Katherine

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,209 people in Katherine of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 25.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Katherine was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Katherine aged 15 years and over, 42.5% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Katherine was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Katherine, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Katherine was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Katherine 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.2% were in primary school, 16.6% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Katherine were Australian 33.0%, English 23.0%, Australian Aboriginal 7.4%, Irish 6.5% and Scottish 5.4%.

In Katherine, 79.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, Philippines 1.8%, New Zealand 1.8%, India 0.5% and Zimbabwe 0.4%.

In Katherine, 75.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Katherine were No Religion 27.1%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 14.5%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Baptist 4.1%.

In Katherine 78.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 3.6%, Warlpiri 0.9%, Tagalog 0.8%, Filipino 0.8% and Gurindji 0.5%.

Employment

There were 4,583 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Katherine. Of these 67.7% were employed full time, 18.1% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Katherine, 6.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Katherine was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Katherine included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Professionals 17.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Managers 11.4%, Labourers 9.6%, Sales Workers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Katherine, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 12.1%, School Education 7.1%, State Government Administration 5.4%, Local Government Administration 3.5% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Katherine was $756.

In Katherine, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.6%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Walked only 7.8%, Bicycle 3.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Katherine, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 6.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 Katherine, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Katherine, 45.2% were couple families with children, 36.4% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Katherine 20.9% of single parents were male and 79.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Katherine, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,341 and those without children was $2,230.

Employment status of couple families

In Katherine, of couple families with children, 36.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 14.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Katherine, 89.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Katherine, 74.0% were separate houses, 8.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.2% were flats, units or apartments and 7.5% were other dwellings.

In Katherine, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 49.3% 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 Katherine, 14.4% were owned outright, 26.4% were owned with a mortgage and 51.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Katherine, of all households, 72.8% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Katherine, 18.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.1% 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 Katherine, 31.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Katherine, there were 2,365 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,131 (or 47.8%) were male and 1,234 (or 52.2%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Katherine, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $908.

In Katherine, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.