Kakadu

11.4% of Kakadu's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

63 family households lived in Kakadu; 30.2% were couple families and 27.0% were one-parent families.

28.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

Kakadu had 315 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

Separate houses made up 65.2% of occupied private dwellings in Kakadu.

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

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

28.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

71.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

The average household in Kakadu had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 28.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

Two-person households represented 34.1%, while 28.2% had four or more usual residents.

5.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

36.6% 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 34.3% walked or cycled.

20.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

One-car households formed 50.0% of the total.

39.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.2% reported a different address.

9.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

34.0% of residents used only English at home.

45.7% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 1.3% spoke Hindi.

9.2% of Kakadu's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

2.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 13.3% of ancestry responses in Kakadu.

Australian ancestry made up 13.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

29.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Managers accounted for 12.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.5% of workers, and education and training employed 4.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.1%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

34.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 14.1%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.

55.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.4% reported asthma, 3.5% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.9%.

Median household income was $1,687 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $672.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $92 per week.

Working from home was 5.2% in Kakadu, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 28.8% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

Renting accounted for 71.2% in Kakadu, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.