Darwin River

16.9% of Darwin River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Darwin average.

141 family households lived in Darwin River; 40.4% were couple families and 12.8% were one-parent families.

38.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Darwin average.

Darwin River had 627 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Darwin average.

Separate houses made up 97.2% of occupied private dwellings in Darwin River.

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

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

36.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Darwin rate.

52.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.6% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

The average household in Darwin River had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 32.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Darwin average.

Two-person households represented 35.8%, while 21.2% had four or more usual residents.

8.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Greater Darwin rate.

65.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

1.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

One-car households formed 28.6% of the total.

70.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

75.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.0% reported a different address.

13.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

79.4% of residents used only English at home.

2.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.2% of Darwin River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.8% 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 78.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.7% of ancestry responses in Darwin River.

Australian ancestry made up 38.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

14.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.0% of workers, and education and training employed 5.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.3%, compared with 69.7% across Greater Darwin.

34.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 4.0% across Greater Darwin.

52.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

6.4% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.5%.

Median household income was $1,550 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,900.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $268 per week.

Working from home was 8.5% in Darwin River, compared with 4.3% across Greater Darwin.

Outright ownership was 36.2% locally and 17.9% across Greater Darwin. That is about twice the Greater Darwin rate.

Renting accounted for 11.6% in Darwin River, against 45.2% across Greater Darwin.