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lajamanu
Northern Territory · Census 2021
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Lajamanu is a bushland suburb of Central Desert.
Median house price
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People
Population
655
Median age
21 yrs
Income / person / wk
$196
Household income / wk
$1,034
Housing
Median rent / wk
$70
Mortgage / month
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Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Other Christian · 80%
- Top language at home
- Australian Indigenous languages · 44%
- No religion
- 15%
- Born overseas
- 3%
- English only at home
- 5%
Local amenities
Amenity score
14/100
Schools
2
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
0
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
25.7 km
Nearest train
416.6 km
Nearest hospital
293.0 km
Distance to coast
376 km
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Satellite
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
25.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Central Desert
- Council population
- 3,601
- Council area
- 281,338 km²
- Density
- 0/km²
- Federal grants
- $2.77M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $769/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Lingiari
- Federal MP
- Marion Scrymgour (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 58% 2PP
- State electorate
- Gwoja
- State MP
- Chansey Paech (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.