Rakula NT 0822
53 addresses · 6 streets
Lingiari Electorate › Unincorporated NT LGA › Rakula · 72 km from Darwin
Living Here
Rakula is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 59 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,874 a week, with median rent near $80 a week. Most homes are houses. About 22% of households own their home and 61% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Australian, 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 Alligator statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rakula 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: 23.8% 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 | 23.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 59.1% |
Demographics
Population by age in Rakula
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 12 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rakula
| House | 17 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Rakula
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Rakula
| Aboriginal | 28 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 11 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Chinese | 4 |
| English | 4 |
Housing tenure in Rakula
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Rakula
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Rakula
| Car | 9 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Languages used at home in Rakula
| Australian Indigenous | 18 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
237 bird observations recorded near Rakula — most often seen:
- Peaceful Dove (13)
- Whistling Kite (13)
- White-throated Honeyeater (11)
- Rufous Whistler (10)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (9)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (9)
- Red-winged Parrot (9)
- Australian Pelican (8)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (8)
- Black-necked Stork (8)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (8)
- Mistletoebird (8)
- Pied Butcherbird (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rakula
- White-necked Heron (8)
- Yellow Oriole (8)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (7)
- Great Egret (7)
- Lemon-bellied Flycatcher (7)
- Magpie-lark (7)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (7)
- Straw-necked Ibis (7)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (7)
- White-winged Triller (7)
- Willie Wagtail (7)
- Brown Falcon (6)
- Brush Cuckoo (6)
- Double-barred Finch (6)
- Forest Kingfisher (6)
- Glossy Ibis (6)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (6)
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 Rakula:
- Bynoe (29.8 km)
- Dundee Forest (33.6 km)
- Dundee Downs (34.7 km)
- Litchfield Park (35.1 km)
- Charlotte (37 km)
- Camp Creek (38.6 km)
- Finniss Valley (39.6 km)
- Collett Creek (39.8 km)
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Streets
- Fog Bay Road (3)
- Litchfield Park Road (10)
- Marindja Road (21)
- Mccallum Road (17)
- Wallman Road (1)
- Zuleika Road (1)