Nitmiluk NT 0852
54 addresses · 6 streets
Lingiari Electorate › Roper Gulf LGA › Nitmiluk · 284 km from Darwin
Living Here
Nitmiluk is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 212 people, with a median age of 27. The typical household earns around $1,261 a week, with median rent near $69 a week. Most homes are houses. About 18% of households own their home and 65% 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 Elsey statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Nitmiluk itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 18.9% 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 | 18.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 59.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.6% · Labour-force participation 47.4%
Population by age in Nitmiluk
| 0-4 | 21 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 33 |
| 15-19 | 18 |
| 20-24 | 20 |
| 25-34 | 48 |
| 35-44 | 34 |
| 45-54 | 14 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Nitmiluk
| House | 24 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 3 |
| Apartment | 8 |
| Other | 15 |
Households by weekly income in Nitmiluk
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Nitmiluk
| Aboriginal | 137 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 33 |
| English | 28 |
| Other | 11 |
| German | 10 |
| Irish | 9 |
Housing tenure in Nitmiluk
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 37 |
| Other | 10 |
Cars per household in Nitmiluk
| 0 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Nitmiluk
| Car | 33 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 26 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Nitmiluk
| Germany | 4 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Nitmiluk
| Australian Indigenous | 122 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5 bird observations recorded near Nitmiluk — most often seen:
- Australian Hobby (1)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (1)
- Northern Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (1)
- Partridge Pigeon (1)
- White-browed Robin (1)
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 Nitmiluk:
- Barunga (33.7 km)
- Venn (41.1 km)
- Tindal (41.6 km)
- Lansdowne (42.5 km)
- Beswick Creek (45.7 km)
- Uralla (49 km)
- Katherine East (49.9 km)
- Katherine (51.4 km)
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Streets
- Camoya Street (2)
- Eva Valley Road (36)
- Gorge Road (6)
- Kokili Road (1)
- Stuart Highway (6)
- Thompson Court (3)
