Alice Springs (T)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 25,186 people in Alice Springs (T) of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 18.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Alice Springs (T) was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.0% of the population.

Of people in Alice Springs (T) aged 15 years and over, 40.2% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Alice Springs (T) was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Alice Springs (T), of people aged 15 years and over, 39.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Alice Springs (T) was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Alice Springs (T) 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.2% were in primary school, 19.2% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Alice Springs (T) were Australian 28.9%, English 22.2%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 5.8% and Australian Aboriginal 5.1%.

In Alice Springs (T), 71.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, New Zealand 2.6%, United States of America 2.5%, India 1.7% and Philippines 1.4%.

In Alice Springs (T), 62.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Alice Springs (T) were No Religion 26.2%, Catholic 21.5%, Anglican 10.6%, Lutheran 7.0% and Uniting Church 4.9%.

In Alice Springs (T) 74.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arrernte, nec 1.5%, Malayalam 1.0%, Warlpiri 1.0%, Pitjantjatjara 0.7% and Luritja 0.7%.

Employment

There were 13,614 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alice Springs (T). Of these 70.8% were employed full time, 19.1% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Alice Springs (T), 6.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Alice Springs (T) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Alice Springs (T) included Professionals 23.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Managers 11.8%, Sales Workers 7.4%, Labourers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Alice Springs (T), the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 6.5%, School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 5.1%, Local Government Administration 3.5% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alice Springs (T) was $866.

In Alice Springs (T), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 6.3%, Bicycle 4.5% and Bus 2.8%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Alice Springs (T), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 7.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 Alice Springs (T), 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Alice Springs (T), 44.9% were couple families with children, 35.8% were couple families without children and 17.3% were one parent families.

In Alice Springs (T) 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Alice Springs (T), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,485 and those without children was $2,285.

Employment status of couple families

In Alice Springs (T), of couple families with children, 37.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 18.1% 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), 86.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alice Springs (T), 64.1% were separate houses, 14.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.3% were flats, units or apartments and 5.0% were other dwellings.

In Alice Springs (T), of occupied private dwellings 9.1% had 1 bedroom, 20.8% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alice Springs (T), 15.7% were owned outright, 37.2% were owned with a mortgage and 41.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Alice Springs (T), of all households, 68.0% were family households, 25.5% were single person households and 6.5% were group households.

In Alice Springs (T), 13.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.0% 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), 36.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Alice Springs (T), there were 4,688 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 2,202 (or 47.0%) were male and 2,486 (or 53.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,063.

In Alice Springs (T), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.