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2016 Katherine, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics

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 		Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Male 3,222 51.1 118,570 51.8 11,546,638 49.3
Female 3,081 48.9 110,266 48.2 11,855,248 50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 1,603 25.4 58,248 25.5 649,171 2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 6,303 people in Katherine. Of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 25.4% of the population.

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Age Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median age 32 -- 32 -- 38 --
0-4 years 536 8.5 17,630 7.7 1,464,779 6.3
5-9 years 437 6.9 16,822 7.4 1,502,646 6.4
10-14 years 421 6.7 15,029 6.6 1,397,183 6.0
15-19 years 398 6.3 14,077 6.2 1,421,595 6.1
20-24 years 428 6.8 16,644 7.3 1,566,793 6.7
25-29 years 607 9.6 21,707 9.5 1,664,602 7.1
30-34 years 554 8.8 21,329 9.3 1,703,847 7.3
35-39 years 444 7.0 18,012 7.9 1,561,679 6.7
40-44 years 368 5.8 16,615 7.3 1,583,257 6.8
45-49 years 442 7.0 16,456 7.2 1,581,455 6.8
50-54 years 439 6.9 14,854 6.5 1,523,551 6.5
55-59 years 348 5.5 12,886 5.6 1,454,332 6.2
60-64 years 347 5.5 10,407 4.5 1,299,397 5.6
65-69 years 224 3.5 7,364 3.2 1,188,999 5.1
70-74 years 155 2.5 4,300 1.9 887,716 3.8
75-79 years 97 1.5 2,516 1.1 652,657 2.8
80-84 years 41 0.6 1,258 0.5 460,549 2.0
85 years and over 38 0.6 938 0.4 486,842 2.1

The median age of people in Katherine was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.8% of the population.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over 		Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Married 1,912 38.9 78,333 43.7 9,148,218 48.1
Separated 188 3.8 6,046 3.4 608,059 3.2
Divorced 411 8.4 13,442 7.5 1,626,890 8.5
Widowed 161 3.3 5,622 3.1 985,204 5.2
Never married 2,242 45.6 75,917 42.3 6,668,910 35.0

Of people in Katherine aged 15 years and over, 38.9% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over 		Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 1,282 37.4 58,583 41.4 8,001,141 47.7
De facto marriage 666 19.4 22,537 15.9 1,751,731 10.4
Not married 1,479 43.2 60,345 42.7 7,024,973 41.9

In Katherine, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.4% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Preschool 105 4.1 3,707 4.6 347,621 4.8
Primary - Government 397 15.6 15,160 18.6 1,314,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 61 2.4 2,632 3.2 380,604 5.3
Primary - other non Government 24 0.9 2,570 3.2 231,490 3.2
Secondary - Government 276 10.8 8,233 10.1 827,505 11.5
Secondary - Catholic 62 2.4 2,070 2.5 338,384 4.7
Secondary - other non Government 13 0.5 2,911 3.6 280,618 3.9
Technical or further education institution 76 3.0 3,045 3.7 424,869 5.9
University or tertiary institution 170 6.7 8,054 9.9 1,160,626 16.1
Other 39 1.5 1,655 2.0 198,383 2.8
Not stated 1,325 52.0 31,342 38.5 1,707,023 23.7

In Katherine 40.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.0% were in primary school, 13.9% in secondary school and 9.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over 		Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 685 13.9 30,711 17.1 4,181,406 22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 384 7.8 12,854 7.2 1,687,893 8.9
Certificate level IV 171 3.5 6,391 3.6 551,767 2.9
Certificate level III 567 11.5 23,200 12.9 2,442,203 12.8
Year 12 460 9.4 22,743 12.7 2,994,097 15.7
Year 11 286 5.8 10,854 6.1 941,531 4.9
Year 10 525 10.7 17,509 9.8 2,054,331 10.8
Certificate level II 3 0.1 226 0.1 13,454 0.1
Certificate level I 0 0.0 128 0.1 2,176 0.0
Year 9 or below 382 7.8 15,473 8.6 1,529,897 8.0
No educational attainment 37 0.8 1,870 1.0 145,844 0.8
Not stated 1,317 26.8 33,298 18.6 1,974,794 10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Katherine, 9.4% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 15.1% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 7.8% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australian 2,468 30.8 65,433 22.4 7,298,243 23.3
English 1,487 18.6 54,967 18.8 7,852,224 25.0
Irish 437 5.5 18,469 6.3 2,388,058 7.6
Scottish 426 5.3 14,971 5.1 2,023,470 6.4
Australian Aboriginal 417 5.2 37,562 12.8 144,173 0.5

The most common ancestries in Katherine were Australian 30.8%, English 18.6%, Irish 5.5%, Scottish 5.3% and Australian Aboriginal 5.2%.

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 Katherine (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australia 4,157 66.2 157,531 68.8 15,614,835 66.7
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
Philippines 182 2.9 5,914 2.6 232,386 1.0
New Zealand 114 1.8 4,636 2.0 518,466 2.2
England 107 1.7 5,583 2.4 907,570 3.9
India 91 1.4 3,598 1.6 455,389 1.9
Nepal 35 0.6 1,126 0.5 54,754 0.2

In Katherine, 66.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 2.9%, New Zealand 1.8%, England 1.7%, India 1.4% and Nepal 0.6%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 1,030 16.3 54,687 23.9 8,051,196 34.4
Father only born overseas 243 3.9 10,761 4.7 1,488,092 6.4
Mother only born overseas 221 3.5 9,473 4.1 1,094,591 4.7
Both parents born in Australia 3,465 54.9 124,021 54.2 11,070,538 47.3

