary 105 19.0 4,658 22.7 83,631 26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 3 0.5 536 2.6 21,273 6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education 11 2.0 626 3.1 21,149 6.6
Other 9 1.6 350 1.7 7,310 2.3
Not stated 168 30.4 5,064 24.7 38,814 12.2

More information Type of educational institution attending (TYPP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Level of highest educational attainment
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 32 2.6 1,305 3.0 40,554 7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 45 3.7 1,139 2.6 34,681 6.3
Certificate level IV 27 2.2 1,019 2.3 23,374 4.3
Certificate level III 69 5.7 3,334 7.6 84,821 15.5
Year 12 131 10.8 5,976 13.6 82,998 15.2
Year 11 106 8.8 5,100 11.6 43,335 7.9
Year 10 254 21.0 9,124 20.8 102,707 18.8
Certificate level II 3 0.2 130 0.3 1,262 0.2
Certificate level I 0 0.0 90 0.2 241 0.0
Year 9 or below 337 27.9 9,421 21.4 75,326 13.8
Inadequately described 28 2.3 733 1.7 11,038 2.0
No educational attainment 48 4.0 1,387 3.2 5,242 1.0
Not stated 132 10.9 5,179 11.8 41,467 7.6

More information on Level of highest educational attainment (HEAP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Cultural diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Warumungu 315 18.5 384 0.6 415 0.1
Alyawarr 157 9.2 1,896 3.1 1,942 0.2
Warlpiri 134 7.9 2,455 4.0 2,592 0.3
Warlmanpa 38 2.2 37 0.1 37 0.0
Mudburra 16 0.9 125 0.2 125 0.0
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home 724 42.4 35,782 58.5 76,978 9.5
English only used at home 823 48.2 20,390 33.4 683,122 84.1

More information on Language used at home (LANP), Whether reported using an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander language at home (LNGP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Ancestry, top responses
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 1,564 91.6 56,364 92.2 695,359 85.6
Australian 156 9.1 6,423 10.5 277,467 34.1
English 62 3.6 2,685 4.4 131,618 16.2
Scottish 23 1.3 715 1.2 24,549 3.0
Irish 19 1.1 850 1.4 31,853 3.9

Note 1: Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry multi response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the sum of all ancestry responses for an area will not equal the total number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the area.
Note 2: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the area (including those who did not state an ancestry). In 2016 QuickStats percentages were based on total number of responses and will not be comparable to this table.

More information on Ancestry multi response (ANCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Income and work

Participation in the labour force
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
In the labour force 403 33.3 15,568 35.4 296,172 54.1
Not in the labour force 760 62.9 26,214 59.7 234,314 42.8
Not stated 44 3.6 2,164 4.9 16,695 3.1

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 and over in the area.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.
Note 3: For information on Community Development Program participation (CDPP), please refer to the Census Dictionary. CDPP data is available in TableBuilder.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Employment status
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Employed  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked full-time 204 50.6 7,324 47.0 144,659 48.8
Worked part-time 78 19.4 3,712 23.8 87,019 29.4
Away from work (a) 23 5.7 1,302 8.4 28,075 9.5
Total employed 313 77.7 12,329 79.2 259,754 87.7
Unemployed 87 21.6 3,239 20.8 36,419 12.3

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 and over, who reported being in the labour force in the area.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.
Note 3: For information on Community Development Program participation (CDPP), please refer to the Census Dictionary. CDPP data is available in TableBuilder.

(a) Counts employed people who reported 0 hours of work the week before the Census or did not state their hours of work.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Occupation, top responses
Employed Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Community and Personal Service Workers 101 32.3 2,747 22.3 45,221 17.4
Professionals 51 16.3 2,289 18.6 36,013 13.9
Clerical and Administrative Workers 45 14.4 1,765 14.3 30,731 11.8
Labourers 33 10.5 1,388 11.3 37,003 14.2
Managers 28 8.9 947 7.7 21,218 8.2
Technicians and Trades Workers 20 6.4 1,300 10.5 35,333 13.6
Sales Workers 10 3.2 638 5.2 22,365 8.6
Machinery Operators and Drivers 7 2.2 690 5.6 23,291 9.0

More information on Occupation (OCCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Industry of employment, top responses
Employed Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Local Government Administration 32 10.2 1,025 8.3 6,639 2.6
Other Allied Health Services 25 8.0 223 1.8 1,556 0.6
Other Social Assistance Services 24 7.7 456 3.7 10,154 3.9
State Government Administration 20 6.4 753 6.1 5,577 2.1
Creative Artists, Musicians, Writers and Performers 18 5.8 137 1.1 760 0.3

More information on Industry of employment (INDP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Median weekly incomes (a)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Personal (b) 336 N/A 323 N/A 540 N/A
Family (c) 897 N/A 947 N/A 1,527 N/A
Household (d) 1,210 N/A 1,318 N/A 1,507 N/A

(a) Incomes are collected in ranges. The medians are then calculated using information from the Survey of Income and Housing.
(b) Excludes people aged 15 years and over who did not state their income.
(c) Excludes families where at least one family member aged 15 years and over did not state their income.
(d) Excludes households where at least one household member aged 15 years and over did not state their income.

