Alice Springs (T) - Charles

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,847 people in Alice Springs (T) - Charles of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 22.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Alice Springs (T) - Charles was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Alice Springs (T) - Charles aged 15 years and over, 41.0% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Alice Springs (T) - Charles was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Alice Springs (T) - Charles was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles 33.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.4% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Alice Springs (T) - Charles were Australian 29.5%, English 22.1%, Australian Aboriginal 8.4%, Irish 6.8% and Scottish 6.1%.

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles, 75.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, New Zealand 2.6%, India 1.3%, Philippines 1.2% and United States of America 0.7%.

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles, 69.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Alice Springs (T) - Charles were No Religion 27.1%, Catholic 19.1%, Anglican 11.1%, Lutheran 8.7% and Uniting Church 5.9%.

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles 75.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arrernte, nec 2.3%, Warlpiri 1.5%, Anmatyerr, nec 0.9%, Malayalam 0.7% and Luritja 0.6%.

Employment

There were 2,532 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alice Springs (T) - Charles. Of these 70.0% were employed full time, 19.0% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Alice Springs (T) - Charles, 7.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Alice Springs (T) - Charles was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Alice Springs (T) - Charles included Professionals 19.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.0%, Managers 12.1%, Labourers 8.1%, Sales Workers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Alice Springs (T) - Charles, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, State Government Administration 6.2%, Local Government Administration 4.1%, Hospitals 3.8% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alice Springs (T) - Charles was $815.

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 5.9%, Bicycle 5.8% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Alice Springs (T) - Charles, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Alice Springs (T) - Charles, 45.4% were couple families with children, 34.9% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles 13.9% of single parents were male and 86.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,420 and those without children was $2,319.

Employment status of couple families

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles, of couple families with children, 37.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 16.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles, 85.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alice Springs (T) - Charles, 72.1% were separate houses, 4.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.2% were flats, units or apartments and 10.6% were other dwellings.

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles, of occupied private dwellings 9.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alice Springs (T) - Charles, 19.5% were owned outright, 38.3% were owned with a mortgage and 38.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles, of all households, 72.1% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 4.6% were group households.

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles, 13.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.4% 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 Alice Springs (T) - Charles, 33.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles, there were 1,112 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 525 (or 47.2%) were male and 587 (or 52.8%) 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 Alice Springs (T) - Charles, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,086.

In Alice Springs (T) - Charles, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,946.