Greater Darwin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 120,586 people in Greater Darwin of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Greater Darwin was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.3% of the population.

Of people in Greater Darwin aged 15 years and over, 42.0% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Greater Darwin, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Greater Darwin was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Greater Darwin 35.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.0% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Greater Darwin were Australian 26.8%, English 22.3%, Irish 7.0%, Scottish 5.9% and German 3.5%.

In Greater Darwin, 67.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, Philippines 2.4%, New Zealand 2.1%, India 1.1% and Greece 0.8%.

In Greater Darwin, 56.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Greater Darwin were No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 23.0%, Anglican 12.0%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Eastern Orthodox 3.0%.

In Greater Darwin 72.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.3%, Tagalog 1.2%, Mandarin 0.9%, Filipino 0.8% and Indonesian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 65,396 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Greater Darwin. Of these 69.4% were employed full time, 19.6% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Greater Darwin, 6.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Greater Darwin included Professionals 19.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Managers 12.6%, Sales Workers 7.4%, Labourers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Greater Darwin, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 7.9%, Defence 7.1%, School Education 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Greater Darwin was $897.

In Greater Darwin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.1%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Walked only 4.9%, Bus 3.3% and Bicycle 2.6%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Greater Darwin, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 7.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.9% 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 Greater Darwin, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Greater Darwin, 45.5% were couple families with children, 37.0% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Greater Darwin 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Greater Darwin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,614 and those without children was $2,332.

Employment status of couple families

In Greater Darwin, of couple families with children, 35.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Greater Darwin, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greater Darwin, 64.2% were separate houses, 12.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.8% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Greater Darwin, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 22.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greater Darwin, 17.9% were owned outright, 36.7% were owned with a mortgage and 41.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Greater Darwin, of all households, 72.1% were family households, 21.3% were single person households and 6.6% were group households.

In Greater Darwin, 12.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.7% 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 Greater Darwin, 32.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Greater Darwin, there were 11,099 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5,569 (or 50.2%) were male and 5,530 (or 49.8%) 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 Greater Darwin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,378.

In Greater Darwin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,123.