2016 Census QuickStats

People — demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Male	11,619	49.0	118,570	51.8	11,546,638	49.3
Female	12,110	51.0	110,266	48.2	11,855,248	50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people	4,306	18.1	58,248	25.5	649,171	2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 23,726 people in Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities). Of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 18.1% of the population.

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Age	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Median age	34	--	32	--	38	--
0-4 years	1,760	7.4	17,630	7.7	1,464,779	6.3
5-9 years	1,753	7.4	16,822	7.4	1,502,646	6.4
10-14 years	1,510	6.4	15,029	6.6	1,397,183	6.0
15-19 years	1,364	5.7	14,077	6.2	1,421,595	6.1
20-24 years	1,331	5.6	16,644	7.3	1,566,793	6.7
25-29 years	2,054	8.7	21,707	9.5	1,664,602	7.1
30-34 years	2,144	9.0	21,329	9.3	1,703,847	7.3
35-39 years	1,769	7.5	18,012	7.9	1,561,679	6.7
40-44 years	1,721	7.3	16,615	7.3	1,583,257	6.8
45-49 years	1,806	7.6	16,456	7.2	1,581,455	6.8
50-54 years	1,737	7.3	14,854	6.5	1,523,551	6.5
55-59 years	1,599	6.7	12,886	5.6	1,454,332	6.2
60-64 years	1,263	5.3	10,407	4.5	1,299,397	5.6
65-69 years	807	3.4	7,364	3.2	1,188,999	5.1
70-74 years	485	2.0	4,300	1.9	887,716	3.8
75-79 years	289	1.2	2,516	1.1	652,657	2.8
80-84 years	182	0.8	1,258	0.5	460,549	2.0
85 years and over	156	0.7	938	0.4	486,842	2.1

The median age of people in Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities) was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

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Registered marital status People aged 15 years and over	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Married	7,853	42.0	78,333	43.7	9,148,218	48.1
Separated	681	3.6	6,046	3.4	608,059	3.2
Divorced	1,516	8.1	13,442	7.5	1,626,890	8.5
Widowed	674	3.6	5,622	3.1	985,204	5.2
Never married	7,978	42.7	75,917	42.3	6,668,910	35.0

Of people in Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities) aged 15 years and over, 42.0% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status People aged 15 years and over	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Registered marriage	6,046	40.9	58,583	41.4	8,001,141	47.7
De facto marriage	2,318	15.7	22,537	15.9	1,751,731	10.4
Not married	6,426	43.4	60,345	42.7	7,024,973	41.9

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), of people aged 15 years and over, 40.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.7% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Preschool	370	4.4	3,707	4.6	347,621	4.8
Primary - Government	1,203	14.3	15,160	18.6	1,314,787	18.2
Primary - Catholic	353	4.2	2,632	3.2	380,604	5.3
Primary - other non Government	492	5.9	2,570	3.2	231,490	3.2
Secondary - Government	445	5.3	8,233	10.1	827,505	11.5
Secondary - Catholic	379	4.5	2,070	2.5	338,384	4.7
Secondary - other non Government	623	7.4	2,911	3.6	280,618	3.9
Technical or further education institution	388	4.6	3,045	3.7	424,869	5.9
University or tertiary institution	884	10.5	8,054	9.9	1,160,626	16.1
Other	208	2.5	1,655	2.0	198,383	2.8
Not stated	3,048	36.3	31,342	38.5	1,707,023	23.7

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 35.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.4% were in primary school, 17.2% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment People aged 15 years and over	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Bachelor Degree level and above	4,104	22.0	30,711	17.1	4,181,406	22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level	1,576	8.4	12,854	7.2	1,687,893	8.9
Certificate level IV	721	3.9	6,391	3.6	551,767	2.9
Certificate level III	2,298	12.3	23,200	12.9	2,442,203	12.8
Year 12	2,264	12.1	22,743	12.7	2,994,097	15.7
Year 11	1,109	5.9	10,854	6.1	941,531	4.9
Year 10	1,590	8.5	17,509	9.8	2,054,331	10.8
Certificate level II	16	0.1	226	0.1	13,454	0.1
Certificate level I	10	0.1	128	0.1	2,176	0.0
Year 9 or below	1,357	7.3	15,473	8.6	1,529,897	8.0
No educational attainment	171	0.9	1,870	1.0	145,844	0.8
Not stated	3,038	16.2	33,298	18.6	1,974,794	10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 12.1% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 16.2% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 8.4% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

2011 benchmarks are not available for this data item.

