McMinns Lagoon

19.1% of McMinns Lagoon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.

189 family households lived in McMinns Lagoon; 44.4% were couple families and 16.4% were one-parent families.

36.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

McMinns Lagoon had 687 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Darwin average.

Separate houses made up 99.1% of occupied private dwellings in McMinns Lagoon.

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

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

32.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Darwin rate.

53.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.7% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

The average household in McMinns Lagoon had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 14.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

Two-person households represented 35.1%, while 40.5% had four or more usual residents.

9.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Greater Darwin rate.

69.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

2.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

One-car households formed 13.1% of the total.

83.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.2% reported a different address.

14.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

90.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.7% of McMinns Lagoon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.3% 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 91.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.1% of ancestry responses in McMinns Lagoon.

Australian ancestry made up 42.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

13.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

Managers accounted for 18.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.8% of workers, and education and training employed 4.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.5%, compared with 69.7% across Greater Darwin.

47.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.0% across Greater Darwin.

69.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.0% reported asthma, 5.7% arthritis and 2.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.2%.

Median household income was $2,516 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,708.

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

Working from home was 9.5% in McMinns Lagoon, compared with 4.3% across Greater Darwin.

Outright ownership was 32.2% locally and 17.9% across Greater Darwin. That is about twice the Greater Darwin rate.

Renting accounted for 14.7% in McMinns Lagoon, against 45.2% across Greater Darwin.