People in Greater Darwin who were born in Papua New Guinea

Latest release
2021 Census Country of birth QuickStats
Geography type Greater Capital City Statistical Areas by Country of Birth of Person
Area code 7GDAR by 1302
People 424
Male 40.4%
Female 59.6%
 null  null
Australian citizen 81.1%
Not an Australian citizen 18.2%
Families 236
Couples with children 120
Couples without children 76
One parent families 40
Other families 0
All private dwellings 306
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,167
Median weekly rent (a) $400

(a) For 2021, median weekly rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent-free.

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People and population

People
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Male 170 40.4 18,462 47.5 45,999 51.5 70,739 50.6
Female 251 59.6 20,422 52.5 43,262 48.5 69,161 49.4

More information on Place of usual residence (PURP), Country of birth of person (BPLP), Sex (SEXP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Age
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
0-14 years 15 3.5 2,630 6.8 23,561 26.4 28,294 20.2
15-24 years 26 6.1 3,570 9.2 11,735 13.1 16,701 11.9
25-34 years 51 12.0 9,594 24.7 14,073 15.8 25,950 18.5
35-44 years 56 13.2 8,017 20.6 12,209 13.7 22,108 15.8
45-54 years 151 35.6 5,474 14.1 11,285 12.6 18,400 13.2
55-64 years 72 17.0 4,457 11.5 8,935 10.0 14,637 10.5
65 years and over 46 10.8 5,145 13.2 7,463 8.4 13,816 9.9
Median age 48 N/A 39 N/A 31 N/A 34 N/A

More information on Age (AGEP)
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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over		 Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Married 173 43.0 20,371 56.2 23,333 35.5 47,202 42.3
Separated 21 5.2 1,165 3.2 2,291 3.5 3,836 3.4
Divorced 36 9.0 2,649 7.3 5,647 8.6 9,177 8.2
Widowed 15 3.7 1,335 3.7 1,644 2.5 3,308 3.0
Never married 160 39.8 10,745 29.6 32,782 49.9 48,086 43.1

Note: In December 2017, amendments to the Marriage Act 1961 came into effect enabling marriage equality for all couples. For 2021, registered marriages include all couples.

More information on Registered marital status (MSTP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Education

Type of educational institution attending
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Attending an educational institution:  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Pre-school 0 0.0 175 0.4 2,435 2.7 2,621 1.9
Primary 9 2.1 1,497 3.8 10,518 11.8 12,064 8.6
Secondary 12 2.8 1,721 4.4 6,881 7.7 8,648 6.2
Tertiary:  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 18 4.2 1,518 3.9 1,605 1.8 3,134 2.2
Tertiary - University or other higher education 26 6.1 3,271 8.4 3,989 4.5 7,288 5.2
Tertiary - Total (a) 43 10.1 4,799 12.3 5,604 6.3 10,440 7.5
Other 3 0.7 871 2.2 872 1.0 1,746 1.2
Institution attended, type not stated 3 0.7 459 1.2 2,127 2.4 13,102 9.4
Not attending an educational institution 342 80.7 29,365 75.5 60,823 68.1 91,282 65.2

(a) Includes Tertiary - not further defined.

More information on Type of educational institution attending (TYPP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Bachelor Degree level and above 111 27.6 14,870 41.0 14,070 21.4 29,016 26.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma Level 42 10.4 3,723 10.3 6,142 9.3 9,898 8.9
Certificate level IV 28 7.0 1,056 2.9 4,152 6.3 5,235 4.7
Certificate level III 53 13.2 3,341 9.2 11,582 17.6 15,048 13.5
Year 12 59 14.7 5,312 14.7 10,352 15.8 15,773 14.1
Year 11 29 7.2 1,252 3.5 4,639 7.1 5,957 5.3
Year 10 32 8.0 1,976 5.5 7,326 11.2 9,452 8.5
Certificate level II 0 0.0 35 0.1 38 0.1 75 0.1
Certificate level I 0 0.0 7 0.0 61 0.1 66 0.1
Year 9 or below 18 4.5 1,983 5.5 3,660 5.6 5,750 5.2
Inadequately described 16 4.0 934 2.6 1,337 2.0 2,294 2.1
No educational attainment 10 2.5 479 1.3 257 0.4 751 0.7
Not stated 15 3.7 1,283 3.5 2,087 3.2 12,283 11.0