In Katherine, 54.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australia 3,742 59.4 134,515 58.8 12,231,150 52.3
England 200 3.2 9,028 3.9 1,403,096 6.0
Philippines 184 2.9 6,443 2.8 270,177 1.2
New Zealand 135 2.1 5,712 2.5 617,331 2.6
India 118 1.9 4,735 2.1 616,939 2.6

In Katherine, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 59.4%, England 3.2%, Philippines 2.9%, New Zealand 2.1% and India 1.9%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australia 3,739 59.5 135,595 59.3 12,643,365 54.0
Philippines 217 3.5 7,492 3.3 325,049 1.4
England 191 3.0 8,560 3.7 1,302,147 5.6
New Zealand 142 2.3 5,569 2.4 608,329 2.6
India 120 1.9 4,661 2.0 605,777 2.6

In Katherine, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 59.5%, Philippines 3.5%, England 3.0%, New Zealand 2.3% and India 1.9%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
No Religion, so described 1,961 31.1 67,176 29.4 6,933,708 29.6
Not stated 1,518 24.1 36,642 16.0 2,238,735 9.6
Catholic 1,100 17.4 45,843 20.0 5,291,834 22.6
Anglican 581 9.2 19,234 8.4 3,101,185 13.3
Baptist 177 2.8 5,101 2.2 345,142 1.5

The most common responses for religion in Katherine were No Religion, so described 31.1%, Not stated 24.1%, Catholic 17.4%, Anglican 9.2% and Baptist 2.8%. In Katherine, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (53.5%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English) Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Kriol 222 3.5 4,390 1.9 7,155 0.0
Tagalog 95 1.5 2,994 1.3 111,273 0.5
Malayalam 57 0.9 1,274 0.6 53,206 0.2
Filipino 56 0.9 2,045 0.9 71,220 0.3
Warlpiri 49 0.8 2,171 0.9 2,304 0.0
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English only spoken at home 4,036 64.3 132,634 58.0 17,020,417 72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken 344 13.9 19,395 24.4 1,971,011 22.2

In Katherine 64.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 3.5%, Tagalog 1.5%, Malayalam 0.9%, Filipino 0.9% and Warlpiri 0.8%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over 		Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 1,962 71.4 74,100 67.1 6,623,065 57.7
Worked part-time 465 16.9 21,493 19.5 3,491,503 30.4
Away from work 197 7.2 7,112 6.4 569,276 5.0
Unemployed 123 4.5 7,685 7.0 787,452 6.9

There were 2,747 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Katherine. Of these 71.4% were employed full time, 16.9% were employed part-time and 4.5% 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 		Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 151 5.8 6,735 6.6 1,218,823 11.4
16-24 hours per week 113 4.3 6,327 6.2 1,079,236 10.1
25-34 hours per week 196 7.5 8,431 8.2 1,193,445 11.2
35-39 hours per week 661 25.3 22,238 21.7 2,031,263 19.0
40 hours or more per week 1,304 49.9 51,864 50.5 4,591,801 43.0

Of employed people in Katherine, 5.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Professionals 522 19.9 20,654 20.1 2,370,966 22.2
Community and Personal Service Workers 454 17.3 14,178 13.8 1,157,003 10.8
Technicians and Trades Workers 379 14.5 16,189 15.8 1,447,414 13.5
Clerical and Administrative Workers 342 13.0 14,102 13.7 1,449,681 13.6
Managers 296 11.3 12,515 12.2 1,390,047 13.0
Labourers 260 9.9 9,642 9.4 1,011,520 9.5
Sales Workers 178 6.8 7,021 6.8 1,000,955 9.4
Machinery Operators and Drivers 133 5.1 5,880 5.7 670,106 6.3

The most common occupations in Katherine included Professionals 19.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Managers 11.3%, Labourers 9.9%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 5.1%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Defence 156 6.0 4,796 4.7 75,462 0.7
Other Social Assistance Services 119 4.6 1,668 1.6 158,230 1.5
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 117 4.5 3,359 3.3 411,808 3.9
Primary Education 115 4.4 2,886 2.8 231,198 2.2
State Government Administration 113 4.3 6,335 6.2 158,980 1.5

Of the employed people in Katherine, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 6.0%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.6%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 4.5%, Primary Education 4.4% and State Government Administration 4.3%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over 		Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Personal 875 -- 871 -- 662 --
Family 1,985 -- 2,105 -- 1,734 --
Household 1,731 -- 1,983 -- 1,438 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Katherine was $875.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Car, as driver 1,718 65.9 61,874 60.3 6,574,571 61.5
Car, as passenger 211 8.1 6,947 6.8 489,922 4.6
Walked only 186 7.1 8,683 8.5 370,427 3.5
Worked at home 78 3.0 2,653 2.6 503,582 4.7
Bicycle 69 2.6 2,552 2.5 107,756 1.0
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People who travelled to work by public transport 16 0.6 6,555 6.4 1,225,668 11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 1,949 74.4 70,991 69.1 7,305,271 68.4

In Katherine, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.9%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Walked only 7.1%, Worked at home 3.0% and Bicycle 2.6%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over 		Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 2,743 55.8 115,473 64.4 13,143,914 69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 1,159 23.6 52,717 29.4 5,259,400 27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 328 6.7 16,056 9.0 2,145,203 11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 767 15.6 30,716 17.1 3,620,726 19.0

In Katherine, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 6.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.6% 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 		Katherine % Katherine Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 1,007 20.5 40,921 22.8 4,298,593 22.6
5 to 14 hours per week 1,081 22.0 46,081 25.7 4,944,578 26.0
15 to 29 hours per week 381 7.8 17,083 9.5 2,189,776 11.5
30 hours or more per week 278 5.7 11,386 6.3 1,710,970 9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Katherine, 22.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.7% worked 30 hours or more.

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