Timber Creek Demographics (NT) Local Stats

Timber Creek (0852) is a suburb of Northern Territory, Katherine, Northern Territory. It is about 356 kms from NT's capital city of Darwin. Timber Creek is in the federal electorate of Lingiari.

In the 2011 census the population of Timber Creek was 231 and is comprised of approximately 46.3% females and 53.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Timber Creek is 30 years of age.

91.8% of people living in the suburb of Timber Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.3% England.

69.8% of people living in Timber Creek speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 24.1% Australian Indigenous Languages , 6.0% Language spoken at home not stated.

The religious makeup of Timber Creek is 37.0% No religion, 18.3% Baptist, 10.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 10.0% Catholic, 8.3% Anglican, 6.1% Pentecostal, 3.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.0% Christian, nfd, 2.2% Lutheran, 1.3% Uniting Church.

38.8% of people are married, 47.3% have never married and 4.2% are divorced and 6.1% are separated. There are 6 widowed people living in Timber Creek.

41.8% of the people living in Timber Creek over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.7% are working on a part time basis. Timber Creek has an unemployment rate of 9.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Timber Creek are 19.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 17.2% Professionals, 16.1% Labourers, 16.1% Technicians & trades workers, 10.8% Managers, 10.8% Community & personal service workers, 6.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 3.2% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Timber Creek work in are 31.9% Public administration and safety, 16.5% Other services, 13.2% Inadequately described/Not stated, 8.8% Education and training, 6.6% Arts and recreation services, 6.6% Accommodation and food services, 6.6% Retail trade, 3.3% Construction, 3.3% Health care and social assistance.

19.4% of homes are fully owned, and 0.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 67.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $522 per week and the median household income is $1281 per week.

The median rent in Timber Creek is $20 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $0 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Timber Creek postcode 0852