More information on Level of highest educational attainment (HEAP)
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Cultural diversity

Year of arrival
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Before 1951 0 0.0 151 0.4 -- N/A -- N/A
1951 - 1960 6 1.4 694 1.8 -- N/A -- N/A
1961 - 1970 38 9.0 2,077 5.3 -- N/A -- N/A
1971 - 1980 137 32.3 2,878 7.4 -- N/A -- N/A
1981 - 1990 65 15.3 3,375 8.7 -- N/A -- N/A
1991 - 2000 39 9.2 2,799 7.2 -- N/A -- N/A
2001 - 2010 68 16.0 7,834 20.1 -- N/A -- N/A
2011 - 2015 22 5.2 8,126 20.9 -- N/A -- N/A
2016 - 2021 29 6.8 9,952 25.6 -- N/A -- N/A
Born in Australia -- N/A -- N/A 89,266 N/A -- N/A

More information on Year of arrival in Australia (YARP)
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Citizenship
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Australian citizen 344 81.1 21,229 54.6 86,671 97.1 108,818 77.8
Not an Australian citizen 77 18.2 17,436 44.8 1,093 1.2 18,620 13.3

More information on Australian citizenship (CITP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Ancestry, top responses
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Papua New Guinean 201 47.4 228 0.6 226 0.3 459 0.3
English 114 26.9 6,560 16.9 31,855 35.7 38,733 27.7
Australian 112 26.4 1,343 3.5 38,844 43.5 40,417 28.9
Scottish 33 7.8 1,657 4.3 8,710 9.8 10,431 7.5
Torres Strait Islander 25 5.9 60 0.2 1,633 1.8 1,716 1.2

Note 1: Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry multi response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the sum of all ancestry responses for an area will not equal the total number of people in the area.
Note 2: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of people in the area (including those who did not state an ancestry).

More information on Ancestry multi response (ANCP)
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Birthplace of spouse or partner
People aged 15 years and over, with a spouse or partner 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Spouse or partner born overseas 71 34.0 15,483 71.1 5,467 16.9 21,027 38.5
Spouse or partner born in Australia 127 60.8 5,465 25.1 25,240 78.0 30,753 56.3

More information on Country of birth of person (BPLP), Spouse/partner indicator (SPIP)
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Religious affiliation, top responses
All people
Results may include 'nfd' for 'not further defined' 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Catholic 155 36.6 9,303 23.9 15,989 17.9 25,492 18.2
No Religion, (so described) 108 25.5 9,817 25.2 48,145 53.9 58,348 41.7
Uniting Church 54 12.7 535 1.4 2,527 2.8 3,096 2.2
Anglican 22 5.2 1,704 4.4 6,376 7.1 8,181 5.8
Christianity, nfd 20 4.7 1,300 3.3 1,644 1.8 2,975 2.1

Note: 'No Religion, (so described)' does not include those who reported Secular and Other Spiritual Beliefs such as Atheism, Agnosticism and Own Spiritual Beliefs.

More information on Religious affiliation (RELP)
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English language proficiency
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Speaks English only 334 78.8 13,744 35.3 78,894 88.4 93,277 66.7
Speaks other language and speaks English:  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Very well or well 86 20.3 22,580 58.1 7,290 8.2 30,097 21.5
Not well or not at all 0 0.0 2,314 5.9 1,119 1.3 3,486 2.5

More information on Proficiency in spoken English (ENGLP), Language used at home (LANP)
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Income and work

Participation in the labour force
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
In the labour force 307 76.4 27,528 75.9 49,765 75.7 77,762 69.7
Not in the labour force 96 23.9 8,305 22.9 15,225 23.2 23,923 21.4
Not stated 0 0.0 428 1.2 713 1.1 9,927 8.9

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of people aged 15 and over in the area.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Employment status
People who reported being in the labour force, 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Worked full-time 208 67.8 17,383 63.1 33,446 67.2 51,101 65.7
Worked part-time 61 19.9 7,712 28.0 10,713 21.5 18,528 23.8
Away from work (a) 17 5.5 1,455 5.3 3,478 7.0 5,004 6.4
Unemployed 17 5.5 977 3.5 2,131 4.3 3,131 4.0

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of people aged 15 years and over who stated they were in the labour force.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.

