$243 ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: $262
- 2016: $321
- 2021: $243
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Nyirripi · Urban Centre
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly personal incomes as low as $243 make Nyirripi (L) one of the lowest earning areas in the country. Most residents live on very small budgets, with typical family incomes falling far below both the territory and national figures.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Nyirripi — lower than 89% of areas.
| Nyirripi | $875 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | $1,213 |
| Northern Territory | $2,061 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household earns $875 a week, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of $2,061. This is a mixed trend, as typical household income rose $191 since 2011, while typical family and personal incomes both fell over the same period.
$243 ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$875 ▲ +27.9%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
Median total household income per week.
$492 ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
No one in Nyirripi (L) earns $2,000 or more per week, a figure far below the 12.5% national average. This gap is clear in the local data, where 82.4% of people earn less than $650 a week.
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Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Nyirripi, $650–$1,499 is the majority at 61%; Under $650 is next at 24%.
In Nyirripi, Under $650 is the majority at 87%; $650–$1,499 is next at 10%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Nyirripi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722026/nyirripi/topic/income