Durack Demographics (NT) Local Stats

Durack (0830) is a suburb of Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory. It is about 14 kms from NT's capital city of Darwin. Durack is in the federal electorate of Solomon.

In the 2011 census the population of Durack was 2,875 and is comprised of approximately 48.7% females and 51.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Durack is 28 years of age.

78.9% of people living in the suburb of Durack were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.9% England, 1.9% New Zealand, 1.3% South Africa, 0.9% Philippines, 0.5% Germany, 0.5% Timor-Leste, 0.5% Bangladesh, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% United States of America, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.4% Thailand, 0.4% Sri Lanka, 0.3% Fiji.

86.5% of people living in Durack speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% Other, 0.9% Tagalog, 0.7% Other, 0.6% Bengali, 0.6% Greek, 0.5% Tamil, 0.5% Portuguese, 0.4% Australian Indigenous Languages .

The religious makeup of Durack is 29.0% No religion, 21.9% Catholic, 18.2% Anglican, 8.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.9% Uniting Church, 2.9% Baptist, 2.6% Christian, nfd, 2.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Buddhism, 1.5% Islam.

54.0% of people are married, 36.3% have never married and 5.6% are divorced and 2.6% are separated. There are 31 widowed people living in Durack.

71.5% of the people living in Durack over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 17.8% are working on a part time basis. Durack has an unemployment rate of 2.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Durack are 20.5% Community & personal service workers, 17.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.6% Professionals, 14.1% Managers, 13.5% Technicians & trades workers, 8.1% Sales workers, 6.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 4.1% Labourers, 1.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Durack work in are 36.0% Public administration and safety, 10.0% Retail trade, 9.0% Health care and social assistance, 6.6% Construction, 6.2% Education and training, 4.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 3.3% Accommodation and food services, 2.7% Other services.

8.3% of homes are fully owned, and 32.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 57.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1040 per week and the median household income is $2166 per week.

The median rent in Durack is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2600 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Durack postcode 0830