Araluen

23.8% of Araluen's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

681 family households lived in Araluen; 48.3% were couple families and 16.9% were one-parent families.

49.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Araluen had 2,673 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

18.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Separate houses made up 74.0% of occupied private dwellings in Araluen.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

18.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

40.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

The average household in Araluen had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 21.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

Two-person households represented 30.1%, while 29.0% had four or more usual residents.

2.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

68.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

2.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.1% walked or cycled.

4.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

One-car households formed 33.1% of the total.

62.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.8% reported a different address.

31.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

70.5% of residents used only English at home.

24.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.

31.4% of Araluen's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 68.6% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

5.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.9% of ancestry responses in Araluen.

Australian ancestry made up 25.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

26.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

Managers accounted for 12.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 23.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 77.1%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

55.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.

67.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 4.8% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.2%.

Median household income was $2,451 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,870.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $440 per week.

Working from home was 2.6% in Araluen, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 18.2% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

Renting accounted for 41.7% in Araluen, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.