Barunga NT 0852
161 addresses · 13 streets
Lingiari Electorate › Roper Gulf LGA › Barunga · 317 km from Darwin
Living Here
Barunga is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 337 people, with a median age of 26. The typical household earns around $1,087 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 88% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Australian, English. 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: RAAF Base Tindal, 51.5 km west.
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: 10% 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 | 10.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 62.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7% · Labour-force participation 32%
Population by age in Barunga
| 0-4 | 34 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 81 |
| 15-19 | 19 |
| 20-24 | 25 |
| 25-34 | 60 |
| 35-44 | 50 |
| 45-54 | 38 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Barunga
| House | 58 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 23 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Barunga
| <$650 | 31 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Barunga
| Aboriginal | 317 |
|---|---|
| Other | 15 |
| Australian | 10 |
| English | 8 |
| Chinese | 4 |
| Scottish | 4 |
Housing tenure in Barunga
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 69 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Barunga
| 0 | 52 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Barunga
| Car | 20 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 47 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Languages used at home in Barunga
| Australian Indigenous | 271 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
682 bird observations recorded near Barunga — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (47)
- Magpie-lark (34)
- Red-collared Lorikeet (34)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (33)
- Black Kite (31)
- Peaceful Dove (31)
- Galah (29)
- Pied Butcherbird (26)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (26)
- Willie Wagtail (26)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (25)
- Hooded Parrot (24)
- Whistling Kite (24)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Barunga
- Great Bowerbird (22)
- Little Friarbird (21)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (21)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (20)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (20)
- White-gaped Honeyeater (19)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (18)
- Cockatiel (18)
- Striated Pardalote (18)
- Red-winged Parrot (17)
- Apostlebird (16)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (15)
- White-throated Honeyeater (15)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (14)
- Straw-necked Ibis (13)
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater (13)
- Banded Honeyeater (12)
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
- Bagala Road (51)
- Buhymi Crescent (25)
- Central Arnhem Road (4)
- Derrkolo Road (9)
- Galkmanj Street (5)
- Jilngurr Crescent (5)
- Jolngurr Crescent (5)
- Lamjorrotj Road (15)
- Lulu Street (4)
- Macdonneld Street (10)
- Mudburra Street (4)
- Ngalakan Street (18)
- Ngamutjulu Street (6)