Jabiru

22.5% of Jabiru's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

166 family households lived in Jabiru; 35.5% were couple families and 18.7% were one-parent families.

50.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Jabiru had 755 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Separate houses made up 56.7% of occupied private dwellings in Jabiru.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 26.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 10.7% of occupied private dwellings.

4.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

3.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

92.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

The average household in Jabiru had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 35.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Two-person households represented 33.2%, while 20.2% had four or more usual residents.

1.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

61.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 14.3% walked or cycled.

6.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

One-car households formed 54.4% of the total.

39.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

41.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 58.9% reported a different address.

16.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

69.7% of residents used only English at home.

17.6% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

16.2% of Jabiru's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.8% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 28.6% of ancestry responses in Jabiru.

Australian ancestry made up 30.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

17.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

Managers accounted for 19.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.2% of workers, and education and training employed 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.3%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

51.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.

63.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 2.5% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.6%.

Median household income was $2,090 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $65 per week.

Working from home was 1.5% in Jabiru, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 4.6% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

Renting accounted for 92.3% in Jabiru, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.