Australian Demographic Profile
Nhulunbuy, NT 0880
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~3,332
Median age
32
Median income
High
$1,500-$1,749/wk
Top profile
Young
32%
Profile composition (top three)
- Young singles and non-workers32%
- Retired and semi-retired22%
- Trades and technical workers12%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~3,332
- Sex split
- F 49% / M 51%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 19%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)27%
- Young adults (15-24)9.3%
- Early career (25-39)26%
- Mid career (40-59)30%
- Senior (60+)7.4%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Nhulunbuy: High ($1,500-$1,749/wk).
- No / not stated50%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)6.0%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)17%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)22%
- Very high ($3k+)5.1%
Top occupations
- Professionals23%
- Technicians and Trades Workers15%
- Clerical and Administrative Workers13%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to NT and Australia
| Nhulunbuy | NT avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 32 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 19% | 9.8% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →