Umbakumba NT 0822
125 addresses · 11 streets
Lingiari Electorate › East Arnhem LGA › Umbakumba · 664 km from Darwin
Living Here
Umbakumba is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 419 people, with a median age of 29. The typical household earns around $436 a week, with median rent near $125 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 89% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, English. 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 school
1 medical clinic
Getting around. Airport: Groote Eylandt Airport, 40.1 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: 51.3% 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 | 51.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 66.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 19.3% · Labour-force participation 25.4%
Population by age in Umbakumba
| 0-4 | 24 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 47 |
| 15-19 | 52 |
| 20-24 | 53 |
| 25-34 | 80 |
| 35-44 | 74 |
| 45-54 | 44 |
| 55-64 | 33 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Umbakumba
| House | 71 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 20 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Umbakumba
| <$650 | 51 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Umbakumba
| Aboriginal | 362 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 34 |
| English | 13 |
| Irish | 9 |
| Australian | 8 |
| French | 6 |
Housing tenure in Umbakumba
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 78 |
| Other | 10 |
Cars per household in Umbakumba
| 0 | 41 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 40 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Umbakumba
| Car | 43 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 18 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Umbakumba
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Umbakumba
| Australian Indigenous | 341 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
313 bird observations recorded near Umbakumba — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (108)
- Silver Gull (21)
- Peaceful Dove (15)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (13)
- Eastern Reef Egret (11)
- Common Bronzewing (10)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (10)
- Masked Lapwing (9)
- Whistling Kite (8)
- Double-barred Finch (7)
- Black-necked Stork (6)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (6)
- Buff-banded Rail (6)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Umbakumba
- Great Bowerbird (6)
- Little Shrike-thrush (6)
- Little Tern (6)
- Rufous Whistler (6)
- Striated Heron (6)
- Brown Honeyeater (5)
- Crested Tern (5)
- Little Pied Cormorant (5)
- Pied Butcherbird (5)
- Shining Flycatcher (5)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (4)
- Beach Stone-curlew (4)
- Brown-capped Emerald-dove (4)
- Caspian Tern (4)
- Common Sandpiper (4)
- Eastern Curlew (4)
- Green-backed Gerygone (4)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Alyarrkangka Crescent (23)
- Amabiya Street (13)
- Aminjarrinja Street (17)
- Awedirramanja Place (3)
- Eberrmilya Street (8)
- Mamarika Road (16)
- Mamawuramanja Street (5)
- Marrinamanja Street (6)
- Membirradikba Street (11)
- Miyabama Street (11)
- Miyamurda Street (12)
