Yirrkala is a small community in East Arnhem Region, Northern Territory of Australia, 18 kilometres south-east from the large mining town of Nhulunbuy, on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land. It population comprises predominantly Aboriginal Australians of the Yolngu people, and it is also home to a number of Mission Aviation Fellowship pilots and engineers based in Arnhem Land providing air transport services.
In the 2016 census, Yirrkala had a population of 809 people.