Australian Demographic Profile
Desert Springs, NT 0870
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~1,522
Median age
37
Median income
High
$1,500-$1,749/wk
Top profile
High-earning
34%
Profile composition (top three)
- High-earning professionals34%
- Established partnered households20%
- Trades and technical workers15%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~1,522
- Sex split
- F 51% / M 49%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 38%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)21%
- Young adults (15-24)9.0%
- Early career (25-39)26%
- Mid career (40-59)28%
- Senior (60+)16%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Desert Springs: High ($1,500-$1,749/wk).
- No / not stated32%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)5.7%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)27%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)27%
- Very high ($3k+)9.0%
Top occupations
- Professionals30%
- Managers19%
- Clerical and Administrative Workers14%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to NT and Australia
| Desert Springs | NT avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 32 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 38% | 9.8% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →