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Wutunugurra
1 km²
A very small community of just 143 people, Wutunugurra (L) is most distinctive for its very high proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents. This is a remarkably young population, with a typical resident aged only 29 and children making up nearly 29% of the people. The area has seen a sharp decline in size, shrinking by 51% since 2016. It is a place where most people speak a language other than English at home and live in large, rented family households.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 90.2% of the population, which is far above the Northern Territory figure. The community is far younger than the national average, with children under 15 representing 28.7% of residents.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, though there has been a slight increase in people born overseas to 4.2%.
Language diversity is very high, with 93.0% of people using another language at home, a figure that rose 21 points since 2016.
Christianity is the most common faith at 83.2%, while the proportion of people with no religion is far below the national figure at 8.4%.
Educational attainment is much lower than the state and national averages, with only 8.2% of residents completing Year 12 and 4.0% holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Typical weekly personal income is very low at $362, and no households earn $3,000 or more per week, which is far below the national average.
Residents generally report fewer health issues than most areas, with 0.0% needing help with daily activities and only 13.3% having a long-term health condition.
Unpaid work is common here; 53.5% of people care for children and 48.5% do significant housework, both figures being far above the national average.
Homes are larger than usual, with 3.9 people per home, and one-parent families are slightly more common than in the rest of the Territory.
Renting is the norm for 94.3% of households, and almost every home is a separate house with three or more bedrooms. Typical weekly rent is very low at $60.
Car ownership is very low, with 90.0% of homes having no motor vehicle, a significant increase since 2016.
The community is relatively stable, as 26.3% of people moved in the last five years, which is far below the national figure.
Unemployment is very high at 62.1%, and only 28.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national average.
While the area is mostly car-dependent, almost every home is within a 15-minute walk of a school, health services, and groceries.