Milikapiti NT
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Lingiari Electorate › Tiwi Islands LGA › Milikapiti · 117 km from Darwin
Living Here
Milikapiti is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 414 people, with a median age of 29. The typical household earns around $793 a week, with median rent near $70 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 90% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, English, 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 medical clinic
1 childcare centre
Getting around. Airport: Snake Bay Airport, 3.6 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: 79.3% 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 | 79.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 87.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 28.6% · Labour-force participation 33%
Population by age in Milikapiti
| 0-4 | 27 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 65 |
| 15-19 | 40 |
| 20-24 | 38 |
| 25-34 | 75 |
| 35-44 | 55 |
| 45-54 | 65 |
| 55-64 | 40 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Milikapiti
| House | 103 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Milikapiti
| <$650 | 31 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 37 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Milikapiti
| Aboriginal | 389 |
|---|---|
| English | 12 |
| Australian | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Milikapiti
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 99 |
| Other | 11 |
Cars per household in Milikapiti
| 0 | 56 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 45 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Milikapiti
| Car | 32 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 35 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Languages used at home in Milikapiti
| Australian Indigenous | 319 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,194 bird observations recorded near Milikapiti — most often seen:
- Peaceful Dove (284)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (255)
- Masked Lapwing (245)
- Great Bowerbird (239)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (227)
- White-throated Honeyeater (224)
- Red-collared Lorikeet (218)
- Whistling Kite (217)
- White-gaped Honeyeater (216)
- Striated Pardalote (210)
- Northern Fantail (206)
- Red-winged Parrot (192)
- Spangled Drongo (176)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Milikapiti
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (173)
- Torresian Crow (166)
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater (164)
- Rufous Whistler (163)
- Brown Honeyeater (153)
- Yellow Oriole (144)
- Varied Triller (140)
- Forest Kingfisher (138)
- Leaden Flycatcher (138)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (126)
- Mistletoebird (120)
- Little Friarbird (112)
- Northern Rosella (112)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (110)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (110)
- Silver-crowned Friarbird (110)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (106)
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 Milikapiti:
- Pirlangimpi (28.1 km)
- Wurrumiyanga (38.1 km)
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