Unit	Darwin SD and Environs	Darwin Region Balance	East Arnhem Region	Katherine Region	Barkly Region	Central Region	Northern Territory
Area	sq km	10 356	134 466	40 376	337 363	283 606	546 046	1 352 212
Population
Estimated resident population at 30 June 2002p	no.	109 248	12 804	13 947	17 289	5 871	38 854	198 013
Estimated resident population at 30 June 2001	no.	108 715	12 816	13 944	17 431	5 862	39 000	197 768
Annual growth rate 2001 to 2002	%	0.5	-0.1	-	-0.8	0.2	-0.4	0.1
Estimated resident population at 30 June 1997	no.	100 796	12 330	13 145	17 130	6 527	36 984	186 912
Annual growth rate 1997 to 2002(a)	%	1.6	0.8	1.2	0.2	-2.1	1.0	1.2
Age range of population 30 June 2001
0-4 years	no.	8 765	1 470	1 575	1 756	605	3 428	17 599
5-14 years	no.	16 560	2 814	2 866	3 398	1 147	6 791	33 576
15-44 years	no.	55 367	6 468	7 080	8 774	2 879	19 890	100 458
45-64 years	no.	23 552	1 758	2 197	2 870	1 029	7 334	38 740
65 years and over	no.	4 471	306	226	633	202	1 557	7 395
Total	no.	108 715	12 816	13 944	17 431	5 862	39 000	197 768
Dependency ratio	%	37.8	55.8	50.3	49.7	50.0	43.3	42.1
Median age, June 2001	no.	31.2	23.9	25.9	27.3	26.1	29.2	29.6
Births 2001, calendar year	no.	1 817	335	383	438	132	709	3 822
Deaths 2001, calendar year	no.	370	74	47	98	38	212	872
Indigenous population, Census 2001
Age range of population
0-4 years	no.	1,231	1,076	986	867	377	1,398	5,939
5-14 years	no.	2,594	2,270	1,816	1,850	810	2,972	12,314
15-44 years	no.	4,905	4,396	4,102	3,756	1,546	6,501	25,261
45-64 years	no.	1,191	917	874	811	386	1,608	5,798
65 years and over	no.	227	205	162	237	100	530	1,473
Total	no.	10,148	8,864	7,940	7,521	3,219	13,009	50,785
Dependency ratio	%	66.5	66.8	59.6	64.7	66.6	60.4	63.5
Labour force, DEWR(b), Dec qtr 2002
Unemployed persons	no.	2 298	567	460	598	125	1 653	5 800
Unemployment rate	%	3.6	12.5	8.4	6.9	5.4	8.1	5.5
Persons in the labour force	no.	63 317	4 522	5 447	8 638	2 318	20 303	105 300
Building approvals, 2001-02(c)
New houses	no.	409	20	34	63	23	94	643
Value of new houses	$'000	63 978.4	3 571.1	6 443.7	9 994.8	3 266.8	15 049.9	102 304.7
New other residential	no.	230	-	9	2	-	62	303
Value of new other residential	$'000	26 627.3	-	1 585.9	274.0	-	6 160.0	34 647.2
Alteration/addition to residential building	$'000	16 660.9	222.4	1 294.7	1 881.3	1 070.6	3 625.6	24 755.5
Value of non-residential building	$'000	110 244.7	1 113.9	2 358.2	4 305.9	5 568.4	35 806.0	159 397.1
Value of total building	$'000	217 511.4	4 907.4	11 682.7	16 456.0	9 905.8	60 641.4	321 104.7
(a) Average annual growth rate. (b) See glossary. (c) Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals shown. (d) Crude rate per 1,000 population. (e) Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births.

