Wadeye NT 0822

Living Here

Wadeye is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 1,924 people, with a median age of 27. The typical household earns around $767 a week, with median rent near $50 a week. Most homes are houses. About 1% of households own their home and 85% rent. Most workers walk 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 2011 → 2021

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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: 46.5% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 13.3% · Labour-force participation 25.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

497 bird observations recorded near Wadeye — most often seen:

• Red-collared Lorikeet (33)
• Whistling Kite (30)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (28)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (28)
• Black Kite (27)
• Red-winged Parrot (22)
• White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (20)
• Peaceful Dove (19)
• Spangled Drongo (19)
• Blue-winged Kookaburra (18)
• Little Corella (18)
• Magpie-lark (16)
• Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (16)

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 Wadeye:

• Nganmarriyanga (40.9 km)
• Peppimenarti (60.8 km)

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