Katherine East

26.9% of Katherine East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

706 family households lived in Katherine East; 43.3% were couple families and 22.0% were one-parent families.

51.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Katherine East had 3,061 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

14.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

Separate houses made up 82.8% of occupied private dwellings in Katherine East.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

11.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

25.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

63.2% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

The average household in Katherine East had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 22.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

Two-person households represented 30.3%, while 30.1% had four or more usual residents.

3.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

72.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.3% walked or cycled.

8.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

One-car households formed 35.8% of the total.

55.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

41.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 58.6% reported a different address.

18.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

65.2% of residents used only English at home.

20.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

18.7% of Katherine East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 20.0% of ancestry responses in Katherine East.

Australian ancestry made up 27.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

19.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.3%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

45.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.

62.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 3.6% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.6%.

Median household income was $2,075 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 3.2% in Katherine East, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 11.4% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

Renting accounted for 63.2% in Katherine East, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.