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People — cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Australia	15,205	64.2	157,531	68.8	15,614,835	66.7
Other top responses

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Both parents born overseas	6,681	28.2	54,687	23.9	8,051,196	34.4
Father only born overseas	1,279	5.4	10,761	4.7	1,488,092	6.4
Mother only born overseas	1,050	4.4	9,473	4.1	1,094,591	4.7
Both parents born in Australia	11,709	49.3	124,021	54.2	11,070,538	47.3

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 49.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%

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Religious affiliation, top responses	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%

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Language, top responses (other than English)	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%

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People — employment

Employment People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Worked full-time	8,895	71.4	74,100	67.1	6,623,065	57.7
Worked part-time	2,411	19.4	21,493	19.5	3,491,503	30.4
Away from work	733	5.9	7,112	6.4	569,276	5.0
Unemployed	420	3.4	7,685	7.0	787,452	6.9

There were 12,459 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities). Of these 71.4% were employed full time, 19.4% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked Employed people aged 15 years and over	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
1-15 hours per week	749	6.2	6,735	6.6	1,218,823	11.4
16-24 hours per week	639	5.3	6,327	6.2	1,079,236	10.1
25-34 hours per week	1,029	8.5	8,431	8.2	1,193,445	11.2
35-39 hours per week	3,147	26.1	22,238	21.7	2,031,263	19.0
40 hours or more per week	5,749	47.7	51,864	50.5	4,591,801	43.0

Of employed people in Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 6.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation Employed people aged 15 years and over	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%

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Industry of employment, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%

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Median weekly incomes People aged 15 years and over	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Personal	997	--	871	--	662	--
Family	2,250	--	2,105	--	1,734	--
Household	1,926	--	1,983	--	1,438	--

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities) was $997.

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Travel to work, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%

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Unpaid work People aged 15 years and over	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Did unpaid domestic work (last week)	12,222	65.3	115,473	64.4	13,143,914	69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks)	4,988	26.7	52,717	29.4	5,259,400	27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks)	1,551	8.3	16,056	9.0	2,145,203	11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months)	4,123	22.0	30,716	17.1	3,620,726	19.0

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours People aged 15 years and over	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Less than 5 hours per week	4,194	22.4	40,921	22.8	4,298,593	22.6
5 to 14 hours per week	5,122	27.4	46,081	25.7	4,944,578	26.0
15 to 29 hours per week	1,804	9.6	17,083	9.5	2,189,776	11.5
30 hours or more per week	1,097	5.9	11,386	6.3	1,710,970	9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.9% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families — family composition

Family composition	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Couple family without children	1,963	36.4	18,138	35.2	2,291,987	37.8
Couple family with children	2,424	44.9	23,815	46.2	2,716,224	44.7
One parent family	907	16.8	8,558	16.6	959,543	15.8
Other family	99	1.8	1,014	2.0	102,559	1.7

Of the families in Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 44.9% were couple families with children, 36.4% were couple families without children and 16.8% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Male	--	16.6	--	20.5	--	18.2
Female	--	83.4	--	79.5	--	81.8

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 16.6% of single parents were male and 83.4% were female.

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Families — employment status of couple families

Employment status of parents in couple families Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Both employed, worked full-time	1,704	39.0	13,833	33.0	1,084,006	21.6
Both employed, worked part-time	121	2.8	1,215	2.9	203,596	4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time	798	18.2	6,638	15.8	1,086,460	21.7
One employed full-time, other not working	554	12.7	6,174	14.7	749,886	15.0
One employed part-time, other not working	111	2.5	1,677	4.0	302,037	6.0
Both not working	355	8.1	6,100	14.5	1,006,697	20.1
Other (includes away from work)	278	6.4	2,884	6.9	264,145	5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family)	453	10.4	3,429	8.2	311,381	6.2

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), of couple families with children, 39.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 18.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Dwellings — dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Occupied private dwellings	7,730	85.7	65,053	85.9	8,286,073	88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings	1,288	14.3	10,717	14.1	1,039,874	11.2

