Top Suburbs by Aboriginal Australian Population — NT
NT suburbs with the highest number of Aboriginal Australian ancestry residents, ranked by count from Census 2021.
Top Suburbs by Aboriginal Australian Population
NT suburbs with the highest number of Aboriginal Australian ancestry residents, ranked by count from Census 2021. — NT
This list works best when you want to understand where a particular ancestry group has the largest visible footprint in NT.
High counts usually reflect scale and concentration. They do not automatically mean better affordability, schools, safety, or investment quality.
Use the ranking to find candidate suburbs, then confirm price levels, incomes, schools, transport, and other local tradeoffs on the suburb pages.
This ranking is backed by demographic counts. It is good for finding clusters, not for deciding suburb quality alone.
Use top rows as research leads, then test affordability, services, and evidence depth before shortlisting.
Rankings are strongest when they hand you a shortlist quickly. Compare the top two first, then open suburb detail if the head-to-head result still feels narrow.
- 2,291#1ManingridaNT
- 2,017#2GaliwinkuNT
- 1,658#3WadeyeNT
- 1,591#4Tennant CreekNT
- 1,224#5WurrumiyangaNT
- 1,125#6East ArnhemNT
- 1,026#7MilingimbiNT
- 1,007#8GunbalanyaNT
- 994#9NgukurrNT
- 853#10AnguruguNT
- 835#11KaramaNT
- 834#12Katherine EastNT
- 819#13GillenNT
- 754#14West ArnhemNT
- 752#15SadadeenNT
- 739#16RaminginingNT
- 693#17LarapintaNT
- 693#18MouldenNT
- 673#19BraitlingNT
- 639#20NumbulwarNT
- 636#21GapuwiyakNT
- 615#22YuendumuNT
- 600#23LajamanuNT
- 597#24MiniyeriNT
- 587#25GrayNT
- 566#26MalakNT
- 561#27Santa TeresaNT
- 551#28BorroloolaNT
- 544#29WoodroffeNT
- 535#30YirrkalaNT
- 516#31BeswickNT
- 490#32HermannsburgNT
- 464#33SandoverNT
- 425#34East SideNT
- 401#35Katherine SouthNT
- 394#36BakewellNT
- 390#37RoseberyNT
- 389#38MilikapitiNT
- 387#39AmpilatwatjaNT
- 385#40PapunyaNT
- 375#41WarruwiNT
- 366#42AraluenNT
- 365#43KintoreNT
- 364#44DriverNT
- 362#45UmbakumbaNT
- 349#46LudmillaNT
- 347#47Ali CurungNT
- 346#48LeanyerNT
- 331#49NganmarriyangaNT
- 329#50WulagiNT
- 328#51AlpurrurulamNT
- 323#52AnmatjereNT
- 317#53BarungaNT
- 311#54NauiyuNT
- 310#55KalkarindjiNT
- 300#56NhulunbuyNT
- 299#57Coconut GroveNT
- 294#58ZuccoliNT
- 290#59Humpty DooNT
- 290#60NemarlukNT
- 290#61The GapNT
- 289#62PirlangimpiNT
- 285#63AnulaNT
- 276#64JohnstonNT
- 261#65CossackNT
- 256#66BellamackNT
- 256#67GunnNT
- 254#68YarralinNT
- 252#69JilkmingganNT
- 249#70StuartNT
- 245#71TiwiNT
- 244#72ElliottNT
- 243#73Bulman WeemolNT
- 243#74KatherineNT
- 241#75HughNT
- 234#76MutitjuluNT
- 230#77DurackNT
- 230#78Howard SpringsNT
- 229#79BinjariNT
- 227#80MinjilangNT
- 224#81NyirripiNT
- 221#82Darwin CityNT
- 219#83AmoongunaNT
- 218#84Mount LiebigNT
- 211#85AreyongaNT
- 209#86GunyangaraNT
- 202#87Rapid CreekNT
- 200#88AnindilyakwaNT
- 200#89WillowraNT
- 196#90JabiruNT
- 195#91DaguraguNT
