Kaltukatjara NT 0872

Living Here

Kaltukatjara is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 229 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,374 a week, with median rent near $65 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 82% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Petermann - Simpson statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kaltukatjara itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Nyangatjatjara College - Docker River Primary Campus
  • Nyangatjatjara College - Docker River Secondary Campus
• 1 supermarket

  • Docker River Community Store
• 1 medical clinic

  • Kaltukatjara Health Centre
• 1 service station

  • Docker River Community Store

Getting around. Airport: Docker River Airport, 4.1 km north-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: 1.2% 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 10.2% · Labour-force participation 32.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

563 bird observations recorded near Kaltukatjara — most often seen:

• Inland Yellow-throated Miner (31)
• Zebra Finch (31)
• Little Crow (30)
• Southern Willie Wagtail (27)
• Port Lincoln Parrot (26)
• Inland Singing Honeyeater (25)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (25)
• Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (23)
• Western White-plumed Honeyeater (23)
• Pilbara Australian Magpie (22)
• Western Pied Butcherbird (21)
• Yellow-throated Miner (20)
• Southern Magpie-lark (19)

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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