Mataranka

9.9% of Mataranka's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

66 family households lived in Mataranka; 25.8% were couple families and 7.6% were one-parent families.

30.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

Mataranka had 384 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Separate houses made up 69.0% of occupied private dwellings in Mataranka.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

37.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

17.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

The average household in Mataranka had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 32.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Two-person households represented 30.6%, while 27.6% had four or more usual residents.

11.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

32.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

12.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 21.0% walked or cycled.

14.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

One-car households formed 37.4% of the total.

45.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.4% reported a different address.

18.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

52.9% of residents used only English at home.

33.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

18.2% of Mataranka's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.8% 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 72.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 25.8% of ancestry responses in Mataranka.

Australian ancestry made up 22.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

Managers accounted for 18.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.7% of workers, and education and training employed 11.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.8%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

34.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.0% worked part time.

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

58.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 3.9% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.7%.

Median household income was $1,843 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,506.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $100 per week.

Working from home was 11.6% in Mataranka, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 37.8% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

Renting accounted for 44.6% in Mataranka, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.