(a) Counts employed people who reported 0 hours of work the week before the Census or did not state their hours of work.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
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Employment, hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
0 hours (away from work) 10 3.4 912 3.4 2,670 5.6 3,611 4.8
1-19 hours 32 11.0 2,604 9.8 4,201 8.8 6,837 9.2
20-29 hours 22 7.6 3,071 11.6 3,431 7.2 6,548 8.8
30-34 hours 16 5.5 2,034 7.7 3,085 6.5 5,143 6.9
35-39 hours 71 24.5 7,502 28.3 10,759 22.6 18,343 24.6
40-44 hours 72 24.8 5,473 20.6 10,861 22.8 16,415 22.0
45 hours or more 64 22.1 4,413 16.6 11,822 24.8 16,336 21.9

Note: Records the number of hours worked in all jobs held during the week before Census night for employed people aged 15 years and over. This excludes any time off but includes any overtime or extra time worked.

More information on Hours worked (HRSP)
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Occupation, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Professionals 82 28.3 5,814 21.9 10,313 21.7 16,185 21.7
Clerical and Administrative Workers 51 17.6 3,014 11.4 7,505 15.8 10,565 14.2
Managers 48 16.6 2,811 10.6 6,831 14.3 9,679 13.0
Community and Personal Service Workers 37 12.8 4,746 17.9 6,142 12.9 10,944 14.7
Labourers 28 9.7 2,917 11.0 2,816 5.9 5,798 7.8
Technicians and Trades Workers 24 8.3 3,393 12.8 7,313 15.4 10,791 14.5
Machinery Operators and Drivers 16 5.5 1,339 5.0 2,634 5.5 4,011 5.4
Sales Workers 9 3.1 2,053 7.7 3,133 6.6 5,211 7.0

More information on Occupation (OCCP)
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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
State Government Administration 35 12.1 1,538 5.8 4,321 9.1 5,880 7.9
Defence 15 5.2 482 1.8 3,016 6.3 3,510 4.7
Primary Education 11 3.8 473 1.8 1,473 3.1 1,955 2.6
Other Social Assistance Services 11 3.8 880 3.3 789 1.7 1,675 2.2
Combined Primary and Secondary Education 10 3.4 192 0.7 516 1.1 715 1.0

More information on Industry of employment (INDP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Median weekly incomes (a)
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Personal (b) $1,266 N/A $995 N/A $1,219 N/A $1,120 N/A
Family (c) $3,154 N/A $2,362 N/A $2,666 N/A $2,485 N/A
Household (d) $2,750 N/A $2,287 N/A $2,157 N/A $2,209 N/A

(a) Incomes are collected in ranges. The medians are then calculated using information from the Survey of Income and Housing.
(b) Excludes people aged 15 years and over who did not state their income.
(c) Family for the selected country of birth is determined by the response of any family member to country of birth. Excludes families where at least one family member aged 15 years and over did not state an income.
(d) Household for the selected country of birth is determined by the response of any household member (enumerated in the dwelling) to country of birth. Excludes households where at least one household member aged 15 years and over did not state an income.

More information on Total personal income (INCP), Total family income (FINF), Total household income (HIND)
Personal median weekly income data based on place of usual residence
Family and household median weekly income data based on place of enumeration

Method of travel to work on the day of the Census
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
By car, only (a) 206 71.0 19,505 73.5 35,429 74.4 55,234 74.0
By bus and/or train, only 8 2.8 1,022 3.8 685 1.4 1,710 2.3
Other (b) 29 10.0 2,944 11.1 4,327 9.1 7,315 9.8
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked from home 20 6.9 1,041 3.9 2,159 4.5 3,235 4.3
Did not go to work 27 9.3 1,884 7.1 4,821 10.1 6,731 9.0

Note: Respondents had the option to report up to three methods of transport to work on the day of the Census.

(a) Includes people who travelled to work by car only, as the driver and/or as the passenger.
(b) Includes all other singular and multi-modal methods of travel to work.