More information on Total personal income (weekly) (INCP), Total family income (weekly) (FINF), Total household income (weekly) (HIND), Indigenous household indicator (INGDWTD), Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander family indicator (INGF)
Personal income data is based on place of usual residence
Family and household income data is based on place of enumeration

Unpaid work and care

Unpaid work and care
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night) 820 67.7 28,806 65.6 328,022 59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night) 599 49.5 19,556 44.5 166,628 30.5
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census Night) 222 18.4 5,874 13.4 76,568 14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 94 7.8 2,551 5.8 58,029 10.6

More information on Unpaid domestic work: number of hours (DOMP), Unpaid child care (CHCAREP), Unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition, or due to old age (UNCAREP), Voluntary work for an organisation or group (VOLWP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Health

Type of long-term health condition
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Arthritis 33 1.9 1,151 1.9 50,807 6.3
Asthma 75 4.4 3,178 5.2 107,162 13.2
Cancer (including remission) 15 0.9 376 0.6 12,927 1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 23 1.3 306 0.5 3,610 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 193 11.3 4,258 7.0 47,688 5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 120 7.0 3,161 5.2 30,160 3.7
Kidney disease 82 4.8 1,216 2.0 10,053 1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 18 1.1 673 1.1 17,552 2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 47 2.8 2,237 3.7 107,776 13.3
Stroke 17 1.0 322 0.5 7,059 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 97 5.7 3,562 5.8 70,592 8.7
No long-term health condition(s) 1,074 62.9 41,155 67.3 462,348 56.9
Not stated 177 10.4 5,339 8.7 65,539 8.1

Note 1: Measures the number of people who reported that they have been told by a doctor or nurse that they have any of these long-term health conditions.
Note 2: Respondents had the option of reporting multiple long-term health conditions. Therefore, the sum of all long-term health condition responses for an area will not equal the total number of people in the area.
Note 3: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the area (including those who did not answer the long-term health conditions question).

More information on Type of long-term health condition (LTHP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Count of selected long-term health conditions
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
None of the selected conditions 1,133 66.4 43,456 71.1 493,110 60.7
One condition 259 15.2 9,255 15.1 167,204 20.6
Two conditions 80 4.7 2,063 3.4 54,174 6.7
Three or more conditions 54 3.2 1,000 1.6 32,701 4.0
Not stated 177 10.4 5,339 8.7 65,539 8.1

Note: Selected long-term health conditions include arthritis, asthma, cancer (including remission), dementia (including Alzheimer's), diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes), heart disease (including heart attack or angina), kidney disease, lung condition (including COPD or emphysema), mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) and stroke. Other long-term health conditions are not included in this count.

More information on Count of selected long-term health conditions (CLTHP)
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Housing

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a) 132 31.4 4,385 28.7 31,268 8.9
Average number of people per household 3.7 N/A 3.8 N/A 3.1 N/A
Average number of persons per bedroom 1.4 N/A 1.4 N/A 1 N/A
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 0.9 N/A 1.2 N/A 1.9 N/A

(a) The Canadian National Occupancy Standard for Housing Appropriateness is used to determine whether there are enough bedrooms in the dwelling for the usual residents. See Housing suitability information below for more details.

More information on Number of bedrooms in private dwelling (BEDD), Household composition (HHCD), Indigenous household indicator (INGDWTD), Housing suitability (HOSD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Mortgage and Rent
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent (a) $145 N/A $130 N/A $300 N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,083 N/A $2,000 N/A $1,721 N/A

(a) Median rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent-free, this is not comparable to 2016 QuickStats data.

More information on Rent (weekly) dollar values (RNTD), Mortgage repayments (monthly) dollar values (MRED), Indigenous household indicator (INGDWTD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Family household composition
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 56 13.3 2,082 13.6 62,751 17.8
One family household: Couple family with children 99 23.6 4,322 28.3 104,435 29.7
One family household: One parent family 85 20.2 3,021 19.8 86,135 24.5
One family household: Other family 16 3.8 471 3.1 7,040 2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 3 0.7 249 1.6 2,130 0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 32 7.6 1,276 8.4 6,813 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 30 7.1 973 6.4 8,606 2.4
Multiple family household: Other family 5 1.2 100 0.7 412 0.1
Other household 89 21.2 2,768 18.1 73,717 20.9

Note: This table counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level. In multiple family households, only the family composition of the primary family is recorded. Other household includes lone person households and group households.

More information on Family household composition (dwelling) (HCFMD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Separate house 354 84.3 11,789 77.3 281,729 80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. 37 8.8 1,916 12.6 38,396 10.9
Flat or apartment 19 4.5 1,286 8.4 27,919 7.9
Other dwelling 9 2.1 160 1.0 2,861 0.8

More information on Dwelling structure (STRD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Tenure type
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Owned outright 13 3.1 960 6.3 48,452 13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a) 48 11.4 2,459 16.1 96,647 27.5
Rented (b) 317 75.5 10,583 69.4 192,703 54.7
Other (c) 19 4.5 774 5.1 5,582 1.6
Not stated 16 3.8 475 3.1 8,652 2.5

(a) Includes dwellings purchased under a shared equity scheme.
(b) Excludes dwellings being occupied rent-free, this is not comparable to 2016 QuickStats data.
(c) Comprises dwellings occupied rent-free, occupied under a life tenure scheme and other tenure type

More information on Tenure type (TEND)
Table based on place of enumeration

Please note that there are small random adjustments made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals.