160 —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 111
- 2021: 160
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Anatye · Suburb / Locality
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
More than half of the 160 people in Anatye have never been married. This is a very young community where the typical resident is just 23, making it far younger than the rest of the Northern Territory.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Anatye — lower than 51% of areas.
| Anatye | 160 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 14,676 |
| Northern Territory | 232,605 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical resident is 23 years old, which is far younger than the Northern Territory's figure of 33 and the national average of 38.
160 —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
23 yrs —
Younger than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 28.1% of the population, well above the national figure of 18.2%. This helps explain why seniors are so few here, at just 1.9%, which is far below the Australian average.
1.9% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
28.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Anatye splits fairly evenly between Children (0–14) (26%) and Young adults (25–44) (26%), with Youth (15–24) at 25%.
First Nations identity and marital status.
Indigenous identity is very strong in Anatye, where 41.9% of people are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, far above the national figure of 3.2%. De facto relationships are also more common here than in most other areas.
41.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
14.9% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
In Anatye, the largest group is Never married at 49%, followed by Married (35%) and Divorced (9%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Anatye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70010/anatye/topic/demographics-identity