Adelaide River

16.4% of Adelaide River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

71 family households lived in Adelaide River; 23.9% were couple families and 12.7% were one-parent families.

35.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

Adelaide River had 317 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.0% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

Separate houses made up 76.7% of occupied private dwellings in Adelaide River.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

52.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

18.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

The average household in Adelaide River had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Two-person households represented 42.2%, while 10.1% had four or more usual residents.

8.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

34.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 26.0% walked or cycled.

8.8% 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.

52.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.6% reported a different address.

12.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

75.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.0% of Adelaide River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 72.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 24.3% of ancestry responses in Adelaide River.

Australian ancestry made up 27.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

9.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

Managers accounted for 15.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.0% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 41.4%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

21.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.5%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.

49.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.0% reported asthma, 8.5% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

4.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.1%.

Median household income was $992 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,333.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 8.0% in Adelaide River, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 52.1% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

Renting accounted for 29.8% in Adelaide River, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.