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Northern Territory · SA2 702041063

What's going on in East Arnhem

Population 6,983 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#1 of 62 in Northern Territory

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (91.1%)

Rank 2

#1 of 62 in Northern Territory

for % single-parent families (33.9%)

Rank 3

#2 of 62 in Northern Territory

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (85.2%)

The three dimensions where East Arnhem picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,552 / week
#46 of 62 in Northern Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
28 years
#57 of 62 in Northern Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
77.1%
#5 of 62 in Northern Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
25.3%
#4 of 62 in Northern Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
1.80
#3 of 62 in Northern Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

East Arnhem's sharpest rank is for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #2 · one rank above Palm Island Queensland ↓ #4 · one rank below West Arnhem Northern Territory

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.