- 192#92JingiliNT
- 192#93MillnerNT
- 190#94WagamanNT
- 188#95KaltukatjaraNT
- 188#96ThamarrurrNT
- 186#97BerrimahNT
- 184#98NightcliffNT
- 183#99FinkeNT
- 182#100ArumberaNT
| # ▲ | SUBURB | STATE | COUNT | % OF POP | POP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maningrida | NT | 2,291 | 2,518 | 91.0% |
| 2 | Galiwinku | NT | 2,017 | 2,199 | 91.7% |
| 3 | Wadeye | NT | 1,658 | 1,924 | 86.2% |
| 4 | Tennant Creek | NT | 1,591 | 3,080 | 51.7% |
| 5 | Wurrumiyanga | NT | 1,224 | 1,421 | 86.1% |
| 6 | East Arnhem | NT | 1,125 | 1,194 | 94.2% |
| 7 | Milingimbi | NT | 1,026 | 1,097 | 93.5% |
| 8 | Gunbalanya | NT | 1,007 | 1,177 | 85.6% |
| 9 | Ngukurr | NT | 994 | 1,088 | 91.4% |
| 10 | Angurugu | NT | 853 | 883 | 96.6% |
| 11 | Karama | NT | 835 | 4,803 | 17.4% |
| 12 | Katherine East | NT | 834 | 3,061 | 27.2% |
| 13 | Gillen | NT | 819 | 4,466 | 18.3% |
| 14 | West Arnhem | NT | 754 | 785 | 96.1% |
| 15 | Sadadeen | NT | 752 | 2,307 | 32.6% |
| 16 | Ramingining | NT | 739 | 814 | 90.8% |
| 17 | Larapinta | NT | 693 | 2,368 | 29.3% |
| 18 | Moulden | NT | 693 | 3,053 | 22.7% |
| 19 | Braitling | NT | 673 | 3,160 | 21.3% |
| 20 | Numbulwar | NT | 639 | 681 | 93.8% |
| 21 | Gapuwiyak | NT | 636 | 705 | 90.2% |
| 22 | Yuendumu | NT | 615 | 740 | 83.1% |
| 23 | Lajamanu | NT | 600 | 655 | 91.6% |
| 24 | Miniyeri | NT | 597 | 650 | 91.8% |
| 25 | Gray | NT | 587 | 3,142 | 18.7% |
| 26 | Malak | NT | 566 | 3,013 | 18.8% |
| 27 | Santa Teresa | NT | 561 | 609 | 92.1% |
| 28 | Borroloola | NT | 551 | 755 | 73.0% |
| 29 | Woodroffe | NT | 544 | 3,175 | 17.1% |
| 30 | Yirrkala | NT | 535 | 657 | 81.4% |
| 31 | Beswick | NT | 516 | 542 | 95.2% |
| 32 | Hermannsburg | NT | 490 | 551 | 88.9% |
| 33 | Sandover | NT | 464 | 569 | 81.5% |
| 34 | East Side | NT | 425 | 3,098 | 13.7% |
| 35 | Katherine South | NT | 401 | 1,507 | 26.6% |
| 36 | Bakewell | NT | 394 | 3,091 | 12.7% |
| 37 | Rosebery | NT | 390 | 4,127 | 9.4% |
| 38 | Milikapiti | NT | 389 | 414 | 94.0% |
| 39 | Ampilatwatja | NT | 387 | 439 | 88.2% |
| 40 | Papunya | NT | 385 | 438 | 87.9% |
| 41 | Warruwi | NT | 375 | 432 | 86.8% |
| 42 | Araluen | NT | 366 | 2,673 | 13.7% |
| 43 | Kintore | NT | 365 | 420 | 86.9% |
| 44 | Driver | NT | 364 | 2,747 | 13.3% |
| 45 | Umbakumba | NT | 362 | 419 | 86.4% |
| 46 | Ludmilla | NT | 349 | 1,667 | 20.9% |
| 47 | Ali Curung | NT | 347 | 394 | 88.1% |
| 48 | Leanyer | NT | 346 | 4,597 | 7.5% |
| 49 | Nganmarriyanga | NT | 331 | 364 | 90.9% |
| 50 | Wulagi | NT | 329 | 2,510 | 13.1% |
| 51 | Alpurrurulam | NT | 328 | 350 | 93.7% |
| 52 | Anmatjere | NT | 323 | 446 | 72.4% |
| 53 | Barunga | NT | 317 | 337 | 94.1% |
| 54 | Nauiyu | NT | 311 | 350 | 88.9% |
| 55 | Kalkarindji | NT | 310 | 383 | 80.9% |
| 56 | Nhulunbuy | NT | 300 | 3,350 | 9.0% |
| 57 | Coconut Grove | NT | 299 | 2,892 | 10.3% |
| 58 | Zuccoli | NT | 294 | 4,131 | 7.1% |
| 59 | Humpty Doo | NT | 290 | 4,313 | 6.7% |
