Miniyeri NT
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Lingiari Electorate › Roper Gulf LGA › Miniyeri · 466 km from Darwin
Living Here
Miniyeri is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 650 people, with a median age of 22. The typical household earns around $1,812 a week, with median rent near $70 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, Ancestry NS, 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
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: 6.4% 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 | 6.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 28.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 41.5% · Labour-force participation 21%
Population by age in Miniyeri
| 0-4 | 58 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 138 |
| 15-19 | 93 |
| 20-24 | 62 |
| 25-34 | 103 |
| 35-44 | 71 |
| 45-54 | 75 |
| 55-64 | 25 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Miniyeri
| House | 66 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Miniyeri
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 32 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Miniyeri
| Aboriginal | 597 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| Australian | 11 |
| Other | 10 |
| Irish | 7 |
| English | 6 |
Housing tenure in Miniyeri
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 57 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Miniyeri
| 0 | 35 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Miniyeri
| Car | 9 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 42 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Miniyeri
| India | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Miniyeri
| Australian Indigenous | 594 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
254 bird observations recorded near Miniyeri — most often seen:
- Peaceful Dove (14)
- Torresian Crow (14)
- Black Kite (13)
- Masked Lapwing (13)
- Galah (12)
- Magpie-lark (12)
- Crested Pigeon (10)
- Grey Teal (10)
- Straw-necked Ibis (10)
- Whistling Kite (10)
- Spinifex Pigeon (9)
- Weebill (9)
- Willie Wagtail (9)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Miniyeri
- Rainbow Bee-eater (8)
- Apostlebird (7)
- Australasian Grebe (7)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (7)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (7)
- Little Corella (7)
- Pink-eared Duck (7)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (7)
- Striated Pardalote (7)
- Brown Honeyeater (6)
- Diamond Dove (6)
- Great Bowerbird (6)
- Rajah Shelduck (6)
- White-winged Triller (6)
- Australian Pratincole (5)
- Mistletoebird (5)
- Nankeen Kestrel (5)
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 Miniyeri:
- Limmen (59.4 km)
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