Editing Alice Springs (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
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|footnote=Source: [[Australian Bureau of Statistics|ABS]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL712001|title=2021 Alice Springs, Census All persons QuickStats &#124; Australian Bureau of Statistics|website=abs.gov.au|accessdate=6 April 2023}}</ref> (Urban Centres and Localities)
|2001 | 23384
|2006 | 21622
|2011 | 24208
|2016 | 23726
|2021 | 24855
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According to the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]] of population, there were 24,855 people in the Alice Springs Urban Area.<ref name="census21">{{cite web |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/UCL712001|title=Alice Springs- 2021 Census Community Profiles |access-date=24 January 2023}}</ref>
* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 21.2% of the population.
* 66.7% of people were born in Australia, 3.9% in India, 3.3% in New Zealand, 2.7% in the United States, 2.4% in England, and 2.3% in the Philippines.
* 67.6% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included [[Arrernte language|Arrernte]] 1.8%, [[Malayalam]] 1.8%, [[Punjabi Australians|Punjabi]] 1.7%, [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] 1.1% and Warlpiri 1.1%.
* 51.6% of the population was [[Irreligion in Australia|irreligious]] in 2021. The largest religious groups included [[Christianity in Australia|Christianity]] (41.1%), [[Hinduism in Australia|Hinduism]] (2.5%), [[Sikhism in Australia|Sikhism]] (1.5%), [[Buddhism in Australia|Buddhism]] (1.5%), and [[Islam in Australia|Islam]] (1.1%).<ref name="census21"/>[[File:John Flynn Memorial Church, Alice Springs, 2015.JPG|thumb|John Flynn Memorial Church]]

===Aboriginal population===
As Alice Springs is the regional hub of Central Australia, it attracts Aboriginal people from all over that region and well beyond. Many Aboriginal people visit regularly to use the town's services. Aboriginal residents usually live in the suburbs, on special purpose leases (or [[Alice Springs town camps|town camps]]), or further out at [[Amoonguna]] to the south and on the small family outstation communities on Aboriginal lands in surrounding areas.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

The traditional owners of the Alice Springs area are the [[Central Arrernte]] people.<ref>[http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/alice-springs-community/indigenous Alice Springs Community – Indigenous Services] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522013704/http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/alice-springs-community/indigenous |date=22 May 2014 }}, ''Alice Springs Town Council''</ref> As it is the largest town in central Australia, there are also speakers of [[Warlpiri language|Warlpiri]], [[Warumungu language|Warumungu]], [[Kaytetye language|Kaytetye]], [[Alyawarre]], [[Luritja]], [[Pintupi]], [[Pitjantjatjara language|Pitjantjatjara]], [[Yankunytjatjara language|Yankunytjatjara]], [[Ngaanyatjarra]], [[Pertame]], [[Eastern Arrernte|Eastern]], and [[Western Arrernte]] among others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/about_alice/aboriginal.asp |title=Alice Springs – Aboriginal Culture |publisher=Alice Springs Town Council |date=8 June 2006 |access-date=25 November 2006|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061218024623/http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/about_alice/aboriginal.asp |archive-date = 18 December 2006}}</ref>

===Foreign and itinerant populations===

====American population====
[[File:PineGap-sign.jpg|thumb|Prohibited Area sign on the road to Pine Gap]]

[[Americans]] have lived in Alice Springs continuously since the establishment of the United States Air Force Detachment&nbsp;421, in 1954. Currently located on Schwarz Crescent, it is part of a joint American–Australian project called the Joint Geological and Geographical Research Station (JGGRS). The unit is locally known as "Det 421" or "The Det" and has sponsored as many as 25 American families to live as temporary residents of the Alice Springs district.

To mark the longstanding friendship with the community, on 1 July 1995, the Alice Springs Town Council granted Detachment&nbsp;421 honorary [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of Entry]] to Alice Springs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Seventh Council 1992-1996|url=http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/council/council-history/seventh-council-1992-1996|website=www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au|publisher=Alice Springs Council|access-date=13 June 2017|language=en|date=18 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623133359/http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/council/council-history/seventh-council-1992-1996|archive-date=23 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the early 1970s, the majority of the American population in Alice Springs has been associated with proximity to [[Pine Gap]], a joint Australian-US satellite tracking station, located {{convert|19|km|mi}} south-west of Alice Springs, that employs about 700 Americans and Australians.

Currently, 2,000 residents of the Alice Springs district hold American citizenship. Many of these, joined by some Australians, celebrate major American public holidays, including the [[Independence Day (United States)|4th of July]] and [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]]. Americans in Alice Springs are also known to participate in a variety of associations and sporting teams, including baseball, basketball and soccer competitions.<ref name="The American Connection">{{Cite web|url=http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/about_alice/american.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406081824/http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/about_alice/american.asp|url-status=dead|title=The American Connection|archivedate=6 April 2005|accessdate=6 April 2023}}</ref>

====Other cultures====
Several small immigrant communities of other foreign cultures have found a home in Alice Springs, including Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, Sudanese and [[Indian people|Indian ethnic groups]]. The most obvious impact of their presence in such a small and isolated town has been the opening of various restaurants serving their traditional cuisines.

====Itinerant population====
Alice Springs has a large [[wikt:itinerant|itinerant]] population. This population is generally composed of foreign and Australian tourists, Aboriginal Australians visiting from nearby [[Central Australia]]n communities, and Australian or international workers on short-term contracts (colloquially referred to as "blow-ins"). The major sources of work that recruit workers into town are the stations, mines, healthcare and law enforcement. Foreign tourists usually pass through on their way to [[Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park]], whilst Australian tourists usually come through as a part of an event such as the [[Masters Games]] and the [[Finke Desert Race]]. These events can cause the population of the town to fluctuate by several thousand within a matter of days.