	Unit	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002p
Population
Estimated resident population at 30 June	no.	186 912	189 880	192 735	195 561	197 768	198 013
Age range of population 30 June
Males
0-14 years	no.	25 758	25 985	26 136	26 259	26 479	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	69 275	70 533	71 721	72 685	73 116	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	3 169	3 314	3 462	3 652	3 880	n.a.
Total males	no.	98 202	99 832	101 319	102 596	103 475	n.a.
Females
0-14 years	no.	24 252	24 384	24 345	24 501	24 696	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	61 507	62 630	63 923	65 161	66 082	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	2 951	3 034	3 148	3 303	3 515	n.a.
Total females	no.	88 710	90 048	91 416	92 965	94 293	n.a.
Dependency ratio	%	42.9	42.6	42.1	41.9	42.1	n.a.
Births
Total births	no.	3,588	3,641	3,576	3,685	3,822	3 724
Indigenous births	no.	1,259	1,284	1,419	1,530	1 688	n.a.
Crude birth rate(d)	rate	19.1	19.1	18.4	18.7	19.1	18.8
Total fertility rate	rate	2.175	2.200	2.153	2.216	2.260	n.a.
Exnuptial births
Total exnuptial births	no.	2,066	2,124	2,144	2,235	2 417	n.a.
Proportion of total live births	%	57.6	58.3	60.0	60.7	63.2	n.a.
Deaths
Total deaths	no.	891	871	832	909	872	908
Indigenous deaths	no.	458	415	399	450	429	n.a.
Median age at death
Males	years	56.3	52.3	55.5	55.7	56.0	n.a.
Females	years	57.6	58.2	61.7	57.8	61.0	n.a.
Crude death rate(d)	rate	4.8	4.6	4.3	4.6	4.4	4.6
Standardised death rate	rate	9.8	8.9	8.7	8.9	8.1	n.a.
Infant deaths	no.	45	45	42	43	41	42
Infant mortality rate(e)	rate	12.5	12.4	11.7	11.7	10.7	11.3
Marriages
Total marriages	no.	786	815	885	861	781	747
Crude marriage rate(d)	rate	4.2	4.3	4.6	4.4	3.9	3.8
Divorces
Total divorces	no.	416	457	409	455	447	519
Crude divorce rate(d)	rate	2.2	2.4	2.1	2.3	2.2	2.6
Labour force, DEWR(b), December quarter
Unemployed persons	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	7 068	5 800
Unemployment rate	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	6.9	5.5
Persons in the labour force	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	103,137	105 300
Building approvals, year ended 30 June(c)
New houses	no.	1,105	1,248	1,518	904	607	643
Value of new houses	$'000	137,465.1	163,855.1	208,353.0	127,848.0	90,283.0	102 304.7
New other residential building	no.	842	956	682	609	486	303
Value of new other residential building	$'000	72,352.3	109,578.1	73,905.1	77,893.6	65,173.9	34 647.2
Alteration/addition to residential building	$'000	23,341.1	27,767.6	30,572.3	30,403.8	22,012.9	24 755.5
Value of non-residential building	$'000	24,124.9	247,552.9	188,110.4	139,645.4	196,619.0	159 397.1
Value of total building	$'000	47,440.7	548,753.8	500,940.8	375,790.6	374,088.4	321 104.7
Building completions, year ended 30 June(c)
New houses	no.	948	1,142	1,384	1,120	597	678
Value of new houses	$'000	114,923.0	142,389.0	190,841.0	159,738.0	89,774.2	106 708.7
New other residential building	no.	623	859	793	648	467	352
Value of new other residential building	$'000	58,202.0	81,346.0	88,516.0	83,356.0	62,763.8	39 755.3
Alterations/additions to residential building	$'000	21,720.0	27,145.0	30,753.0	31,187.0	26,220.7	21 187.3
Value of non-residential building	$'000	306,580.0	213,236.0	244,761.0	164,312.0	130,598.6	169 741.4
Value of total building	$'000	501,424.0	464,114.0	554,871.0	438,592.0	309,357.3	337 392.7
(a) Average annual growth rate. (b) See glossary. (c) Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals shown. (d) Crude rate per 1,000 population. (e) Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births.

