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Suburb profile ·Litchfield LGA · NT ·0822

Bees Creek NT 0822

Bees Creek is in Litchfield LGA, NT, postcode 0822, with population 803.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$408/wk
Market rent signal
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
803
803 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,361
68 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$2,351
Median rent · wk$408

Affordability

18%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,351/mo, while renters pay about $1,768/mo — owning runs $583/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$117K
Median rent · wk
$408
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,351

Household income

$117K household · yr+47% vs NT suburb median
Personal
$54K
Family
$133K
Household
$117K

Full data detail

Bees Creek NT — Property Data and Demographics

Bees Creek is a small locality in Northern Territory within the Litchfield local government area (postcode 0822). With a population of 803, the suburb has a settled mid-life population with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $117K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.2% year-on-year at the LGA level. NT employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NT also had 4 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 3 underway, and 5 in planning as at 2 October 2024, 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 public admin & safety and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $408 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,351.

Public transport access includes 12 bus stops.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.2% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+2.2% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNT
Mortgage · mth$2,351
Rent · wk(Census)$408
Population growth · Litchfield LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)24,849
5-year growth+1.5% CAGR
YoY change+2.2%
20012025
Development · Litchfield LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)80
Houses76
Units4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Litchfield LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.6%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population803
Median age41
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$2,258
Personal income · wk$1,046
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops12
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Bees Creek 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 · No linked local crime series
Missing
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 · 12 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Bees Creek 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 crime coverage.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

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McMinns Lagoon most similar
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pop -100 · rent -$8/wk

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Berry Springs most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent -$108/wk

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

Bees Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Bees Creek in?

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

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Bees Creek?

    The median weekly rent in Bees Creek is $408/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Bees Creek a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Bees Creek?

    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 Bees Creek 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.