Knuckey Lagoon

17.9% of Knuckey Lagoon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.

103 family households lived in Knuckey Lagoon; 48.5% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

41.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.

Knuckey Lagoon had 498 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Darwin average.

Separate houses made up 94.0% of occupied private dwellings in Knuckey Lagoon.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.3% of occupied private dwellings.

36.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Darwin rate.

28.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.1% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

The average household in Knuckey Lagoon had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 14.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

Two-person households represented 27.2%, while 42.1% had four or more usual residents.

5.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.

54.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 24.8% walked or cycled.

8.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Darwin average.

One-car households formed 18.6% of the total.

77.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.3% reported a different address.

15.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

69.9% of residents used only English at home.

23.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.7% of Knuckey Lagoon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.3% 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 89.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.9% of ancestry responses in Knuckey Lagoon.

Australian ancestry made up 31.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.0% of responses.

15.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

Managers accounted for 14.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.0% of workers, and education and training employed 3.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.1%, compared with 69.7% across Greater Darwin.

40.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.0% across Greater Darwin.

73.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.2% reported asthma, 4.0% arthritis and 1.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Darwin average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.2%.

Median household income was $2,525 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,564.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 5.4% in Knuckey Lagoon, compared with 4.3% across Greater Darwin.

Outright ownership was 36.8% locally and 17.9% across Greater Darwin. That is about twice the Greater Darwin rate.

Renting accounted for 35.1% in Knuckey Lagoon, against 45.2% across Greater Darwin.