The Gap

16.2% of The Gap's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

399 family households lived in The Gap; 39.8% were couple families and 17.8% were one-parent families.

46.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

The Gap had 1,945 residents at the 2021 Census.

45.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.6% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

Separate houses made up 31.9% of occupied private dwellings in The Gap.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 54.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.4% of occupied private dwellings.

9.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

25.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

64.9% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

The average household in The Gap had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 37.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Two-person households represented 28.5%, while 17.7% had four or more usual residents.

1.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

56.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 19.4% walked or cycled.

12.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

One-car households formed 49.4% of the total.

37.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

33.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 67.0% reported a different address.

38.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

51.8% of residents used only English at home.

36.9% used a language other than English at home.

3.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

38.8% of The Gap's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 61.2% was born in Australia.

3.1% of residents were born in China.

8.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 63.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 20.7% of ancestry responses in The Gap.

Australian ancestry made up 19.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.2% of responses.

35.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Managers accounted for 6.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 38.0% of workers, and education and training employed 5.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.8%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

51.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.5% worked part time.

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

66.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.7% reported asthma, 3.7% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

35.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 20.6%.

Median household income was $1,953 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,509.

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

Working from home was 1.3% in The Gap, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 9.6% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

Renting accounted for 64.9% in The Gap, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.