POPULATION TRENDS IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
A SNAPSHOT OF THE NT DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
Mark McCrindleNorthern Territory Population Summit
Tuesday 2 August 2016
21.5m
AUSTRALIA IN 2011
24.1m
AUSTRALIA TODAY
24.1m 12%
AUSTRALIA TODAY
NORTHERN TERRITORY
NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 2011
Population 2011211,945
NORTHERN TERRITORY TODAY
Population 2016245,217
NORTHERN TERRITORY TODAY
Population 2016245,217
16%
NT POPULATION INCREASE FROM 2006 TO 2011
Population 2006192,898
NT POPULATION INCREASE FROM 2006 TO 2011
Population 2006192,898
Population 2011211,945
NT POPULATION INCREASE FROM 2006 TO 2011
Population 2006192,898
Population 2011211,94510
%
27mAUSTRALIA IN 2025
27mNT Population 2025287,923
AUSTRALIA IN 2025
27mNT Population 2025287,923
42,703
AUSTRALIA IN 2025
NORTHERN TERRITORY
-0.5%
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
Year ended June
Northern Territory
Australia
Natural Increase
Net Overseas Migration
Net Interstate Migration
TASSANSWACTNTWAQLDVIC
POPULATION INCREASE: ALL STATES
Natural Increase
Net Overseas Migration
Net Interstate Migration
TASSANSWACTNTWAQLDVIC
POPULATION INCREASE: ALL STATES
Natural Increase
Net Overseas Migration
Net Interstate Migration
TASSANSWACTNTWAQLDVIC
POPULATION INCREASE: ALL STATES
Natural Increase
Net Overseas Migration
Net Interstate Migration
TASSANSWACTNTWAQLDVIC
POPULATION INCREASE: ALL STATES
MIGRATION
Natural Increase2833
Net Overseas Migration739
Interstate Migration2732
% OF STATE POPULATION LIVING IN CAPITAL
% OF STATE POPULATION LIVING IN CAPITAL
77%
Perth
% OF STATE POPULATION LIVING IN CAPITAL
76%
Melbourne
77%
Perth
% OF STATE POPULATION LIVING IN CAPITAL
65%
76%
Sydney Melbourne
77%
Perth
% OF STATE POPULATION LIVING IN CAPITAL
Darwin
65%
76%
Sydney Melbourne
77%
57%
Perth
% OF STATE POPULATION LIVING IN CAPITAL
Darwin
48%
65%
76%
Sydney Melbourne
77%
57%
PerthBrisbane
3/4 1/4AUSTRALIA
2/3 1/3NORTHERN TERRITORY
5 Yearsaverage tenure
5 Yearsaverage tenure
2 in 3unlikely to move back
MEDIAN AGE
Australia
37
MEDIAN AGE
Australia
37Darwin
33
MEDIAN AGE
Australia
37Darwin
33NT
31
FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT
Australia
59.7%
FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT
NT
66.9%Australia
59.7%
FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT
Darwin
69.4%NT
66.9%Australia
59.7%
WHERE ARE THE JOBS? UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
SA 6.9%TAS 6.5%QLD 6.4%VIC 5.8%WA 5.7%
NSW 5.2%NT 4.1%ACT 3.8%
Unemployment rate by state
MEDIAN HOUSE PRICE
Sydney $996,140Melbourne $803,290Canberra $642,970
Perth $584,110Brisbane $539,770Darwin $499,800
Adelaide $467,000Hobart $356,860
COST OF LIVING AFTER HOUSING
NT $1,755WA $1,755ACT $1,649QLD $1,245TAS $1,034SA $1,033VIC $844
NSW $764
Average income after housing
costs