Australian Demographic Profile

McArthur, NT 0852

Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.

Population

~319

Median age

37

Median income

Mid

$500-$649/wk

Top profile

Young

63%

Profile composition (top three)

  • Young singles and non-workers63%
  • Retired and semi-retired27%
  • Trades and technical workers3.0%

Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.

Population overview

Synthetic individuals
~319
Sex split
F 45% / M 55%
Tertiary-qualified
1.3%

Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.

Age structure

  • Children (0-14)12%
  • Young adults (15-24)17%
  • Early career (25-39)27%
  • Mid career (40-59)26%
  • Senior (60+)19%

Income distribution

Median individual income bracket in McArthur: Mid ($500-$649/wk).

  • No / not stated64%
  • Low ($1-$499/wk)16%
  • Mid ($500-$1.5k)16%
  • High ($1.5k-$3k)2.3%
  • Very high ($3k+)2.0%

Top occupations

  1. Managers29%
  2. Labourers26%
  3. Machinery Operators and Drivers17%

Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.

Compared to NT and Australia

 McArthurNT avgAUS avg
Median age373242
Tertiary-qualified1.3%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 →

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