The Narrows (NT)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 630 people in The Narrows (NT) of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 14.5% of the population.

The median age of people in The Narrows (NT) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in The Narrows (NT) aged 15 years and over, 33.1% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Narrows (NT) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In The Narrows (NT), of people aged 15 years and over, 31.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Narrows (NT) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In The Narrows (NT) 32.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.5% were in primary school, 14.0% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Narrows (NT) were Australian 25.7%, English 23.4%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 6.4% and Greek 2.9%.

In The Narrows (NT), 73.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, India 1.9%, New Zealand 1.6%, Germany 1.3% and Philippines 1.0%.

In The Narrows (NT), 62.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Narrows (NT) were Catholic 28.1%, No Religion 18.3%, Anglican 13.5%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Eastern Orthodox 3.2%.

In The Narrows (NT) 73.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.3%, Tiwi 1.3%, Shona 1.3%, German 1.0% and Italian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 284 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Narrows (NT). Of these 64.4% were employed full time, 22.5% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Narrows (NT), 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Narrows (NT) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in The Narrows (NT) included Professionals 21.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Managers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Labourers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in The Narrows (NT), the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 10.9%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.2%, Tertiary Education 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8% and Hospitals 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Narrows (NT) was $628.

In The Narrows (NT), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Bus 4.9%, Bicycle 3.0% and Walked only 3.0%. On the day, 5.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Narrows (NT), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% 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 The Narrows (NT), 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Narrows (NT), 39.2% were couple families with children, 30.1% were couple families without children and 26.6% were one parent families.

In The Narrows (NT) 11.1% of single parents were male and 88.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Narrows (NT), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,134 and those without children was $3,083.

Employment status of couple families

In The Narrows (NT), of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% 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 The Narrows (NT), 86.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Narrows (NT), 44.2% were separate houses, 25.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 30.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In The Narrows (NT), of occupied private dwellings 18.0% had 1 bedroom, 36.8% had 2 bedrooms and 29.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Narrows (NT), 13.1% were owned outright, 30.0% were owned with a mortgage and 55.8% were rented.

Household composition

In The Narrows (NT), of all households, 50.9% were family households, 41.6% were single person households and 7.5% were group households.

In The Narrows (NT), 37.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.9% 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 The Narrows (NT), 32.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Narrows (NT), there were 91 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 43 (or 47.3%) were male and 48 (or 52.7%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Narrows (NT), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $582.

In The Narrows (NT), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $74 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,123.