	Unit	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002p
Population
Estimated resident population at 30 June	no.	100 796	103 122	105 032	107 027	108 715	109 248
Age range of population 30 June
Males
0-14 years	no.	12 501	12 699	12 859	12 986	13 118	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	38 890	39 863	40 706	41 361	41 827	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	1 921	2 036	2 113	2 267	2 449	n.a.
Total males	no.	53 312	54 598	55 678	56 614	57 394	n.a.
Females
0-14 years	no.	11 692	11 885	11 909	12 047	12 207	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	34 081	34 870	35 653	36 466	37 092	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	1 711	1 769	1 792	1 900	2 022	n.a.
Total females	no.	47 484	48 524	49 354	50 413	51 321	n.a.
Dependency ratio	%	38.1	38.0	37.6	37.5	37.8	n.a.
Births, calendar year	no.	1,780	1,855	1,745	1,785	1 817	n.a.
Deaths, calendar year	no.	356	370	360	374	370	n.a.
Labour force, DEWR(b), December quarter
Unemployed persons	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	3 168	2 298
Unemployment rate	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	5.1	3.6
Persons in the labour force	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	61 623	63 317
Building approvals, year ended 30 June(c)
New houses	no.	767	930	960	627	406	409
Value of new houses	$'000	97,547.2	125,314.4	135,471.4	90 485.3	61,653.6	63 978.4
New other residential building	no.	671	795	599	580	371	230
Value of new other residential building	$'000	59,428.4	93,905.2	67,954.6	74 930.7	56,333.3	26 627.3
Alteration/addition to residential building	$'000	15,664.6	20,405.9	18,151.8	20 599.6	15,157.3	16 660.9
Value of non-residential building	$'000	196,771.1	202,835.0	126,313.1	109 021.9	118,610.3	110 244.7
Value of total building	$'000	369,411.4	442,460.5	347,890.8	295 037.5	251,754.3	217 511.4
(a) Average annual growth rate. (b) See glossary. (c) Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals shown. (d) Crude rate per 1,000 population. (e) Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births.

	Unit	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002p
Population
Estimated resident population at 30 June	no.	12 330	12 553	12 558	12 737	12 816	12 804
Age range of population 30 June
Males
0-14 years	no.	2 058	2 108	2 134	2 165	2 235	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	4 235	4 269	4 239	4 276	4 238	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	154	154	149	137	136	n.a.
Total males	no.	6 447	6 531	6 522	6 578	6 609	n.a.
Females
0-14 years	no.	2 004	2 029	2 015	2 041	2 049	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	3 727	3 828	3 866	3 953	3 988	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	152	165	155	165	170	n.a.
Total females	no.	5 883	6 022	6 036	6 159	6 207	n.a.
Dependency ratio	%	54.9	55.0	54.9	54.8	55.8	n.a.
Births, calendar year	no.	251	276	322	307	335	n.a.
Deaths, calendar year	no.	86	79	69	90	74	n.a.
Labour force, DEWR(b), December quarter
Unemployed persons	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	557	567
Unemployment rate	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	12.3	12.5
Persons in the labour force	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	4 530	4 522
Building approvals, year ended 30 June(c)
New houses	no.	57	47	55	46	29	20
Value of new houses	$'000	6,286.2	5,659.8	7,516.3	6 119.2	4,395.3	3 571.1
New other residential building	no.	13	2	2	2	-	-
Value of new other residential building	$'000	1,295.7	295.0	179.0	300.3	-	-
Alteration/addition to residential building	$'000	1,412.0	1,104.5	1,595.7	2 384.3	787.2	222.4
Value of non-residential building	$'000	7,574.4	1,442.6	2,316.3	1 421.1	6,483.3	1 113.9
Value of total building	$'000	16,568.3	8,501.9	11,607.2	10 224.9	11,665.8	4 907.4
(a) Average annual growth rate. (b) See glossary. (c) Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals shown. (d) Crude rate per 1,000 population. (e) Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births.

