White Gums

20.3% of White Gums's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

39 family households lived in White Gums; 43.6% were couple families and 12.8% were one-parent families.

41.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

White Gums had 182 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.6% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

Separate houses made up 77.8% of occupied private dwellings in White Gums.

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

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

39.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

27.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

The average household in White Gums had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 33.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Two-person households represented 30.5%, while 25.4% had four or more usual residents.

3.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

67.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.2% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

One-car households formed 35.6% of the total.

62.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.5% reported a different address.

12.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

78.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.1% of White Gums's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.9% 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 74.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 28.6% of ancestry responses in White Gums.

Australian ancestry made up 38.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.2% of responses.

17.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NT average.

Managers accounted for 18.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.3% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.3%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

38.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.1%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.

54.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.5% reported asthma, 2.7% arthritis and 2.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.0%.

Median household income was $2,125 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,240.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $265 per week.

Working from home was 3.1% in White Gums, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 39.7% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.

Renting accounted for 33.3% in White Gums, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.