Northern Territory · unincorporated area
Unincorporated NT
8,207 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 19,777 km², 23 suburbs.
Council series run to July 2026.
No council governs Unincorporated NT. It is land outside every local government area, administered directly by the Northern Territory government or a state body.
Population
8,207
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +2.8% in a year
Density
0.4/km²
19,777 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Dwelling approvals
11.0 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
23
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 35
- Median household income
- $2,087/week
- Median rent
- $123/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,785/month
- Households renting
- 51.2%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 9 of 10
Suburbs
23 suburbs where Unincorporated NT holds most residents, plus 3 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). 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 | Median house (VG) | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nhulunbuy | 3,350 | 97% | 9 | |
| Berrimah | 1,199 | 29% | 6 | |
| Yulara | 853 | All | 7 | |
| Alyangula | 751 | All | 10 | |
| Marrakai | 564 | All | 2 | |
| Dundee Beach | 267 | All | 1 | |
| Douglas-Daly | 173 | All | 7 | |
| Daly River | 116 | 9% | 4 | |
| Dundee Downs | 112 | All | 1 | |
| Bynoe | 98 | All | 1 | |
| Dundee Forest | 85 | All | 1 | |
| Rakula | 59 | All | 1 | |
| Point Stuart | 35 | All | 3 | |
| Litchfield Park | 34 | All | 1 | |
| Charlotte | 19 | All | 1 | |
| Mount Bundey | 16 | All | 3 | |
| East Arm | 15 | All | ||
| Margaret River (NT) | 14 | All | 3 | |
| Cox Peninsula | 6 | All | 1 | |
| Hotham | 6 | All | 3 | |
| Hidden Valley (NT) | 3 | All | ||
| Bynoe Harbour | All | |||
| Charles Darwin | 97% | |||
| Mandorah | 12% | |||
| Van Diemen Gulf | All | |||
| Vernon Islands | 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.
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)95%
- Solomon · Luke John GOSLING (ALP)6%
State districts
- Mulka · Yingiya Mark Guyula (IND)48%
- Daly · Dheran Young (ALP)13%
- Gwoja · Chansey Paech (ALP)13%
- Arnhem · Selena Uibo (ALP)11%
- Goyder · Andrew Mackay (CLP)9%
- Fong Lim · Tanzil Rahman (CLP)6%
- Arafura · Manuel Brown (ALP)1%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
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. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. ABS and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.