Local government areas of the Northern Territory

Location of Northern Territory in Australia

Map of new local government areas in the Northern Territory from 1 July 2008

The Northern Territory is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. It is the third largest Australian federal division with an area of 1,349,129 square kilometres (520,902 sq mi) but the least populous with 228,833 inhabitants as at the 2016 Census.^[1] The Northern Territory is divided administratively into 17 Local government areas (LGAs) generally known as Councils who are responsible for providing local government services.^[2]

Contents

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  1 Area types
  


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  2 Current local government areas
  


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  3 Former local government areas
  
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    3.1 Towns
    
  
  
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    3.2 Community Government Councils
    
  
  
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    3.3 Incorporated Communities
    
  
  
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    3.4 Unincorporated Area
    
  
  


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  4 See also
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 Sources
  

Area types

As of 1 July 2008, there were two classifications of local government in the Northern Territory:

1. Municipalities (predominantly inner-city suburban areas and smaller rural towns), of which there were five; and


2. Shires or Regions (predominantly rural or outer suburban areas), of which there were eleven shire councils

The Northern Territory was unusual as a comparatively large share of the territory's population lived in unincorporated areas. In 2006, prior to the reorganisation of local government areas in the territory, 92 percent of the land area (1,237,999 square kilometres (477,994 sq mi) out of 1,349,130 square kilometres (520,900 sq mi)) with 16 percent of the population (30,523 out of 192,898), was unincorporated.

Most of the unincorporated areas disappeared as a result of local government reform in 2008. The area remaining unincorporated is 19,428 square kilometres (7,501 sq mi), 1.45 percent of the total,^[3][4] and contains 4.0 percent of the population.^[5]

By comparison, in the only other states or territories in Australia with unincorporated areas, only 0.02% of the population of New South Wales, 0.002% of Victoria's population and 0.6% of the population of South Australia, live in unincorporated areas.

Current local government areas

Local government area	Council seat	Region	Type	Year est.	Land area		Pop'n (2011 census)	Pop'n (2016 census)	Notes
					km²	sq mi
Alice Springs Town Council	Alice Springs	Central Australia	Municipality	1 July 1971 (1971-07-01)	327	126	25,186[6]	24,753[7]
Alyangula	Alyangula	Arnhem Land	Unincorporated area	1960s	2	1	986[8]	873[9]
Barkly Regional Council	Tennant Creek	Barkly Tableland	Region	1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)	322,514	124,523	6,823[10]	6,655[11]
Belyuen Community Government Council	Belyuen	Greater Darwin	Shire	1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)	41	16	181[12]	164[13]
Central Desert Regional Council	Alice Springs	Central Australia	Region	1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)	282,090	108,916	3,720[14]	3,677[15]
Coomalie Community Government Council	Batchelor	Greater Darwin	Shire	7 December 1990 (1990-12-07)	1,500	579	1,106[16]	1,319[17]
Darwin, City of	Darwin	Greater Darwin	City	1959 (1959) (as a city)	112	43	72,930[18]	78,804[19]	Darwin Town and District Council – formed 1874 Darwin Town Council – formed 1915 Municipality of Darwin – formed 1955 City of Darwin – formed 1959
Darwin Rates Act Area (East Arm)		Greater Darwin	Unincorporated area		52	20
East Arnhem Regional Council	Nhulunbuy	Arnhem Land	Region	1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)	33,302	12,858	9,098[20]	9,026[21]
Katherine Town Council	Katherine	Katherine	Municipality	3 March 1978 (1978-03-03)	7,421	2,865	9,187[22]	9,717[23]
Litchfield Council	Freds Pass	Greater Darwin	Municipality	6 September 1985 (1985-09-06)	2,914	1,125	18,994[24]	23,855[25]
MacDonnell Regional Council	Alice Springs	Central Australia	Region	1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)	268,784	103,778	5,831[26]	6,029[27]
Nhulunbuy Corporation	Nhulunbuy	Arnhem Land	Unincorporated area		7	3	4,072[28]	3,240[29]
Palmerston, City of	Palmerston	Greater Darwin	City	2000 (2000) (as a city)	53	20	27,703[30]	33,786[31]
Roper Gulf Regional Council	Katherine	Katherine	Region	1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)	185,176	71,497	6,121[32]	6,505[33]
Tiwi Islands Regional Council	Darwin	Greater Darwin	Region	1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)	7,501	2,896	2,580[34]	2,453[35]
Unincorporated Top End Region (Finnis-Mary)		Greater Darwin	Unincorporated area		19,263	7,437
Victoria Daly Regional Council	Katherine	Katherine	Region	1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)	153,287	59,184	5,924[36]	2,810[37]	De-amalgamated in 2014 into Victoria Daly and West Daly Regional Councils
Wagait Shire Council	Wagait Beach	Greater Darwin	Shire	1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)	6	2	369[38]	463[39]	Formerly the Cox Peninsula Community Government Council, established on 28 April 1995.
West Arnhem Regional Council	Jabiru	Arnhem Land	Region	1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)	49,698	19,189	6,232[40]	6,188[41]
West Daly Regional Council	Wadeye	Katherine	Region	1 July 2014 (2014-07-01)[42]	14,070	5,432		3166[43]	Part of Victoria Daly Regional Council from 2008 until 2014 de-amalgamation
Yulara	Yulara	Central Australia	Unincorporated area		103	40	986[44]	1099[45]

Former local government areas

Map of old local government areas in the Northern Territory prior 1 July 2008

Prior to 1 July 2008 Northern Territory local government areas were classified as either Municipalities, Community Government Councils, Incorporated Associations (Commonwealth), or Special Purpose Towns. There used to be 61 Local Government Councils, six of which were classified as Municipalities, 51 as Community Government Councils, three as Incorporated Associations and one Special Purpose Town.

