Ngukurr Demographics (NT) Local Stats

Ngukurr (0852) is a suburb of Northern Territory, Katherine, Northern Territory. It is about 490 kms from NT's capital city of Darwin. Ngukurr is in the federal electorate of Lingiari.

In the 2011 census the population of Ngukurr was 1,056 and is comprised of approximately 52.4% females and 47.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Ngukurr is 22 years of age.

98.0% of people living in the suburb of Ngukurr were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 0.3% England.

89.9% of people living in Ngukurr speak Australian Indigenous Languages . The other top languages spoken are 6.0% English only, 3.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.3% Other.

The religious makeup of Ngukurr is 62.0% Anglican, 14.4% No religion, 10.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.6% Catholic, 3.2% Uniting Church, 0.9% Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions, 0.9% Baptist, 0.7% Christian, nfd, 0.6% Pentecostal, 0.3% Other Protestant.

46.5% of people are married, 42.3% have never married and 3.4% are divorced and 4.4% are separated. There are 23 widowed people living in Ngukurr.

36.4% of the people living in Ngukurr over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 23.0% are working on a part time basis. Ngukurr has an unemployment rate of 33.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Ngukurr are 23.9% Community & personal service workers, 23.4% Professionals, 17.4% Labourers, 8.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 7.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.3% Managers, 6.0% Technicians & trades workers, 4.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Ngukurr work in are 46.6% Public administration and safety, 16.9% Education and training, 9.6% Health care and social assistance, 8.2% Retail trade, 6.4% Other services, 5.5% Inadequately described/Not stated, 3.7% Construction, 1.8% Administrative and support services, 1.4% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

0.0% of homes are fully owned, and 0.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 95.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $279 per week and the median household income is $1711 per week.

The median rent in Ngukurr is $75 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $0 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Ngukurr postcode 0852