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Suburb profile ·East Arnhem LGA · NT ·0822

Anindilyakwa NT 0822

Anindilyakwa is in East Arnhem LGA, NT, postcode 0822, with population 375.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$100/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
8,130
8K via East Arnhem LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,371
73 added 12mo · 17MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$100
Investor profile

Who invests in Anindilyakwa

Owner-occupied 0%Rented 100%
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

0% of homes here are owner-occupied and 28% rented.

Why it fits

A balanced 0% owner-occupier / 28% renter mix.

What to check

Social housing is 19% of dwellings — check tenant mix and resale demand.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

6%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$82K
Median rent · wk
$100

Household income

$82K household · yr+3.1% vs NT suburb median
Personal
$23K
Family
$46K
Household
$82K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
4
$300-649
3
$650-999
15
$1,000-1,499
3
$1,500-1,999
17
$2,000-2,999
7
$3,000-3,999
0
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 8% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $333/wk income).

Median taxable income trend (ATO, 2018-19 – 2022-23)$54K → $63K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (53 households)18.9% social housing
Owned outright
0%
Owned with mortgage
0%
Rented
28%
Dwelling structure15.9% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
98%
Townhouse / semi
6%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 38% drive, 11% public transport, 26% walk or cycle, 0% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending Apr 2026
194
51,733 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k51,733
Total incidents194· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault79100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

2,918 people · 20223,190 by 2032 (+9.3%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Anindilyakwa SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Anindilyakwa NT — Property Data and Demographics

Anindilyakwa is a small, quiet locality in Northern Territory within the East Arnhem local government area (postcode 0822). The area has roughly 375 residents and a younger, working-age population, with a median age of 31. Households earn a median income of $82K per year, with an average household size of 3.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.3% year-on-year at the LGA level. NT employment has moved +2.0% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NT also had 4 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 3 underway, and 4 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward mining and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, English, Australian.

The median weekly rent is $100 (Census 2021).

The crime rate in the East Arnhem LGA is higher than average at 51,733 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.3%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNT
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$100
Population growth · East Arnhem LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)8,130
5-year growth-0.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.3%
20012025
Development · East Arnhem LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)15
Houses 33%Units 67%
YoY change+0%
Employment · East Arnhem LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)21.2%
YoY change+2.1pp
Mar-20Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population375
Median age31
Household size3.9
HH income · wk$1,583
Personal income · wk$439
Persons / bedroom1.5
IncomeATO 22-23
Median income$63,161
Mean income$81,789
Earners923
YoY change-4.3%
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,312 → $1,583
Change+20.7%
vs NT median+14.9 pp
Median rent+66.7%
gentrifyingvs NT 2016–21
Area & amenity
Aged care · East Arnhem LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places0
Mungkadinamanja Flexible Aged and Disability Service (Angurugu - Groote Eylandt)National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Program
Childcare · East Arnhem LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places143
Exceeding NQS1
Shepherdson Preschool40 places
Gapuwiyak Preschool33 places
Yirrkala Preschool25 places
Milingimbi Preschool24 places
Ramingining Preschool21 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Anindilyakwa leans on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
ABS Data by Region · Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · Year ending Apr 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Anindilyakwa is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Anindilyakwa feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Umbakumba most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$25/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Gunyangara most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -100 · rent -$10/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Yirrkala most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +300 · rent -$17/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Anindilyakwa FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Anindilyakwa in?

    Anindilyakwa is in the East Arnhem Local Government Area, NT, postcode 0822. Council-level context for East Arnhem LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Anindilyakwa?

    The median weekly rent in Anindilyakwa is $100/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Anindilyakwa a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Anindilyakwa show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Anindilyakwa?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Anindilyakwa data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.