Population
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recorded a population of 332 in the 2006 census, up from 226 in the 2001 census and down from 470 in the 1991 Census.
PY Media reports that the population of Pukatja / Ernabella is somewhere between 500 and 700 people.
In the 2001 census, Pukatja was second only to sister community Mimili in having the lowest per capita income in South Australia ($174). Like a number of APY Lands communities, Pukatja boasts one of the highest proportions of Australian-born residents (97.5%).
Read more about this topic: Ernabella, South Australia
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