The National Demographic Indicators Series is a set of key social and demographic measures for every Local Government Area (LGA) in Australia. The series is drawn predominantly from the latest 2021 Census data, and Estimated Resident Population which is updated annually.
The indicators provide a snapshot of each LGA at the 2021 Census and how it compares to other LGAs. The measures have been selected to cover a broad range of socio-demographics and there is no assumption that a high or low score is “better” or “worse” on any given measure.
| National demographic indicators for local government areas, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Northern Territory | Population | Work & Education | Households & Dwellings | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Local Govt. Area | Estimated Resident Population 2023 | Under 5 years | Over 65 years | Median age | Language other than English | Indigenous | Changed address in last 5 years | Worked at home | Attending university | University qualification | Median household income | Average household size | Households renting | Medium and high density | SEIFA index of dis-advantage | |
| # | % | % | # | % | % | % | % | % | % | $ | # | % | % | # | |||
| 1 | Alice Springs | 29,213 | 7.2 | 9.6 | 34 | 24.5 | 20.6 | 48.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 27.2 | 2,099 | 2.51 | 39.7 | 32.2 | 994 | |
| 2 | Barkly | 7,239 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 30 | 49.9 | 66.6 | 30.3 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 10.2 | 1,471 | 2.99 | 46.5 | 9.1 | 670 | |
| 3 | Belyuen | 166 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 32 | 85.8 | 109.0 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 717 | 3.22 | 89.7 | 28.9 | 471 | |
| 4 | Central Desert | 4,126 | 8.9 | 6.0 | 28 | 76.5 | 79.2 | 24.1 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 6.4 | 1,251 | 3.78 | 59.6 | 5.6 | 524 | |
| 5 | Coomalie | 1,421 | 4.7 | 23.5 | 51 | 6.2 | 20.0 | 24.7 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 10.5 | 1,134 | 2.15 | 19.2 | 4.1 | 909 | |
| 6 | Darwin | 85,465 | 6.3 | 11.0 | 35 | 30.7 | 8.7 | 50.1 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 33.2 | 2,229 | 2.52 | 45.8 | 48.4 | 1027 | |
| 7 | Darwin Waterfront Precinct | 282 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 37 | 25.8 | 3.3 | 76.4 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 50.9 | 2,311 | 1.71 | 77.7 | 100.0 | 1117 | |
| 8 | East Arnhem | 10,011 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 28 | 88.8 | 89.8 | 14.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 1,398 | 5.26 | 72.6 | 7.8 | 486 | |
| 9 | Katherine | 10,829 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 33 | 18.4 | 25.6 | 45.8 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 17.2 | 1,867 | 2.60 | 43.7 | 16.8 | 961 | |
| 10 | Litchfield | 23,415 | 5.3 | 11.8 | 39 | 6.1 | 12.4 | 30.4 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 12.0 | 2,269 | 2.76 | 16.8 | 3.5 | 1030 | |
| 11 | MacDonnell | 6,706 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 30 | 69.1 | 85.6 | 20.0 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 1,283 | 3.37 | 51.2 | 6.1 | 566 | |
| 12 | Palmerston | 41,113 | 8.9 | 6.4 | 31 | 18.0 | 13.0 | 51.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 17.6 | 2,269 | 2.72 | 41.9 | 25.7 | 1009 | |
| 13 | Roper Gulf | 7,491 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 29 | 64.5 | 75.2 | 18.8 | 7.3 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 1,397 | 3.31 | 40.2 | 9.0 | 534 | |
| 14 | Tiwi Islands | 2,747 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 30 | 82.1 | 86.4 | 13.2 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 5.4 | 737 | 3.29 | 73.9 | 15.1 | 564 | |
| 15 | Unincorporated NT | 7,713 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 35 | 14.0 | 10.6 | 48.9 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 18.0 | 2,016 | 2.30 | 39.9 | 21.1 | 1044 | |
| 16 | Victoria Daly | 3,295 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 27 | 55.0 | 65.4 | 28.7 | 9.5 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 1,267 | 3.16 | 44.3 | 11.4 | 590 | |
| 17 | Wagait | 464 | 4.0 | 26.4 | 52 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 26.7 | 8.0 | 4.4 | 22.0 | 1,368 | 2.05 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 985 | |
| 18 | West Arnhem | 7,407 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 28 | 78.0 | 81.2 | 19.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 6.6 | 1,628 | 3.94 | 58.2 | 11.7 | 530 | |
| 19 | West Daly | 3,426 | 7.2 | 3.3 | 26 | 84.3 | 88.3 | 14.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 883 | 5.33 | 74.5 | 15.1 | 439 | |
| 20 | Total State | 252,529 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 33 | 32.4 | 26.3 | 42.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 21.5 | 2,015 | 2.74 | 42.4 | 29.2 | 922 | |
Source:
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Population Growth, Australia (3218.0) (opens a new window).
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021(opens a new window).
More detailed data notes are available in the data notes section.