Gillen

22.7% of Gillen's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

1,096 family households lived in Gillen; 42.2% were couple families and 20.6% were one-parent families.

48.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

Gillen had 4,466 residents at the 2021 Census.

35.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.7% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

Separate houses made up 69.3% of occupied private dwellings in Gillen.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 27.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

14.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

43.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

The average household in Gillen had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 22.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Two-person households represented 29.2%, while 29.0% had four or more usual residents.

2.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

68.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.3% walked or cycled.

8.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

One-car households formed 34.2% of the total.

57.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.6% reported a different address.

28.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

65.5% of residents used only English at home.

26.9% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.4% spoke Hindi.

28.5% of Gillen's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.5% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

5.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 25.5% of ancestry responses in Gillen.

Australian ancestry made up 27.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

20.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Managers accounted for 11.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.2%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

49.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.

65.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

6.8% reported asthma, 4.6% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.6%.

Median household income was $2,176 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 2.5% in Gillen, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 14.8% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

Renting accounted for 42.1% in Gillen, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.