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 85.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.3% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure Occupied private dwellings	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Separate house	4,791	62.0	43,100	66.3	6,041,788	72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc	2,129	27.5	7,844	12.1	1,055,016	12.7
Flat or apartment	300	3.9	11,374	17.5	1,087,434	13.1
Other dwelling	450	5.8	2,166	3.3	64,425	0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 62.0% were separate houses, 27.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flat or apartments and 5.8% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms Occupied private dwellings	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
None (includes bedsitters)	107	1.4	874	1.3	39,769	0.5
1 bedroom	603	7.8	4,871	7.5	411,252	5.0
2 bedrooms	1,646	21.3	14,306	22.0	1,562,759	18.9
3 bedrooms	3,402	44.0	27,598	42.4	3,403,190	41.1
4 or more bedrooms	1,695	21.9	15,039	23.1	2,670,758	32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated	278	3.6	2,369	3.6	198,351	2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling	2.9	--	2.9	--	3.1	--
Average number of people per household	2.6	--	2.9	--	2.6	--

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), of occupied private dwellings 7.8% had 1 bedroom, 21.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

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Tenure Occupied private dwellings	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Owned outright	1,206	15.6	9,957	15.3	2,565,695	31.0
Owned with a mortgage	2,738	35.4	19,247	29.6	2,855,222	34.5
Rented	3,439	44.5	32,737	50.3	2,561,302	30.9
Other tenure type	53	0.7	575	0.9	78,994	1.0
Tenure type not stated	290	3.8	2,545	3.9	224,869	2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 15.6% were owned outright, 35.4% were owned with a mortgage and 44.5% were rented.

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Dwellings — household composition

Household composition	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Family households	5,223	67.6	47,400	72.8	5,907,625	71.3
Single (or lone) person households	2,073	26.8	14,228	21.9	2,023,542	24.4
Group households	432	5.6	3,438	5.3	354,917	4.3

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), of all households, 67.6% were family households, 26.8% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

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Household income	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Less than $650 gross weekly income	--	12.5	--	12.6	--	20.0
More than $3000 gross weekly income	--	22.0	--	25.8	--	16.4

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 12.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 22.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Dwellings — mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Rent weekly payments	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Median rent	350	--	315	--	335	--
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income	--	90.3	--	90.9	--	88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income	--	9.7	--	9.1	--	11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and excluding the small proportion of visitor-only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion.

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Mortgage monthly repayments	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Median mortgage repayments	1,950	--	2,167	--	1,755	--
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income	--	94.4	--	94.5	--	92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income	--	5.6	--	5.5	--	7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion.

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Dwellings — number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
None	608	7.9	6,948	10.7	623,829	7.5
1 motor vehicle	2,793	36.1	20,562	31.6	2,881,485	34.8
2 motor vehicles	2,625	34.0	22,357	34.4	2,999,184	36.2
3 or more vehicles	1,316	17.0	11,813	18.2	1,496,382	18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated	388	5.0	3,389	5.2	285,197	3.4

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 36.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Dwellings — internet connection

Dwelling internet connection	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Internet not accessed from dwelling	1,215	15.7	10,972	16.9	1,172,415	14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling	6,205	80.3	51,392	79.0	6,892,165	83.2
Not stated	305	3.9	2,698	4.1	221,494	2.7

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 80.3% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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People characteristics - Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples

People characteristics Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Male	2,013	46.8	29,129	50.0	322,171	49.6
Female	2,290	53.2	29,118	50.0	326,996	50.4
Median age	28	--	25	--	23	--

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), 46.8% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 53.2% were female. The median age was 28 years.

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Dwelling characteristics - Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling characteristics Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Average number of people per household	3.1	--	4	--	3.2	--
Average number of persons per bedroom	1.1	--	1.5	--	1	--
Median weekly household income	1,298	--	1,225	--	1,203	--

There has been change in methodology used to calculate the average number of persons per bedroom. To compare the time series for average number of persons per bedroom please refer to Understanding the Census and Census Data

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1 persons, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,298.

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Mortgage and rent Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	Alice Springs	%	Northern Territory	%	Australia	%
Median weekly rent	200	--	97	--	250	--
Median monthly mortgage repayments	1,950	--	2,167	--	1,660	--

In Alice Springs (Urban Centres and Localities), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.

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