Yirrkala NT 0880

Living Here

Yirrkala is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 657 people, with a median age of 32. The typical household earns around $1,679 a week, with median rent near $83 a week. Most homes are houses. About 2% of households own their home and 85% 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 2011 → 2021

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Laynhapuy Homelands School
  • Yirrkala School
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 2 parks

  • Marika Park
  • Rika Park
• 1 medical clinic

  • Yirrkala Health Centre
• 1 hospital

  • Gove District Hospital
• 1 childcare centre

  • Child Care Centre

Getting around. Airport: Gove Airport, 7.8 km west.

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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: 55.6% 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 12.8% · Labour-force participation 40.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,638 bird observations recorded near Yirrkala — most often seen:

• Bar-shouldered Dove (146)
• Red-winged Parrot (87)
• Red-collared Lorikeet (80)
• Torresian Crow (79)
• White-throated Honeyeater (71)
• Northern White-throated Honeyeater (58)
• Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (58)
• Western Silver-crowned Friarbird (58)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (55)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (55)
• Peaceful Dove (51)
• Australian Torresian Crow (50)
• Brahminy Kite (50)

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 Yirrkala:

• Nhulunbuy (14.5 km)
• Gunyangara (20.6 km)
• East Arnhem (28.9 km)

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