Kunparrka, Northern Territory Explained

Type:suburb
Kunparrka
State:nt
Coordinates:-23.2867°N 132.0506°W
Pop:121
Established:3 April 2007
Established Footnotes:[1]
Postcode:0872[2]
Area:5867.344
Area Footnotes:[3]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Dist1:1210
Dir1:S
Location1:Darwin City
Lga:MacDonnell Region
Stategov:Namatjira[4]
Fedgov:Lingiari[5]
Maxtemp:28.9
Maxtemp Footnotes:[6]
Mintemp:13.3
Rainfall:282.8
Near-N:Lake Mackay
Near-Ne:Lake Mackay
Mount Zeil
Near-E:Hugh
Near-Se:Mereenie
Near-S:Mereenie
Near-Sw:Lake Mackay
Near-W:Lake Mackay
Near-Nw:Lake Mackay
Footnotes:Adjoining localities[7] [8]

Kunparrka is a locality in the Northern Territory, Australia, located about south of the territory capital of Darwin.[2]

Kunparrka is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region.[5] [4] [7]

History

The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 3 April 2007. It is named after the Kunparrka Aboriginal Land Trust.[1]

Demographics

As of the 2021 Australian census, 121 people resided in Kunparrka, up from 112 in the . The median age of persons in Kunparrka was 34 years. There were fewer males than females, with 46% of the population male and 54% female. The average household size was 3.9 people per household.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place Names Register Extract for Kunparrka . NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 24 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Namatjira Postcode. postcode-finders.com.au . 24 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20221113022057/https://postcode-finders.com.au/nt-kunparrka-postcode. 13 November 2022.
  3. Web site: Kunparrka . Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd.. 24 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024084935/https://www.australias.guide/nt/location/kunparrka/. 24 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Division of Namatjira . Northern Territory Electoral Commission . 12 April 2020 . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320144931/https://ntec.nt.gov.au/Electoral-divisions/division-profiles/division-profiles/division-of-namatjira . dead .
  5. Web site: Federal electoral division of Lingiari. Australian Electoral Commission. 12 April 2020.
  6. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 12 April 2020.
  7. Web site: Localities within McDonnell Shire (sic) (map) . Northern Territory Government . 12 April 2020. 2 April 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324213314/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/404775/MacDonnellA3map2_000.pdf. 24 March 2018 .
  8. Web site: Localities within the Alice Springs Sub-region (CP5075). NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20190401055148/http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/hpa-services/surveyplans?planname=CP%2F5075. 29 November 2006. 1 April 2019. 12 April 2020. live.