Yirrkala

22.7% of Yirrkala's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

166 family households lived in Yirrkala; 39.8% were couple families and 29.5% were one-parent families.

51.2% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

Yirrkala had 657 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Separate houses made up 99.3% of occupied private dwellings in Yirrkala.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.2% of occupied private dwellings.

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

2.5% 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.

97.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

The average household in Yirrkala had 4.0 people.

One-person households made up 17.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

Two-person households represented 14.8%, while 50.0% had four or more usual residents.

5.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

33.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NT average.

5.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 35.4% walked or cycled.

34.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

One-car households formed 43.3% of the total.

29.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

78.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 21.6% reported a different address.

4.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

12.2% of residents used only English at home.

83.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.3% of Yirrkala's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.7% 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 93.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 5.8% of ancestry responses in Yirrkala.

Australian ancestry made up 6.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

34.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Managers accounted for 12.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.7% of workers, and education and training employed 27.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.8%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

26.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 8.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 12.8%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.

70.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.8% reported asthma, 1.2% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.0%.

Median household income was $1,679 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 $83 per week.

Working from home was 5.0% in Yirrkala, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 2.5% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.

Renting accounted for 97.5% in Yirrkala, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.