List of places in the Northern Territory by population

Map of Australia with the Northern Territory highlighted in red
Map of the Northern Territory within Australia
Skyline of a small city. The tallest building is 100 metres in height.
Darwin, the capital and largest city in the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a self governing territory of Australia. It has a population of 232,605 as of the 2021 Australian census[1] and occupies an area of 1,334,404 square kilometres (515,216 sq mi).[2] Official population statistics are published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, which conducts a census every five years. The most recent census for which data has been released is the 2021 census.[3]

Urban centres and localities by population

SA1's are areas that subdivide all of Australia, and have a population between 200 and 800 people and an average population size of 400.[4] Urban centres and localities are defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to be clusters of urban SA1's. Clusters with a population higher than 1,000 are considered urban centres and clusters with a population between 200 and 999 are considered localities.[5]

Rank Urban centre Population
2011 census Ref. 2016 census Ref. 2021 census Ref.
1 Darwin 103,016 [1] 118,456 [2] 122,207 [3]
2 Alice Springs 24,208 [4] 23,726 [5] 24,855 [6]
3 Katherine 6,094 [7] 6,303 [8] 5,980 [9]
4 Nhulunbuy 3,933 [10] 3,088 [11] 3,267 [12]
5 Tennant Creek 3,062 [13] 2,991 [14] 2,949 [15]
6 Galiwinku 2,124 [16] 2,088 [17] 2,199 [18]
7 Wadeye 2,112 [19] 2,280 [20] 1,924 [21]
8 Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) 1,527 [22] 1,563 [23] 1,421 [24]
9 Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) 1,171 [25] 1,117 [26] 1,153 [27]
10 Milingimbi 1,081 [28] 1,225 [29] 1,097 [30]
11 Ngukurr 1,056 [31] 1,149 [32] 1,088 [33]
12 Angurugu 835 [34] 855 [35] 883 [36]
13 Yulara 888 [37] 759 [38] 853 [39]
14 Ramingining 833 [40] 872 [41] 814 [42]
15 Jabiru 1,129 [43] 1,081 [44] 755 [45]
16 Borroloola 926 [46] 871 [47] 755 [48]
17 Alyangula 986 [49] 873 [50] 751 [51]
18 Yuendumu 687 [52] 759 [53] 740 [54]
19 Gapuwiyak 874 [55] 923 [56] 705 [57]
20 Humpty Doo 569 [58] 678 [59] 660 [60]
21 Yirrkala 843 [61] 809 [62] 657 [63]
22 Lajamanu 656 [64] 598 [65] 653 [66]
23 Minyerri — 618 [67] 650 [68]
24 Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) 555 [69] 580 [70] 603 [71]
25 Daguragu – Kalkarindji 542 [72] 575 [73] 575 [74]
26 Howard Springs 612 [75] 595 [76] 569 [77]
27 Hermannsburg 625 [78] 605 [79] 551 [80]
28 Wugular (Beswick) 511 [81] 531 [82] 542 [83]
29 Ampilatwatja 365 [84] 418 [85] 439 [86]
30 Papunya 418 [87] 404 [88] 438 [89]
31 Warruwi 423 [90] 389 [91] 432 [92]
32 Ilparpa 433 [93] 360 [94] 424 [95]
33 Wagait Beach – Mandorah 368 [96] 461 [97] 422 [98]
34 Walungurru (Kintore) 454 [99] 410 [100] 420 [101]
35 Umbakumba 441 [102] 503 [103] 419 [104]
36 Milikapiti 447 [105] 401 [106] 414 [107]
37 Ali Curung 535 [108] 494 [109] 394 [110]
38 Kaltukatjara (Docker River) 295 [111] 394 [112] 394 [113]
39 Batchelor 336 [114] 466 [115] 371 [116]
40 Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) 377 [117] 390 [118] 364 [119]
41 Alpurrurulam 441 [120] 420 [121] 350 [122]
42 Nauiyu Nambiyu (Daly River) 454 [123] 378 [124] 350 [125]
43 Barunga 313 [126] 363 [127] 337 [128]
44 Mataranka 244 [129] 310 [130] 327 [131]
45 Pine Creek 380 [132] 328 [133] 318 [134]
46 Pirlangimpi 371 [135] 371 [136] 317 [137]
47 Mutitjulu 210 [138] 323 [139] 296 [140]
48 Elliot 348 [141] 339 [142] 287 [143]
49 Yarralin 266 [144] 293 [145] 283 [146]
50 Timber Creek — 249 [147] 278 [148]
51 Minjilang 309 [149] 247 [150] 265 [151]
52 Jilkminggan 280 [152] 301 [153] 263 [154]
53 Bulman – Weemol 291 [155] 280 [156] 263 [157]
54 Nyirripi 210 [158] 236 [159] 251 [160]
55 Adelaide River 237 [161] 265 [162] 243 [163]
56 Gunyangara — 240 [164] 241 [165]
57 Binjari 238 [166] 190 [167] 240 [168]
58 Areyonga 235 [169] 195 [170] 236 [171]
59 Amoonguna 275 [172] 239 [173] 229 [174]
60 Willowra 221 [175] 301 [176] 222 [177]
61 Atitjere — 224 [178] 204 [179]
62 Titjikala 201 [180] 227 [181] 196 [182]
63 Aputula (Finke) — 192 [183] 191 [184]
64 Laramba 251 [185] 239 [186] 189 [187]
65 Robinson River (Mungoorbada) 258 [188] 222 [189] 180 [190]
66 Yuelamu 207 [191] 220 [192] 149 [193]
67 Canteen Creek 217 [194] 184 [195] 147 [196]
68 Wutunugurra 207 [197] 166 [198] 143 [199]

