Howard Springs

17.6% of Howard Springs's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Darwin average.

867 family households lived in Howard Springs; 46.3% were couple families and 10.5% were one-parent families.

35.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

Howard Springs had 3,153 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Darwin average.

Separate houses made up 95.1% of occupied private dwellings in Howard Springs.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

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

34.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Darwin rate.

48.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.6% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

The average household in Howard Springs had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 15.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

Two-person households represented 35.1%, while 32.1% had four or more usual residents.

6.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.

68.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

1.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

One-car households formed 19.7% of the total.

79.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.6% reported a different address.

14.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

87.4% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.1% of Howard Springs's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.9% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.9% of ancestry responses in Howard Springs.

Australian ancestry made up 43.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

15.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

Managers accounted for 14.1% 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 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.4%, compared with 69.7% across Greater Darwin.

42.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 4.0% across Greater Darwin.

62.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 8.4% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.4%.

Median household income was $2,560 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,388.

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

Working from home was 6.3% in Howard Springs, compared with 4.3% across Greater Darwin.

Outright ownership was 34.7% locally and 17.9% across Greater Darwin. That is about twice the Greater Darwin rate.

Renting accounted for 16.6% in Howard Springs, against 45.2% across Greater Darwin.