Tiwi Islands Region
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History
In October 2006 the Northern Territory Government announced the reform of local government areas. The intention of the reform was to improve and expand the delivery of services to towns and communities across the Northern Territory by establishing eleven new shires. The Tiwi Islands Shire Council was created on 1 July 2008 as were the remaining ten shires.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Tiwi Islands Shire Council became the Tiwi Islands Regional Council under legislation passed by the Northern Territory Government in January 2014.[2]
Description and governance
The local government area covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". and had an estimated population of 2,753 in June 2018.[1]
The most recent council elections (which also elected the Mayor) were held on 10 September 2021.[3] The current mayor is Pirrawayingi Puruntatameri (an independent) and the current Deputy Mayor is Leslie Tungatalum (a member of the Country Liberal Party).[4]
Wards
The Tiwi Islands Regional Council is divided into three wards: Bathurst, Milikapiti and Pirlangimpi. The council is governed by 12 councillors, six from Bathurst Ward and three each from the Milikapiti and Pirlangimpi Wards:[5]
| Bathurst (6) | Milikapiti (3) | Pirlangimpi (3) |
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Localities and communities
Land within the Tiwi Islands Region was divided during 2007 into bounded areas for the purpose of creating an address for a property. The bounded areas are called "localities" with those localities associated with existing Aboriginal communities being called "communities".[6][7]
Localities
Communities
| Community | Population | Map |
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| Pirlangimpi (Garden Point) | Script error: No such module "PopulationFromWikidata". | Template:Infobox mapframe |
| Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) | Script error: No such module "PopulationFromWikidata". | Template:Infobox mapframe |
Demographics
The demographics of the region are shown in the tables below.[8]
Ancestry
| Ancestry | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| File:Australian Aboriginal Flag.svg Aboriginal | 2,023 | 82.3% |
| Template:Flagicon Australian | 174 | 7.1% |
| Template:Flagicon English | 89 | 3.6% |
| Template:Flagicon Irish | 31 | 1.3% |
| Template:Flagicon Scottish | 22 | 0.9% |
| Template:Flagicon Fijian | 20 | 0.8% |
| Template:Flagicon Filipino | 12 | 0.5% |
| Torres Strait Islander | 11 | 0.4% |
| Template:Flagicon New Zealander | 8 | 0.3% |
| Template:Flagicon Greek | 6 | 0.2% |
| Template:Flagicon Estonian | 6 | 0.2% |
| Template:Flagicon Japanese | 6 | 0.2% |
| Template:Flagicon Chinese | 5 | 0.2% |
| Template:Flagicon Samoan | 4 | 0.2% |
| Template:Flagicon Tongan | 4 | 0.2% |
| Template:Flagicon Vietnamese | 4 | 0.2% |
| Template:Flagicon Dutch | 4 | 0.2% |
| Template:Flagicon German | 3 | 0.1% |
| File:Australian South Sea Islanders flag.svg South Sea Islander | 3 | 0.1% |
| Template:Flagicon Afghan | 3 | 0.1% |
| Template:Flagicon Italian | 3 | 0.1% |
| Template:Flagicon Indonesian | 3 | 0.1% |
Birthplace
Before 2016, all Tiwi Islanders who stated their country of birth were born in Australia. Between 2011 and 2016, however, over ten arrivals each from the Philippines, the United Kingdom and Fiji arrived in the islands.
| Country | Number | Percentage | Change since 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 2,319 | 94.5% | -233 |
| File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines | 15 | 0.6% | +15 |
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | 13 | 0.5% | +13 |
| File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji | 12 | 0.5% | +12 |
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Language
Language spoken at home
| Language | Number | Percentage | Change since 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Aboriginal languages (primarily Tiwi) | 2,022 | 82.4% | -3 |
| English | 272 | 11.1% | -204 |
| Fijian | 15Template:Efn | 0.6% | +15 |
| Only English | 272 | 11.1% | -204 |
| Language other than English | 2,063 | 84.1% | +19 |
Proficiency in English
| Proficiency | Number | Percentage | Change since 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speaks another language and English well or very well | 1,856 | 75.7% | -22 |
| Speaks only English | 272 | 11.1% | -205 |
| Speaks another language, but speaks English not well or not at all | 102 | 4.2% | -62 |
Religion
| Religion | Number | Percentage | Change since 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Catholicism | 2,080 | 84.4% | -117 |
| No religion | 136 | 5.6% | -22 |
| Christianity (not further defined) | 24 | 1.0% | -3 |
| Uniting Church | 15 | 0.6% | -14 |
| Christianity | 2,156 | 88.1% | -156 |
| No religion | 136 | 5.6% | -22 |
| Not statedTemplate:Efn | 143 | 5.9% | +61 |
Notes
References
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External links
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