More information on Method of travel to work (MTWP)
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Unpaid work and care

Unpaid work and care
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census night) 302 75.1 22,952 63.3 49,094 74.7 72,539 65.0
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census night) 151 37.6 10,593 29.2 19,391 29.5 30,165 27.0
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census night) 57 14.2 3,026 8.3 6,942 10.6 10,086 9.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 86 21.4 5,570 15.4 12,069 18.4 17,733 15.9

More information on Unpaid domestic work (DOMP), Unpaid child care (CHCAREP), Unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition, or due to old age (UNCAREP), Voluntary work for an organisation or group (VOLWP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Less than 5 hours 83 20.6 6,687 18.4 15,969 24.3 22,796 20.4
5 to 14 hours 138 34.3 9,537 26.3 21,063 32.1 30,785 27.6
15 to 29 hours 33 8.2 3,857 10.6 7,529 11.5 11,465 10.3
30 hours or more 47 11.7 2,871 7.9 4,539 6.9 7,491 6.7

Note: Measures the time spent during the week before the Census doing domestic work without pay for themselves and their household.

More information on Unpaid domestic work: number of hours (DOMP)
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Health

Type of long-term health condition
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Arthritis 36 8.5 2,033 5.2 5,311 5.9 7,445 5.3
Asthma 25 5.9 1,521 3.9 6,878 7.7 8,465 6.1
Cancer (including remission) 9 2.1 734 1.9 1,876 2.1 2,638 1.9
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 0 0.0 221 0.6 250 0.3 491 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 40 9.4 2,037 5.2 3,065 3.4 5,187 3.7
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 17 4.0 1,017 2.6 2,331 2.6 3,405 2.4
Kidney disease 8 1.9 334 0.9 664 0.7 1,020 0.7
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 4 0.9 411 1.1 1,276 1.4 1,719 1.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 30 7.1 1,298 3.3 6,825 7.6 8,196 5.9
Stroke 3 0.7 240 0.6 535 0.6 790 0.6
Any other long-term health condition(s) 46 10.8 2,299 5.9 6,672 7.5 9,047 6.5
No long-term health condition(s) 259 61.1 29,398 75.6 60,274 67.5 90,258 64.5
Not stated 9 2.1 1,007 2.6 4,246 4.8 16,079 11.5

Note 1: Respondents had the option of reporting multiple long-term health conditions. Therefore, the sum of all long-term health condition responses for an area will not equal the total number of people in the area.
Note 2: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of people in the area (including those who did not answer the long-term health conditions question).

More information on Type of long-term health condition (LTHP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Count of selected long-term health conditions
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
None of the selected conditions 286 67.5 30,815 79.2 64,079 71.8 95,514 68.3
One condition 93 21.9 5,220 13.4 15,334 17.2 20,739 14.8
Two conditions 22 5.2 1,230 3.2 3,935 4.4 5,234 3.7
Three or more conditions 11 2.6 620 1.6 1,670 1.9 2,337 1.7
Not stated 9 2.1 1,007 2.6 4,246 4.8 16,079 11.5

Note: Selected long-term health conditions include arthritis, asthma, cancer (including remission), dementia (including Alzheimer's), diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes), heart disease (including heart attack or angina), kidney disease, lung condition (including COPD or emphysema), mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) and stroke. Other long-term health conditions are not included in this count.

More information on Count of selected long-term health conditions (CLTHP)
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Families

Families tables count families within the area. The descriptions below explain what is counted in each column:

Born in [Country of birth] - counts families where at least one person in the family stated they were born in the selected country. (a)
Born overseas - counts families where at least one person in the family stated they were born overseas. This includes families counted in the ‘Born in the selected country of birth’ column. (b)
Born in Australia - counts families where all people in the family stated they were born in Australia. This includes Australian External Territories and Norfolk Island. It excludes families where any member of the family did not state a country of birth. (c)
Total - counts all families in the selected area. It includes families where no one in the family stated a country of birth.

(a) This is different to the 2016 definition, which counted families where the reference person and their spouse/partner was born in the selected country. Data cannot be compared with previous QuickStats.
(b) This different to the 2016 definition, which counted families where the reference person and their spouse/partner were born overseas. Data cannot be compared with previous QuickStats.
(c) This different to the 2016 definition, which counted families where both the reference person and their spouse/partner were born in Australia. Data cannot be compared with previous QuickStats.

