Newcastle Waters

21.3% of Newcastle Waters's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

24 family households lived in Newcastle Waters; 33.3% were couple families and 33.3% were one-parent families.

79.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Newcastle Waters had 122 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

8.2% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

Separate houses made up 75.0% of occupied private dwellings in Newcastle Waters.

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

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

0.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

100.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

The average household in Newcastle Waters had 4.1 people.

One-person households made up 25.0% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

Two-person households represented 31.3%, while 31.3% had four or more usual residents.

33.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

10.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 29.2% walked or cycled.

50.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

One-car households formed 0.0% of the total.

56.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

41.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 58.7% reported a different address.

4.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

54.9% of residents used only English at home.

39.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.9% of Newcastle Waters's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.1% 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 91.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 18.0% of ancestry responses in Newcastle Waters.

Australian ancestry made up 20.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

6.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

Managers accounted for 6.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 14.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.3%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

47.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 3.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.

77.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

0.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

0.0% reported asthma, 0.0% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.7%.

Median household income was $1,562 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $25 per week.

Working from home was 33.3% in Newcastle Waters, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 0.0% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

Renting accounted for 100.0% in Newcastle Waters, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.