	Unit	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002p
Population
Estimated resident population at 30 June	no.	13 145	13 348	13 602	13 820	13 944	13 947
Age range of population 30 June
Males
0-14 years	no.	2 217	2 228	2 251	2 264	2 303	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	4 547	4 646	4 729	4 821	4 811	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	96	109	101	107	97	n.a.
Total males	no.	6 860	6 983	7 081	7 192	7 211	n.a.
Females
0-14 years	no.	2 066	2 064	2 101	2 133	2 138	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	4 117	4 194	4 315	4 380	4 466	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	102	107	105	115	129	n.a.
Total females	no.	6 285	6 365	6 521	6 628	6 733	n.a.
Dependency ratio	%	51.7	51.0	50.4	50.2	50.3	n.a.
Births, calendar year	no.	285	294	311	350	383	n.a.
Deaths, calendar year	no.	50	58	56	60	47	n.a.
Labour force, DEWR(b), December quarter
Unemployed persons	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	508	460
Unemployment rate	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	9.4	8.4
Persons in the labour force	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	5 420	5 447
Building approvals, year ended 30 June(c)
New houses	no.	55	23	129	14	33	34
Value of new houses	$'000	7,671.7	2,995.0	19,094.8	2,196.9	5,525.3	6 443.7
New other residential building	no.	4	-	8	4	-	9
Value of new other residential building	$'000	530.0	-	884.5	521.7	-	1 585.9
Alteration/addition to residential building	$'000	986.0	550.0	2,830.4	2,005.0	1,111.7	1 294.7
Value of non-residential building	$'000	3,293.3	3,780.0	1,750.9	2,821.8	417.4	2 358.2
Value of total building	$'000	12,481.0	7,325.0	24,560.5	7,545.4	7,054.4	11 682.7
(a) Average annual growth rate. (b) See glossary. (c) Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals shown. (d) Crude rate per 1,000 population. (e) Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births.

	Unit	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002p
Population
Estimated resident population at 30 June	no.	17 130	17 184	17 205	17 324	17 431	17 289
Age range of population 30 June
Males
0-14 years	no.	2 766	2 764	2 729	2 691	2 658	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	6 229	6 247	6 202	6 213	6 177	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	280	298	315	333	360	n.a.
Total males	no.	9 275	9 309	9 246	9 237	9 195	n.a.
Females
0-14 years	no.	2 503	2 427	2 412	2 445	2 496	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	5 123	5 208	5 298	5 388	5 467	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	229	240	249	254	273	n.a.
Total females	no.	7 855	7 875	7 959	8 087	8 236	n.a.
Dependency ratio	%	50.9	50.0	49.6	49.3	49.7	n.a.
Births, calendar year	no.	410	378	412	410	438	n.a.
Deaths, calendar year	no.	90	116	83	100	98	n.a.
Labour force, DEWR(b), December quarter
Unemployed persons	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	737	598
Unemployment rate	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	8.6	6.9
Persons in the labour force	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	8 583	8 638
Building approvals, year ended 30 June(c)
New houses	no.	77	54	140	77	53	63
Value of new houses	$'000	10,389.5	6,905.5	16,804.0	10,794.8	7,226.7	9 994.8
New other residential building	no.	24	5	39	5	4	2
Value of new other residential building	$'000	1,920.6	494.6	2,278.0	450.0	428.0	274.0
Alteration/addition to residential building	$'000	627.8	1,541.5	3,024.8	895.3	1,450.3	1 881.3
Value of non-residential building	$'000	14,340.1	28,660.2	11,405.3	10,628.9	5,493.6	4 305.9
Value of total building	$'000	27 278.0	37 601.8	33 512.1	22 768.9	14 598.7	16 456.0
(a) Average annual growth rate. (b) See glossary. (c) Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals shown. (d) Crude rate per 1,000 population. (e) Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births.