Local government areas by population

The Northern Territory is divided into 17 local government areas plus several unincorporated areas.[6]

Rank Local government area Population
2011 census Ref. 2016 census Ref. 2021 census Ref.
1 City of Darwin 72,930 [200] 78,804 [201] 80,530 [202]
2 City of Palmerston 27,703 [203] 33,786 [204] 37,247 [205]
3 Town of Alice Springs 25,186 [206] 24,753 [207] 25,912 [208]
4 Litchfield Municipality 18,994 [209] 23,855 [210] 21,411 [211]
5 Town of Katherine 9,187 [212] 9,717 [213] 9,643 [214]
6 East Arnhem Region 9,098 [215] 9,026 [216] 8,778 [217]
* Unincorporated areas 8,089 [218] 6,907 [219] 6,802 [220]
7 Roper Gulf Region 6,121 [221] 6,505 [222] 6,486 [223]
8 Barkly Region 6,823 [224] 6,655 [225] 6,316 [226]
9 West Arnhem Region 6,232 [227] 6,188 [228] 6,281 [229]
10 MacDonnell Region 5,831 [230] 6,029 [231] 5,748 [232]
11 Central Desert Region 3,720 [233] 3,677 [234] 3,591 [235]
12 West Daly Region[a] — 3,166 [236] 2,973 [237]
13 Victoria Daly Region[a] 5,924 [238] 2,810 [239] 2,815 [240]
14 Tiwi Islands Region 2,580 [241] 2,453 [242] 2,348 [243]
15 Coomalie Shire 1,106 [244] 1,319 [245] 1,276 [246]
16 Wagait Shire 369 [247] 463 [248] 423 [249]
* Darwin Waterfront Precinct[b] — — 293 [250]
17 Belyuen Shire 181 [251] 164 [252] 149 [253]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b On 1 July 2014, the West Daly Region split away from the Victoria Daly Region[7]
  2. ^ The Darwin Waterfront Precinct was included with the other unincorporated areas in the 2011 and 2016 censuses.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Northern Territory". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Area of Australia – States and Territories". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  3. ^ "About". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Design of UCL". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Northern Territory Local Government Areas" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Government Gazette – Northern Territory of Australia Local Government Act Restructuring Order" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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