Marrakai NT 0822
337 addresses · 15 streets
Lingiari Electorate › Unincorporated NT LGA › Marrakai · 74 km from Darwin
Living Here
Marrakai is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 564 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,342 a week, with median rent near $190 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Alligator statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Marrakai itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place to stay
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: 28.1% 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 | 28.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 58.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 52.2%
Population by age in Marrakai
| 0-4 | 33 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 65 |
| 15-19 | 48 |
| 20-24 | 17 |
| 25-34 | 49 |
| 35-44 | 74 |
| 45-54 | 113 |
| 55-64 | 93 |
| 65-74 | 55 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Marrakai
| House | 167 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 6 |
Households by weekly income in Marrakai
| <$650 | 37 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 52 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 47 |
| $3,000+ | 18 |
Top ancestries in Marrakai
| Australian | 150 |
|---|---|
| English | 143 |
| Ancestry NS | 105 |
| Vietnamese | 83 |
| Other | 47 |
| Aboriginal | 45 |
Housing tenure in Marrakai
| Owned | 74 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 80 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Marrakai
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 58 |
| 2 | 75 |
| 3 | 23 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Marrakai
| Car | 138 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 4 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 45 |
Top countries of birth in Marrakai
| Vietnam | 57 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 21 |
| England | 13 |
| Philippines | 11 |
| Cambodia | 5 |
| Thailand | 4 |
Languages used at home in Marrakai
| Vietnamese | 86 |
|---|---|
| Thai | 10 |
| Australian Indigenous | 8 |
| Khmer | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,526 bird observations recorded near Marrakai — most often seen:
- Bar-shouldered Dove (142)
- Whistling Kite (124)
- Magpie-lark (122)
- Black Kite (119)
- Little Corella (119)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (115)
- Peaceful Dove (113)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (111)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (110)
- Straw-necked Ibis (100)
- White-throated Honeyeater (98)
- Red-winged Parrot (92)
- White-gaped Honeyeater (83)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Marrakai
- Galah (81)
- Yellow Oriole (81)
- Red-collared Lorikeet (79)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (72)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (67)
- Torresian Crow (67)
- Pied Butcherbird (62)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (62)
- Weebill (62)
- Willie Wagtail (60)
- Brown Falcon (59)
- Little Friarbird (59)
- Varied Triller (56)
- Black-tailed Treecreeper (55)
- Rajah Shelduck (55)
- Forest Kingfisher (51)
- Great Bowerbird (50)
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 Marrakai:
- Wak Wak (19.6 km)
- Middle Point (24.1 km)
- Daly (26.4 km)
- Mount Bundey (30.7 km)
- Lambells Lagoon (31.6 km)
- Manton (33.3 km)
- Black Jungle (33.4 km)
- Acacia Hills (35.2 km)
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Streets
- Arnhem Highway (41)
- Barney Street (3)
- Barr Road (44)
- Burnside Road (13)
- Clarke Road (14)
- Coombs Court (5)
- Gregory Road (15)
- Madigan Road (17)
- Marrakai Road (19)
- Mcgorrie Road (29)
- Sanctuary Avenue (2)
- Stephen Road (66)
- Wright Road (49)
- Wyatt Road (16)
- Yorky Court (4)
