Emungalan NT 0850

Living Here

Emungalan is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 254 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,781 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 25% of households own their home and 75% rent. Most workers drive 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 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 5 schools

  • Katherine School of the Air
  • Clyde Fenton Primary School
  • Kintore Street School
  • St Joseph Primary School
  • St Joseph Secondary College
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Savannah Restaurant
• 1 park

  • Giles Park
• 1 physiotherapist

  • Active Physiotherapy Katherine
• 2 hospitals

  • Katherine Hospital
  • Katherine Hospital
• 2 vets

  • Katherine Vet Care
  • Northern Territory Veterinary Services
• 1 library

  • Katherine Library
• 4 service stations

  • Puma
  • BP
  • Shell Katherine Truckstop
  • United
• 1 golf club

  • Katherine Golf Club
• 1 butcher

  • Town & Country Butcher
• 2 mechanics

  • Central Motors / SP Marine & Mechanical
  • Master Motors
• 11 places to stay

  • Knott's Crossing Resort
  • ash’s house
  • Katherine River Lodge
  • Parraway Motel
  • St Andrews Serviced Apartments
  • Stuart Hotel
  • Palm Court Backpackers Hostel
  • Best Western Pine Tree Motel
  • Beagle Motor Inn
  • Discovery Parks Katherine

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Getting around. Airport: RAAF Base Tindal, 18 km south-east.

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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: 9.2% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 13.3% · Labour-force participation 38.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

10,313 bird observations recorded near Emungalan — most often seen:

• Magpie-lark (690)
• Black Kite (667)
• Red-collared Lorikeet (591)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (513)
• Apostlebird (463)
• White-breasted Woodswallow (461)
• Willie Wagtail (458)
• Great Bowerbird (440)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (431)
• Straw-necked Ibis (417)
• Peaceful Dove (413)
• White-gaped Honeyeater (388)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (367)

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 Emungalan:

• Katherine (3.6 km)
• Katherine South (4.7 km)
• Katherine East (5.9 km)
• Cossack (7.3 km)
• Uralla (9.2 km)
• Lansdowne (10.6 km)
• Binjari (15 km)
• Tindal (17.9 km)

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