Towns

• 
  Town of Jabiru (special purpose town)


• Town of Tennant Creek

Community Government Councils

• Alpurrurulam CGC


• Angurugu CGC


• Anmatjere CGC


• Arltarlpilta CGC


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  Belyuen CGC (now Belyuen Shire)


• Binjari CGC


• Borroloola CGC


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  Coomalie CGC (now Coomalie Shire)


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  Cox Peninsula CGC (now Wagait Shire)


• Daguragu CGC


• Elliott District CGC


• Jilkminggan CGC


• Kunbarllanjnja CGC


• Lajamanu CGC


• Ltyentye Apurte CGC


• Marngarr CGC


• Mataranka CGC


• Nauiyu Nambiyu CGC


• Numbulwar Numburindi CGC


• Nyirranggulung Mardrulk Ngadberre Regional Council


• Pine Creek CGC


• Tapatjatjaka CGC


• Thamarrurr Regional Council


• Timber Creek CGC


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  Tiwi Islands CGC (now Tiwi Islands Shire)


• Walangeri Ngumpinku CGC


• Wallace Rockhole CGC


• Watiyawanu CGC


• Yuendumu CGC


• Yugul Mangi CGC

Incorporated Communities

• Aherrenge Community


• Ali Curung Community


• Amoonguna Community


• Aputula Community


• Areyonga Community


• Galiwin'ku Community


• Gapuwiyak Community


• Ikuntji Community


• Imanpa Community


• Kaltukatjara Community


• Maningrida Community


• Milingimbi Community


• Milyakburra Community


• Minjilang Community


• Mutitjulu Community


• Nganmarriyanga Community


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  Ntaria Community (Hermannsburg)


• Nyirrpi Community


• Papunya Community


• Peppimenarti Community


• Ramingining Community


• Umbakumba Community


• Urapuntja Aboriginal Corporation


• Walungurru Community


• Warruwi Community


• Yuelamu Community

Unincorporated Area

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  Unincorporated Area: A contiguous 92 percent of the area did not belong to any local government area. The LGAs were enclaves within unincorporated territory.

See also

• 
  Northern Territory portal
  

• Local government in Australia

References

1. 
   ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Northern Territory". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
   


2. 
   ^ Northern Territory LGA History Archived 26 October 2004 at the Wayback Machine.
   


3. 
   ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009.  and "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009. 
   


4. 
   ^ http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ProductSelect?newproducttype=Community+Profiles&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL708200&breadcrumb=LP&currentaction=201&action=401
   


5. 
   ^ http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/3218.0~2007-08~Main+Features~Northern+Territory?OpenDocument#LOCALGOVERNMENTAREAPOPULATIONS
   


6. 
   ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Alice Springs (T)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
   


7. 
   ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Alice Springs (T)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
   


8. 
   ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Alyangula (SLA)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
   


9. 
   ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Alyangula (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
   


10. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Barkly (S)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


11. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Barkly (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


12. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Belyuen (S)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


13. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Belyuen (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


14. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Central Desert (S)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


15. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Central Desert (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


16. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Coomalie (S)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


17. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coomalie (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


18. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Darwin (C)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


19. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Darwin (C)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


20. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "East Arnhem (S)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


21. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "East Arnhem (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


22. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Katherine (T)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


23. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Katherine (T)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


24. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Litchfield (M)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


25. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Litchfield (M)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


26. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "MacDonnell (S)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


27. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "MacDonnell (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


28. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Nhulunbuy (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


29. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Nhulunbuy (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


30. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Palmerston (C)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


31. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Palmerston (C)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


32. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Roper Gulf (S)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


33. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Roper Gulf (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


34. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Tiwi Islands (S)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


35. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tiwi Islands (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


36. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Victoria-Daly (R)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


37. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Victoria Daly (R)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


38. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wagait (S)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


39. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wagait (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


40. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "West Arnhem (S)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 May 2016. 
    


41. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "West Arnhem (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


42. 
    ^ https://dhcd.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/155922/West_Daly_Restructure_Order_2014.pdf
    


43. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "West Daly (R)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    


44. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Yulara (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 February 2014. 
    


45. 
    ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yulara (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2018. 
    

Sources

• 
  "Shires of Australia". Statoids. 
  

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v t e Local government areas of the Northern Territory
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Katherine Region	Katherine Victoria Daly Roper Gulf
Arnhem Land	Alyangula East Arnhem Nhulunbuy West Arnhem
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