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Single homeowners in Wurrumiyanga, NT

There are 63 lone-person households in Wurrumiyanga, Northern Territory, according to the 2021 ABS Census. That's 17.4% of the 362 households in the suburb. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $607 โ€” a clear signal of an owner-occupier cohort. Median age is 32, below the national median of 38.

Wurrumiyanga at a glance โ€” 2021 Census

1,421Population
362Total households
63Lone-person households
17.4%Live alone
32Median age
$607Median monthly mortgage
$80Median weekly rent
66.8%Never married (15+)

Source: ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing ยท SAL SAL70295

Younger than average โ€” and that matters

With a median age of 32, Wurrumiyanga skews younger than the national median of 38. The single-person households here tilt toward first-home owners and recently-divorced 30-somethings rather than long-settled retirees.

Mostly couples and families โ€” but not only

Only 17.4% of households in Wurrumiyanga are lone-person, below the national 25.6%. The single homeowners who are here tend to be harder to bump into without an app designed for it.

What the mortgage data tells us

The median monthly mortgage repayment in Wurrumiyanga is $607. That number reflects current homeowners โ€” people actively paying off the place they live in. A higher median typically points to a suburb where ownership is the dominant tenure, particularly among working-age residents.

Many residents have never married

66.8% of residents aged 15+ in Wurrumiyanga have never been married. That sits at the upper end of the AU distribution and forms a significant share of the local single-and-settled population.

Why a suburb-based app makes sense in Wurrumiyanga

National dating apps drop you into a pool of strangers from three states. Doorstep flips that โ€” every member is anchored to a single suburb, so you only see the people who actually live in Wurrumiyanga. Photos stay blurred until you knock. It's how dating used to work before the apps stretched everyone thin.

How Doorstep works in Wurrumiyanga

Doorstep is a dating and community app built suburb-by-suburb. When you join, you're anchored to Wurrumiyanga โ€” you see the homeowners who actually live here, not strangers in another state.

On the People Map, everyone shows as an identical neutral pin โ€” no photos, no avatars, nothing that lets you sort by looks. To learn anything about a neighbour you have to tap their pin, and when you do, you're forced to choose an action (knock, wave, or ring) before you see them. It's a fair go for everyone โ€” looks come second, by design.

And it's homeowners only: no transient matches, no people halfway out the door.

Beyond dating, Wurrumiyanga gets its own community board โ€” a place to ask which tradie to use, swap garden cuttings, or find a reno buddy.

Be among the first in Wurrumiyanga

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