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wurrumiyanga
Northern Territory · Census 2021
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Wurrumiyanga is a coastal suburb of Tiwi Islands.
Median house price
No median price series for Wurrumiyanga yet.
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People
Population
1,421
Median age
32 yrs
Income / person / wk
$227
Household income / wk
$715
Housing
Median rent / wk
$80
Mortgage / month
$607
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Catholic · 82%
- Top language at home
- Australian Indigenous languages · 40%
- No religion
- 5%
- Born overseas
- 3%
- English only at home
- 9%
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
0.8 km
Nearest train
85.1 km
Nearest hospital
72.2 km
Distance to coast
1.5 km
NBN
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
0
Catholic
2
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
1.6 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Tiwi Islands
- Council population
- 2,346
- Council area
- 7,483 km²
- Density
- 0/km²
- Federal grants
- $1.87M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $797/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
- Arafura
- State MP
- Manuel Brown (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.