Acacia Hills (NT)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 638 people in Acacia Hills (NT) of these 53.6% were male and 46.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 14.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Acacia Hills (NT) was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.3% of the population.

Of people in Acacia Hills (NT) aged 15 years and over, 42.9% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Acacia Hills (NT) was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Acacia Hills (NT), of people aged 15 years and over, 40.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Acacia Hills (NT) was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Acacia Hills (NT) 35.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.1% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 6.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Acacia Hills (NT) were Australian 31.8%, English 18.4%, Australian Aboriginal 7.8%, Irish 7.1% and Scottish 5.3%.

In Acacia Hills (NT), 75.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 1.7%, England 1.6%, New Zealand 0.8%, Austria 0.5% and Belgium 0.5%.

In Acacia Hills (NT), 74.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Acacia Hills (NT) were No Religion 26.5%, Catholic 19.2%, Anglican 14.0%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 3.3%.

In Acacia Hills (NT) 76.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 3.4%, French 0.6%, German 0.5%, Estonian 0.5% and Finnish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 313 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Acacia Hills (NT). Of these 67.1% were employed full time, 20.4% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Acacia Hills (NT), 6.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Acacia Hills (NT) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Acacia Hills (NT) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Professionals 16.8%, Managers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Labourers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0% and Sales Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Acacia Hills (NT), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.8%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.8%, State Government Administration 5.5%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.8% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Acacia Hills (NT) was $687.

In Acacia Hills (NT), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Walked only 9.9%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Truck 3.4% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Acacia Hills (NT), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% 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 Acacia Hills (NT), 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Acacia Hills (NT), 50.6% were couple families with children, 35.0% were couple families without children and 11.2% were one parent families.

In Acacia Hills (NT) 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Acacia Hills (NT), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,303 and those without children was $2,356.

Employment status of couple families

In Acacia Hills (NT), of couple families with children, 31.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 12.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Acacia Hills (NT), 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Acacia Hills (NT), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Acacia Hills (NT), of occupied private dwellings 16.9% had 1 bedroom, 22.8% had 2 bedrooms and 32.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Acacia Hills (NT), 22.8% were owned outright, 54.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Acacia Hills (NT), of all households, 77.9% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Acacia Hills (NT), 22.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.6% 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 Acacia Hills (NT), 23.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Acacia Hills (NT), there were 92 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 49 (or 53.3%) were male and 43 (or 46.7%) 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 Acacia Hills (NT), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,812.

In Acacia Hills (NT), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.