MacDonnell

6,978 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 268,339 km², 24 suburbs. Council website: macdonnell.nt.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

6,978

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +2.0% in a year

Density

<0.1/km²

268,339 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Federal grants per resident

$598

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

1.4 per 1,000

Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)

Advantage decile

1 of 10

SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)

Suburbs

Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)

Trends

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025

Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-07

Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

People and housing

Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).

Median age: 30
Median household income: $1,151/week
Median rent: $75/week
Median mortgage repayment: $758/month
Households renting: 66.8%
Average household: 3.8 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 1 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 1 of 10

Suburbs

24 suburbs where MacDonnell holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.

Suburb	Population	In this council	IRSAD
Hugh	895	All
Santa Teresa	609	All	1
Hermannsburg	551	All	1
Papunya	438	All	1
Kintore	420	All	1
Mutitjulu	296	All	1
Mount Liebig	240	All	1
Areyonga	236	All	1
Burt Plain	230	All	1
Amoonguna	229	All	1
Kaltukatjara	229	All	1
Titjikala	196	All	1
Finke	191	All	1
Namatjira	164	All	1
Petermann	138	All	1
Ghan	132	All	3
Imanpa	124	All	1
Kunparrka	121	All
Wallace Rockhole	87	All	1
Haasts Bluff	82	All	1
Hale	72	All	1
Mount Zeil	69	All	1
Mereenie	4	All	1
Simpson (NT)		All

Hazards

Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.

Observed surface water (1986–present)

<1%

Over 24 of 24 member suburbs

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Representation

Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).

Federal electorates

Lingiari · Marion SCRYMGOUR (ALP)100%

State districts

Gwoja · Chansey Paech (ALP)56%
Namatjira · Bill Yan (CLP)44%

Neighbouring councils

Councils whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, councils it splits a suburb with, and councils across the state or territory border whose boundaries meet it.

Across the border

Compare it with every Northern Territory council on the council map or the Northern Territory council list.

Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.