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Alpurrurulam NT 4825

143 addresses · 12 streets

Lingiari Electorate › Barkly LGA › Alpurrurulam · 1205 km from Darwin

Living Here

Alpurrurulam is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 350 people, with a median age of 27. The typical household earns around $855 a week, with median rent near $92 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 96% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

350Population
27Median age
$855Median household income / wk
$92Median rent / wk
4.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Barkly statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Alpurrurulam itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Lake Nash Airport, 7.2 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 0.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Alpurrurulam

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Alpurrurulam NT
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20200.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20210.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 16.7% · Labour-force participation 26.2%

Population by age in Alpurrurulam
Population by age, Alpurrurulam NT (ABS Census 2021)
0-428
5-1472
15-1933
20-2430
25-3472
35-4445
45-5429
55-6426
65-7411
75-840
85+0
Dwelling types in Alpurrurulam
Dwelling types, Alpurrurulam NT (ABS Census 2021)
House73
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Alpurrurulam
Households by weekly income, Alpurrurulam NT (ABS Census 2021)
<$65027
$650-1,49928
$1,500-2,9997
$3,000+4
Top ancestries in Alpurrurulam
Top ancestries, Alpurrurulam NT (ABS Census 2021)
Aboriginal328
Ancestry NS10
Australian8
Other7
Irish5
English3
Housing tenure in Alpurrurulam
Housing tenure, Alpurrurulam NT (ABS Census 2021)
Owned0
Mortgage0
Rented67
Other3
Cars per household in Alpurrurulam
Cars per household, Alpurrurulam NT (ABS Census 2021)
045
118
24
30
4+0
Commute to work in Alpurrurulam
Commute to work, Alpurrurulam NT (ABS Census 2021)
Car17
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked29
Bicycle0
Home0
Top countries of birth in Alpurrurulam
Top countries of birth, Alpurrurulam NT (ABS Census 2021)
Indonesia3
Languages used at home in Alpurrurulam
Languages used at home, Alpurrurulam NT (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous280
Indonesian4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

53 bird observations recorded near Alpurrurulam — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Alpurrurulam

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.