Ampilatwatja NT 0872
98 addresses · 7 streets
Lingiari Electorate › Barkly LGA › Ampilatwatja · 1123 km from Darwin
Living Here
Ampilatwatja is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 439 people, with a median age of 24. The typical household earns around $2,111 a week, with median rent near $65 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 81% 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.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 medical clinic
Getting around. Airport: Ammaroo Airport, 9.3 km south.
Socio-economic Standing
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: 5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 5.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.4% · Labour-force participation 21.3%
Population by age in Ampilatwatja
| 0-4 | 48 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 86 |
| 15-19 | 54 |
| 20-24 | 32 |
| 25-34 | 69 |
| 35-44 | 48 |
| 45-54 | 48 |
| 55-64 | 29 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ampilatwatja
| House | 55 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Ampilatwatja
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Ampilatwatja
| Aboriginal | 387 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
| Australian | 8 |
| Other | 8 |
| English | 7 |
| Filipino | 3 |
Housing tenure in Ampilatwatja
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 44 |
| Other | 10 |
Cars per household in Ampilatwatja
| 0 | 34 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Ampilatwatja
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 39 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Ampilatwatja
| Philippines | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Ampilatwatja
| Australian Indigenous | 377 |
|---|---|
| Tagalog | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
112 bird observations recorded near Ampilatwatja — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (7)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (6)
- Torresian Crow (6)
- Zebra Finch (6)
- Crested Pigeon (5)
- Galah (5)
- Mistletoebird (5)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (5)
- Willie Wagtail (5)
- Yellow-throated Miner (5)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (4)
- Black-faced Woodswallow (4)
- Diamond Dove (4)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ampilatwatja
- Singing Honeyeater (4)
- Australian Magpie (3)
- Black-breasted Buzzard (3)
- Budgerigar (3)
- Nankeen Kestrel (3)
- Pied Butcherbird (3)
- Red-backed Kingfisher (3)
- Rufous Songlark (3)
- Sacred Kingfisher (3)
- White-winged Triller (3)
- Brown Falcon (2)
- Brown Honeyeater (2)
- Common Bronzewing (2)
- Crested Bellbird (2)
- Grey-headed Honeyeater (2)
- Hooded Robin (2)
- Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (2)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Ampilatwatja:
- Sandover (39.4 km)
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Streets
- Airport Road (1)
- Luck Street (9)
- Main Road (16)
- Middle Street (26)
- Morton Street (17)
- School Road (14)
- South Street (15)