	Unit	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002p
Population
Estimated resident population at 30 June	no.	6 527	6 290	6228	6 052	5 862	5 871
Age range of population 30 June
Males
0-14 years	no.	1 017	992	961	918	874	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	2 292	2 208	2 189	2 139	2 068	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	127	115	128	112	108	n.a.
Total males	no.	3 436	3 315	3 278	3 169	3 050	n.a.
Females
0-14 years	no.	1 026	1 003	977	934	878	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	1 965	1 886	1 880	1 861	1 840	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	100	86	93	88	94	n.a.
Total females	no.	3 091	2 975	2 950	2 883	2 812	n.a.
Dependency ratio	%	53.3	53.6	53.1	51.3	50.0	n.a.
Births, calendar year	no.	155	126	118	133	132	n.a.
Deaths, calendar year	no.	50	39	36	35	38	n.a.
Labour force, DEWR(b), December quarter
Unemployed persons	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	204	125
Unemployment rate	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	6.8	5.4
Persons in the labour force	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	2 988	2 318
Building approvals, year ended 30 June(c)
New houses	no.	18	47	23	33	23	23
Value of new houses	$'000	1923.0	6044.3	2900.2	4404.2	3766.4	3 266.8
New other residential building	no.	-	-	-	-	-	-
Value of new other residential building	$'000	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alteration/addition to residential building	$'000	364.0	160.9	628.8	348.2	50.6	1 070.6
Value of non-residential building	$'000	2176.0	665.5	308.6	830.7	201.7	5 568.4
Value of total building	$'000	4463.0	6870.7	3837.7	5583.1	4018.7	9 905.8
(a) Average annual growth rate. (b) See glossary. (c) Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals shown. (d) Crude rate per 1,000 population. (e) Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births.

	Unit	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002p
Population
Estimated resident population at 30 June	no.	36 984	37 383	38 110	38 601	39 000	38 854
Age range of population 30 June
Males
0-14 years	no.	5 199	5 194	5 202	5 235	5 291	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	13 082	13 300	13 656	13 875	13 995	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	591	602	656	696	730	n.a.
Total males	no.	18 872	19 096	19 514	19 806	20 016	n.a.
Females
0-14 years	no.	4 961	4 976	4 931	4 901	4 928	n.a.
15-64 years	no.	12 494	12 644	12 911	13 113	13 229	n.a.
65 years and over	no.	657	667	754	781	827	n.a.
Total females	no.	18 112	18 287	18 596	18 795	18 984	n.a.
Dependency ratio	%	44.6	44.1	43.4	43.0	43.3	n.a.
Births, calendar year	no.	703	706	653	692	709	n.a.
Deaths, calendar year	no.	212	176	196	222	212	n.a.
Labour force, DEWR(b), December quarter
Unemployed persons	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	1 894	1 653
Unemployment rate	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	9.5	8.1
Persons in the labour force	no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	19 993	20 303
Building approvals, year ended 30 June(c)
New houses	no.	131	147	211	107	63	94
Value of new houses	$'000	13,647.5	16,936.1	26,566.3	13,847.5	7,715.7	15 049.9
New other residential building	no.	130	154	34	18	111	62
Value of new other residential building	$'000	9,177.5	14,883.3	2,609.0	1,690.9	8,412.6	6 160.0
Alteration/addition to residential building	$'000	4,286.7	4,004.9	4,340.9	4,171.4	3,455.8	3 625.6
Value of non-residential building	$'000	17,093.7	10,169.6	46,016.2	14,921.0	65,412.6	35 806.0
Value of total building	$'000	44,205.5	45,993.8	79,532.5	34,630.8	84,996.5	60 641.4
(a) Average annual growth rate. (b) See glossary. (c) Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals shown. (d) Crude rate per 1,000 population. (e) Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births.

POPULATION

Estimated Resident Population

The resident population in the Northern Territory at June 2002 was estimated to be 198,013 with an average annual growth rate of 1.2% for the 5 years to June 2002. The NT population represents about 1% of Australia's total population of 19.7 million. With 17% of Australia's landmass the population density for the NT at June 2002 was 0.15 persons per square kilometre, the lowest of all states and territories and significantly lower than the national average of 2.55 persons per square kilometre.

Regional Growth

At 30 June 2002, more than half of the NT population lived in Darwin Statistical Division (SD) and Environs (55.2%) which had an average annual growth rate of 1.6% for the 5 years to June 2002. Palmerston-East Arm Statistical Subdivision (SSD) contributed significantly to the Darwin SD and Environs growth with an average annual growth rate of 9.5% for the 5 years to June 2002, and a 3.1% increase in 2001-02. The major regional centres of Alice Springs, Katherine, and Tennant Creek accounted for another 19.3% of the NT population. Population growth over the 2001-2002 financial year was unevenly spread outside Darwin SD and Environs, with a decrease in the populations of Coomalie (CGC), Bathurst-Melville (CGC), Jabiru (T), Daly, Groote Eylandt, Nhulunbuy, Elsey - Bal, Gulf, Katherine (T), Victoria, Tennant Creek - Bal and Alice Springs (T).

