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NT · Tiwi Islands Council
Wurrumiyanga, 0822
Est. population · Jun 2025
1,676
Growth (1 yr)
+0.4%
Growth (5 yr)
+0.8%
Median age
32
Median income
$715/wk
Employment rate
24.1%
Languages at home
91.2%non-English
Most common: Australian Indigenous languages, Vietnamese
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Coastal
- High desirability
- Education hub
Suburb profile
Life in Wurrumiyanga revolves around the coast at a genuine remove from Darwin. A younger crowd gives the area energy, with family life visible on every street. This is a strongly multicultural suburb: overseas-born and multilingual households make up much of the community.
Everyday basics may be close by, but bigger shopping and services typically require a trip to a nearby centre. Local green pockets are modest, with bigger outdoor outings usually found in neighbouring areas. Day-to-day life is more car-oriented here than in denser, more walkable pockets.
Homes are relatively cheap compared with the wider market, which keeps entry costs lower. This is a mature, settled pocket where the existing streetscape still defines the local character.
Desirability lands around average here: softer community and employment weighing on the result versus similar coastal suburbs, even with safety holding up better.
At a glance
Wurrumiyanga snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
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No data available
Population (ERP)
1,676
+0.4% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
10.2%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#1
among Coastal & beach · Established
Pop. growth
31st
percentile in NT
Advantage (IRSAD)
1/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
1st
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 46.7/100 — Average
- State standing
- Top 27% of Northern Territory's suburbs
- National rank
- 2630th in Australia
- State rank
- 43rd in NT
- Peer rank
- #1 among Coastal & beach · Established suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #1 among Coastal & beach suburbs
- Data confidence
- 55%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Population
Estimated resident population
1,676(June 2025)
+0.4% annual · +0.8% over 5 years · 31th percentile in NT
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +0.4%
- 5-year growth
- +0.8%
- Change in 1 year
- +6
- Change in 5 years
- +14
- Growth rank in NT
- 31th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~1,650), extrapolated at -0.5% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 1,421
- Median age
- 32
- Median household income / week
- $715
- Dwelling vacancy
- 10.2%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 41 of 403
- Median monthly mortgage
- $607
- Employment rate
- 24.1%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 294 / 19 / 39
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 2
- Median school ICSEA (2 schools)
- 660
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 1th
School list
- Murrupurtiyanuwu Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 684 · 1th percentile · LBOTE 94% · 167 students · Top SEA quarter 1% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
- Xavier Catholic CollegeSecondary · Catholic · ICSEA 636 · 0th percentile · LBOTE 94% · 92 students · Top SEA quarter 1% · 1.6 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Childcare
1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap
- kindergartenkindergarten
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Amenities
10 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
1 supermarkets · 1 fast food · 1 swimming pools
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 27/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0.7
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 0
Food & drink(1)
- Fast food
Shopping(1)
- Piliyamanyirra SupermarketSupermarket
Community(1)
- Xavier Catholic CollegeSchool
Sport & outdoors(2)
- Sports field
- Swimming pool
Other(2)
- Parking
- Shelter (4)
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 4
- Nearest hospital
- Julanimawu Health Care Centre (1.6 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- On site
- Julanimawu Health Care CentreClinic
- Julanimawu Health Care CentreClinic
- Julanimawu Health Care CentreHospital
- Wurrumiyanga Well Being CentreClinic
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 81
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 48.3
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 31° / 25°
- Rainfall
- 1,010 mm · ~90 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 31° / 24°
- Rainfall
- 491 mm · ~61 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 30° / 20°
- Rainfall
- 8 mm · ~1 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 32° / 24°
- Rainfall
- 171 mm · ~21 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via state planning hazard mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- NT Fire Protection and Fire Management zones — Bushfires NT / Department of Lands, Planning and Environment · current · Updated · Shapefile boundaries (CC BY 4.0)
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Lingiari
- Member of Parliament
- Marion SCRYMGOUR (Australian Labor Party)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 76,817
- Turnout (2025)
- 62.2%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +6.5 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 41.9%Labor 58.1%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 350.7 km away).
Coalition 58.5%Labor 41.5%
16.6 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -0.5 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- Wagait BeachLabor 57.1% · Coalition 42.9% TPP (2025)76.8 km away
- Howard SpringsLabor 37.1% · Coalition 62.9% TPP (2025)94.1 km away
- CoolalingaLabor 35.3% · Coalition 64.7% TPP (2025)96.4 km away
- Bees CreekLabor 33.8% · Coalition 66.2% TPP (2025)99.0 km away
- Humpty DooLabor 37.6% · Coalition 62.4% TPP (2025)105.5 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 1/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 1/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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