Darwin City

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,545 people in Darwin City of these 57.4% were male and 42.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Darwin City was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.4% of the population.

Of people in Darwin City aged 15 years and over, 30.4% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Darwin City was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Darwin City, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Darwin City was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Darwin City 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.7% were in primary school, 6.5% in secondary school and 21.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Darwin City were English 21.7%, Australian 17.4%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 5.7% and German 3.5%.

In Darwin City, 51.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, England 3.8%, Philippines 2.7%, Ireland 2.3% and India 1.8%.

In Darwin City, 44.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Darwin City were No Religion 26.2%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 10.4%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Buddhism 2.4%.

In Darwin City 62.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Korean 1.6%, Mandarin 1.5%, Filipino 1.3%, Greek 1.1% and Cantonese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 2,873 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Darwin City. Of these 74.5% were employed full time, 15.4% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Darwin City, 4.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Darwin City was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Darwin City included Professionals 23.7%, Managers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Labourers 6.5%, Sales Workers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Darwin City, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 12.9%, State Government Administration 6.3%, Accommodation 6.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Darwin City was $1,015.

In Darwin City, 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 27.0%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Bus 4.3% and Bicycle 3.0%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Darwin City, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 10.9% provided care for children and 4.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% 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 Darwin City, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Darwin City, 24.4% were couple families with children, 64.8% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

In Darwin City 28.4% of single parents were male and 71.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Darwin City, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,666 and those without children was $2,383.

Employment status of couple families

In Darwin City, of couple families with children, 43.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 14.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Darwin City, 81.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darwin City, 1.3% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 93.4% were flats, units or apartments and 3.9% were other dwellings.

In Darwin City, of occupied private dwellings 13.6% had 1 bedroom, 37.0% had 2 bedrooms and 38.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darwin City, 7.8% were owned outright, 18.8% were owned with a mortgage and 67.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Darwin City, of all households, 51.0% were family households, 33.7% were single person households and 15.3% were group households.

In Darwin City, 12.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.9% 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 Darwin City, 44.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Darwin City, there were 213 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 110 (or 51.6%) were male and 103 (or 48.4%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Darwin City, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $543.

In Darwin City, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $375 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,100.