EMPLOYMENT

Employed Persons

Trend estimates show that at December 2002 there were 98,200 employed persons in the NT, 700 more than the number employed one year ago, 5,200 more than the number employed two years previously and 22,800 more than the number employed ten years before. Between December 1992 and December 2002 the number of employed persons in the NT increased by 30.2%, while the total number of persons employed in Australia increased by 23.6% over the same period.

Unemployment

At December 2002 the NT unemployment rate (trend estimate) was 5.5%. For much of the 1990s the NT unemployment rate was the lowest of all states and territories, and significantly lower than the national unemployment rate. The gap between these two series started to narrow from December 1998, and for the June and December 2001 quarters the NT unemployment rate exceeded the national rate.


Participation in Labour Force

Between December 1992 and December 2002 the NT Labour Force participation rate fluctuated between 66.8% and 74.2%, while the national participation rate remained between 62.3% and 63.9%. The NT participation rate has been increasing since June 2000, and by December 2001 had almost matched the 10 year high of 74.2%. By December 2002, the participation rate had decreased again slightly to 73.1%.

HEALTH

Causes of death

The leading single cause of death in the NT in 2001 was Malignant neoplasms (cancer) which accounted for 19.6% of total deaths, although this cause accounted for only 11.2% of Indigenous deaths. The leading causes of death in the Indigenous population were diseases of the circulatory system (includes heart disease) accounting for 24.0% of Indigenous deaths (27.4% for the total population).

The total number of Indigenous deaths decreased by around 5% in 2001, from 450 in 2000 to 429 in 2001. However, the proportion of Indigenous deaths among Indigenous males increased from around 55% to around 60%. More Indigenous females than Indigenous males died from Diabetes mellitus and Assault, while more Indigenous males than Indigenous females died from all other causes.

NORTHERN TERRITORY ECONOMY

NT Gross State Product (GSP)

In 2001-02 the Northern Territory (NT) Gross State Product (GSP) (at current prices) was $8,903m, an increase of 3% from the previous year. NT GSP contributed 1.2% to Australia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

	AUSTRALIA		NORTHERN TERRITORY
	GDP	GDP per capita	GSP	GSP per capita	Contribution to GDP
	$m	$	$m	$	%
1991-92	406,604	23,375	4,532	27,129	1.1
1992-93	426,229	24,235	4,595	27,106	1.1
1993-94	447,021	25,161	4,618	26,808	1.0
1994-95	471,348	26,242	5,048	28,798	1.1
1995-96	502,828	27,636	5,487	30,487	1.1
1996-97	529,886	28,747	5,776	31,271	1.1
1997-98	561,229	30,094	6,069	32,087	1.1
1998-99	591,917	31,396	6,681	34,699	1.1
1999-00	628,621	32,904	7,415	37,873	1.2
2000-01	669,307	34,573	8,642	43,507	1.3
2001-02	712,980	36,378	8,903	44,538	1.2
Source:,,Australian,National,Accounts,State,Accounts,,2001-02,(ABS,Cat,no.,5220.0).

GSP,Per,Capita

In,2001-02,NT,GSP,(at,market,prices),was,$44,538,per,capita,,which,was,$8,160,(22.4%),higher,than,Australia's,GDP,per,head,of,mean,population.,NT,GSP,per,capita,has,been,greater,than,GDP,per,capita,each,year,since,1989-90.,(Note,that,prior,to,1989,the,ABS,did,not,produce,estimates,of,GSP,for,comparison.)

Annual,Growth

In,the,ten,years,to,2001-02,annual,growth,in,Australia's,GDP,has,remained,relatively,stable.,In,the,NT,,however,,GSP,has,been,quite,volatile,reflecting,changes,to,the,gross,product,in,the,mining,sector,which,is,the,most,significant,contributing,industry,to,the,NT,GSP.