Namatjira Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 23°52′41″S 132°34′59″E / 23.87806°S 132.58306°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 164 ( 2021 census) [2] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.03791/km2 (0.09819/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 3 April 2007 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 0872 [3] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 4,325.736 km2 (1,670.2 sq mi) [4] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST ( UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 1,282.5 km (797 mi) S of Darwin City [3] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | MacDonnell Region [1] | ||||||||||||||
Territory electorate(s) | Namatjira [5] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Lingiari [6] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities [8] [9] |
Namatjira is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia, located about 1,282.5 kilometres (796.9 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin. [3]
Namatjira is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region. [6] [5] [8]
The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 3 April 2007. It is named after the Arrente painter Albert Namatjira. [1] As of 2020, it has an area of 4,325.736 square kilometres (1,670.176 sq mi). [4]
As of the 2021 Australian census, 164 people resided in Namatjira, [2] down from 175 in the 2016 census. [10] The median age of persons in Namatjira was 29 years. There were fewer males than females, with 45.5% of the population male and 54.5% female. The average household size was 3.6 people per household. [2]