Darwin City

8.4% of Darwin City's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

1,557 family households lived in Darwin City; 25.6% were couple families and 8.5% were one-parent families.

25.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

Darwin City had 7,149 residents at the 2021 Census.

51.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Darwin average.

Separate houses made up 0.5% of occupied private dwellings in Darwin City.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 98.6% of occupied private dwellings.

7.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

15.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

77.3% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Darwin average.

The average household in Darwin City had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 38.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Darwin average.

Two-person households represented 36.9%, while 10.7% had four or more usual residents.

4.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Darwin.

48.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

3.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 24.2% walked or cycled.

11.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Darwin rate.

One-car households formed 55.2% of the total.

33.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

19.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 80.5% reported a different address.

45.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Darwin average.

52.1% of residents used only English at home.

35.3% used a language other than English at home.

5.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.3% spoke Hindi.

45.8% of Darwin City's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 54.2% was born in Australia.

3.8% of residents were born in China.

3.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 54.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 24.2% of ancestry responses in Darwin City.

Australian ancestry made up 16.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 8.4% of responses.

25.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Darwin average.

Managers accounted for 15.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.7% of workers, and education and training employed 5.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.9%, compared with 69.7% across Greater Darwin.

52.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 4.0% across Greater Darwin.

68.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.7% reported asthma, 3.5% arthritis and 2.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Darwin average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 17.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 16.2%.

Median household income was $2,151 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,781.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 4.3% in Darwin City, compared with 4.3% across Greater Darwin.

Outright ownership was 7.6% locally and 17.9% across Greater Darwin. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

Renting accounted for 77.3% in Darwin City, against 45.2% across Greater Darwin.