Nullagine Suburb Profile

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The townsite of Nullagine is located in the Pilbara region, 1364 kilometres north northeast of Perth and 297 kilometres southeast of Port Hedland. Gold was first discovered in the Nullagine area by N W Cooke in 1886, but it was the mid 1890s before there was local community pressure for a townsite to be declared. The survey of lots was made in 1897/8, and the townsite was gazetted in 1899.

The name of the townsite is derived from the Aboriginal name applied to the nearby river. This was first recorded as the Ngullagine River in the 1880s, but popular usage dropped the first "g", the current spelling being used for the goldfields. The meaning of the name is not known.

Nullagine facts

KEY FACTS

Postcode 6758
Local Government East Pilbara
Primary schools Nullagine Primary School, Marble Bar Primary School, Newman Primary School, South Newman Primary School, Jigalong Remote Community School, Yandeyarra Remote Community School, Strelley Community School, Cassia Education Support Centre, Cassia Primary School, Baler Primary School
Secondary schools Nullagine Primary School, Marble Bar Primary School, Newman Senior High School, Jigalong Remote Community School, Yandeyarra Remote Community School, Strelley Community School, Hedland Senior High School, Tom Price Senior High School, Parnngurr Community School, Rawa Community School Aboriginal Corporation
 

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Nullagine property types

Nullagine by age

Nullagine households

 
2016 Census Summary Nullagine Regional WA
Population - usually resident 1,701 524,167
Median age of residents (years) 37 39
Average household size (persons) 3.00 3.00
Number of occupied dwellings * 37 176,495
Number of unoccupied dwellings 6 47,139
Median weekly household income $1,042 $1,415
Median monthly mortgage repayment $0 $1,700
Total private dwellings 39 223,635
Area (sqkm) 21,883 2,520,230
* Excludes visitor only households