Family composition
All families 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Couple family without children 76 32.2 6,315 39.2 6,391 35.1 12,828 37.0
Couple family with children 120 50.8 7,924 49.2 7,625 41.9 15,671 45.2
One parent family 40 16.9 1,643 10.2 3,841 21.1 5,609 16.2
Other family 0 0.0 214 1.3 339 1.9 578 1.7

More information on Family composition (FMCF)
Table based on place of enumeration

Families with children
All families 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Families with a child under 5 29 12.3 3,179 19.7 3,683 20.2 6,930 20.0
Families with a child aged 0-15 years 92 39.0 6,947 43.1 8,192 45.0 15,297 44.1

More information on Family composition (FMCF), Age (AGEP)
Table based on place of enumeration

Employment status of couple families
Couple families where parents or partners were aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Both employed, worked full-time 77 39.7 4,660 32.7 5,134 36.6 9,840 34.5
Both employed, worked part-time 11 5.7 695 4.9 421 3.0 1,119 3.9
One employed full-time, one part-time 24 12.4 2,847 20.0 2,479 17.7 5,350 18.8
One employed full-time, other not working 30 15.5 1,979 13.9 1,465 10.5 3,467 12.2
One employed part-time, other not working 9 4.6 692 4.9 421 3.0 1,118 3.9
Both not working 21 10.8 1,499 10.5 1,228 8.8 2,781 9.8
Other (includes away from work) 12 6.2 927 6.5 1,218 8.7 2,169 7.6
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 6 3.1 937 6.6 1,647 11.7 2,658 9.3

Note: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.

More information on Labour force status of parents/partners in families (LFSF)
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Housing

Housing tables count occupied private dwellings in the area, excluding visitor only and other non-classifiable households. The descriptions below explain what is counted in each column:

Born in [Country of birth] - counts dwellings where at least one occupant stated they were born in the selected country.
Born overseas - counts dwellings where at least one occupant stated they were born overseas. It includes dwellings counted in the ‘Born in the selected country of birth’ column.
Born in Australia - counts dwellings where all people in the dwelling stated they were born in Australia. This includes Australian External Territories and Norfolk Island. It excludes households where any occupant did not state a country of birth. (a)
Total - counts all dwellings in the selected area. It includes dwellings where no one in the family stated a country of birth.

(a) This is different from the 2016 definition, which was dwellings where at least one person was born in Australia. Data cannot be compared with previous QuickStats.

Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Separate house 243 79.4 11,750 58.1 17,772 67.3 29,937 63.3
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 18 5.9 2,258 11.2 2,603 9.9 4,950 10.5
Flat or apartment 42 13.7 6,045 29.9 5,680 21.5 11,824 25.0
Other dwelling 0 0.0 126 0.6 285 1.1 429 0.9

More information on Dwelling structure (STRD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
None (includes studio apartments or bedsitters) 3 1.0 131 0.6 236 0.9 384 0.8
1 bedroom 7 2.3 1,249 6.2 1,564 5.9 2,874 6.1
2 bedrooms 42 13.7 5,208 25.7 5,441 20.6 10,770 22.8
3 bedrooms 137 44.8 7,947 39.3 11,207 42.4 19,364 40.9
4 or more bedrooms 112 36.6 5,400 26.7 7,537 28.5 13,029 27.5
Number of bedrooms not stated 5 1.6 302 1.5 438 1.7 873 1.8

More information on Number of bedrooms in a private dwelling (BEDD)
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Household composition
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
One family households 227 74.2 15,177 75.0 16,993 64.3 32,532 68.8
Multiple family households 14 4.6 650 3.2 388 1.5 1,047 2.2
Single (or lone) person households 51 16.7 3,178 15.7 7,674 29.0 11,060 23.4
Group households 17 5.6 1,243 6.1 1,363 5.2 2,654 5.6

More information on Household composition (HHCD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Tenure type
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Owned outright 65 21.2 3,662 18.1 4,397 16.6 8,186 17.3
Owned with a mortgage (a) 145 47.4 6,729 33.2 10,033 38.0 16,881 35.7
Rented (b) 91 29.7 9,291 45.9 11,188 42.3 20,717 43.8
Other tenure type (c) 0 0.0 264 1.3 405 1.5 678 1.4
Not stated 7 2.3 292 1.4 394 1.5 824 1.7

(a) Includes dwellings purchased under a shared equity scheme.
(b) Excludes dwellings being occupied rent-free, this is not comparable to 2016 QuickStats data.
(c) Comprises dwellings occupied rent-free, occupied under a life tenure scheme and other tenure type.

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Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,167 N/A $2,100 N/A $2,098 N/A $2,100 N/A
Median weekly rent (a) $400 N/A $380 N/A $400 N/A $385 N/A

(a) For 2021, median rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent free.

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