Braitling

20.3% of Braitling's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

801 family households lived in Braitling; 41.1% were couple families and 18.0% were one-parent families.

42.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

Braitling had 3,160 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Separate houses made up 80.1% of occupied private dwellings in Braitling.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.4% of occupied private dwellings.

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

20.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

44.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

The average household in Braitling had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 24.2% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

Two-person households represented 33.4%, while 25.0% had four or more usual residents.

3.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

67.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.2% walked or cycled.

6.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

One-car households formed 32.0% of the total.

61.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.7% reported a different address.

19.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

75.8% of residents used only English at home.

17.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

19.4% of Braitling's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.3% of ancestry responses in Braitling.

Australian ancestry made up 30.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

23.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Managers accounted for 13.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.1%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

45.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.

62.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 6.0% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.6%.

Median household income was $2,182 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,804.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $430 per week.

Working from home was 3.5% in Braitling, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 20.6% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

Renting accounted for 35.3% in Braitling, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.