| 60 | Nemarluk | NT | 290 | 305 | 95.1% |
| 61 | The Gap | NT | 290 | 1,945 | 14.9% |
| 62 | Pirlangimpi | NT | 289 | 317 | 91.2% |
| 63 | Anula | NT | 285 | 2,385 | 11.9% |
| 64 | Johnston | NT | 276 | 2,386 | 11.6% |
| 65 | Cossack | NT | 261 | 1,293 | 20.2% |
| 66 | Bellamack | NT | 256 | 2,423 | 10.6% |
| 67 | Gunn | NT | 256 | 2,564 | 10.0% |
| 68 | Yarralin | NT | 254 | 283 | 89.8% |
| 69 | Jilkminggan | NT | 252 | 263 | 95.8% |
| 70 | Stuart | NT | 249 | 459 | 54.2% |
| 71 | Tiwi | NT | 245 | 2,511 | 9.8% |
| 72 | Elliott | NT | 244 | 287 | 85.0% |
| 73 | Bulman Weemol | NT | 243 | 263 | 92.4% |
| 74 | Katherine | NT | 243 | 1,254 | 19.4% |
| 75 | Hugh | NT | 241 | 895 | 26.9% |
| 76 | Mutitjulu | NT | 234 | 296 | 79.1% |
| 77 | Durack | NT | 230 | 3,730 | 6.2% |
| 78 | Howard Springs | NT | 230 | 3,153 | 7.3% |
| 79 | Binjari | NT | 229 | 240 | 95.4% |
| 80 | Minjilang | NT | 227 | 265 | 85.7% |
| 81 | Nyirripi | NT | 224 | 251 | 89.2% |
| 82 | Darwin City | NT | 221 | 7,149 | 3.1% |
| 83 | Amoonguna | NT | 219 | 229 | 95.6% |
| 84 | Mount Liebig | NT | 218 | 240 | 90.8% |
| 85 | Areyonga | NT | 211 | 236 | 89.4% |
| 86 | Gunyangara | NT | 209 | 241 | 86.7% |
| 87 | Rapid Creek | NT | 202 | 3,261 | 6.2% |
| 88 | Anindilyakwa | NT | 200 | 375 | 53.3% |
| 89 | Willowra | NT | 200 | 222 | 90.1% |
| 90 | Jabiru | NT | 196 | 755 | 26.0% |
| 91 | Daguragu | NT | 195 | 196 | 99.5% |
| 92 | Jingili | NT | 192 | 1,841 | 10.4% |
| 93 | Millner | NT | 192 | 2,576 | 7.5% |
| 94 | Wagaman | NT | 190 | 2,023 | 9.4% |
| 95 | Kaltukatjara | NT | 188 | 229 | 82.1% |
| 96 | Thamarrurr | NT | 188 | 188 | 100.0% |
| 97 | Berrimah | NT | 186 | 1,199 | 15.5% |
| 98 | Nightcliff | NT | 184 | 3,884 | 4.7% |
| 99 | Finke | NT | 183 | 191 | 95.8% |
| 100 | Arumbera | NT | 182 | 257 | 70.8% |
Top Suburbs by Aboriginal Australian Population FAQ
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What does this Aboriginal Australian ranking show?
This ranking shows NT suburbs with the highest Aboriginal Australian resident counts, based on Census 2021 demographic data.
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Should I choose a suburb just because it ranks highly here?
No. Demographic rankings explain local context, not investment quality by themselves. Use them with price, rent, income, schools, transport, and detail-page evidence before shortlisting.
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Why does QuickProperty show count and percentage of population?
The count shows the size of the local group, while the percentage helps avoid overreading large suburbs that rank highly only because they have more residents overall.
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What is the next step after this demographic ranking?
Open the suburb detail pages for the strongest candidates, save realistic matches to your shortlist, and compare them against affordability and local evidence before making a decision.