East Side

18.8% of East Side's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

725 family households lived in East Side; 40.8% were couple families and 18.6% were one-parent families.

43.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

East Side had 3,098 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

Separate houses made up 64.2% of occupied private dwellings in East Side.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 31.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.9% of occupied private dwellings.

20.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

37.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.2% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

The average household in East Side had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

Two-person households represented 30.6%, while 23.8% had four or more usual residents.

4.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

59.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 15.5% walked or cycled.

6.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

One-car households formed 41.2% of the total.

52.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.4% reported a different address.

25.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

77.0% of residents used only English at home.

17.6% used a language other than English at home.

1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

25.1% of East Side's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.9% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

1.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.9% of ancestry responses in East Side.

Australian ancestry made up 28.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

33.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.8% of workers, and education and training employed 12.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.2%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

48.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.

65.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 5.7% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 16.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.0%.

Median household income was $2,225 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,742.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $393 per week.

Working from home was 4.7% in East Side, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 20.3% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

Renting accounted for 42.2% in East Side, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.