The Gap (NT)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,692 people in The Gap (NT) of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.7% of the population.

The median age of people in The Gap (NT) was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.3% of the population.

Of people in The Gap (NT) aged 15 years and over, 30.0% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Gap (NT) was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In The Gap (NT), of people aged 15 years and over, 28.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Gap (NT) was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In The Gap (NT) 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.6% were in primary school, 10.2% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Gap (NT) were Australian 24.6%, English 20.8%, Irish 7.1%, Indian 4.9% and Scottish 4.8%.

In The Gap (NT), 60.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 5.7%, New Zealand 3.7%, England 2.7%, Taiwan 1.3% and Philippines 1.2%.

In The Gap (NT), 57.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Gap (NT) were No Religion 22.6%, Catholic 19.8%, Anglican 9.3%, Lutheran 8.5% and Uniting Church 4.3%.

In The Gap (NT) 61.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Malayalam 3.5%, Luritja 2.0%, Mandarin 2.0%, Pitjantjatjara 1.2% and Burmese 1.1%.

Employment

There were 955 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Gap (NT). Of these 73.6% were employed full time, 16.8% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in The Gap (NT), 3.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Gap (NT) was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in The Gap (NT) included Professionals 32.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Labourers 9.4%, Managers 8.9%, Sales Workers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in The Gap (NT), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 14.0%, State Government Administration 6.8%, Accommodation 4.0%, School Education 4.0% and Local Government Administration 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Gap (NT) was $852.

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In The Gap (NT), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.5%, Walked only 17.2%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Bicycle 5.6% and Bus 2.3%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Gap (NT), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.2% provided care for children and 7.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 The Gap (NT), 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Gap (NT), 30.1% were couple families with children, 43.5% were couple families without children and 21.7% were one parent families.

In The Gap (NT) 22.1% of single parents were male and 77.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Gap (NT), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,287 and those without children was $2,146.

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Employment status of couple families

In The Gap (NT), of couple families with children, 42.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 14.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Gap (NT), 81.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Gap (NT), 40.7% were separate houses, 10.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 48.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In The Gap (NT), of occupied private dwellings 17.0% had 1 bedroom, 37.9% had 2 bedrooms and 32.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Gap (NT), 9.2% were owned outright, 30.1% were owned with a mortgage and 55.6% were rented.

Household composition

In The Gap (NT), of all households, 54.4% were family households, 33.2% were single person households and 12.4% were group households.

In The Gap (NT), 12.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In The Gap (NT), 43.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Gap (NT), there were 298 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 150 (or 50.3%) were male and 148 (or 49.7%) were female. The median age was 31 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 The Gap (NT), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,218.

In The Gap (NT), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,299.