The Alyawarre are made up of roughly 1,200 associated peoples and actively engage in local traditions such as awelye painting.
Norman Tindale's estimate in 1974 assigned to the Alyawarre traditional tribal lands extending over some 17,800 square miles (46,000 km2), taking in the Sandover and Bundey Rivers, as well as Ooratippra and Fraser Creeks.
Notable sites associated with their nomadic world include Mount Swan, northern flank of Harts Range, Plenty River north and west of Ilbala, Jervois Range, Mount Playford and the Elkedra River.
[4] In the 2016 Australian Census, there were 347 Alyawarre recorded in the "Utopia - Arawerr - Arlparra" Indigenous location.
[6] In the same year, the lodged a claim along with the Wakaya people for land around the remote outstation of Purrukwarra.