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Suburb profile ·Roper Gulf LGA · NT ·0852

Beswick NT 0852

Beswick is in Roper Gulf LGA, NT, postcode 0852, with population 542.

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.

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
$64/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
542
542 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
402
21 added 12mo · 5MW

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$64
Investor profile

Who invests in Beswick

Owner-occupied 0%Rented 100%
The read

Renter-heavy market

0% of homes here are owner-occupied and 80% rented.

What to check

80% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment. Social housing is 78% 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

5%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$69K
Median rent · wk
$64

Household income

$69K household · yr-13.2% vs NT suburb median
Personal
$13K
Family
$34K
Household
$69K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
6
$300-649
14
$650-999
10
$1,000-1,499
23
$1,500-1,999
15
$2,000-2,999
16
$3,000-3,999
6
$4,000+
4

At the median asking rent, about 3% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $213/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (88 households)78.4% social housing
Owned outright
0%
Owned with mortgage
0%
Rented
80%
Dwelling structure14.0% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
67%
Townhouse / semi
21%
Flat / apartment
6%

Getting to work: 40% drive, 12% public transport, 44% walk or cycle, 0% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA585
Students138
Government1
  • Wugularr SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 585

Livability

37/ 100 livability index

Top 63% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 37% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access70
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals25

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Population outlook

2,619 people · 20222,951 by 2032 (+12.7%)

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

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

Beswick is a small community in Northern Territory within the Roper Gulf local government area (postcode 0852). It is home to about 542 residents, with a predominantly early-career demographic and a median age of 27. Households earn a median income of $69K per year, with an average household size of 5.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.8% 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 professionals, community & personal service, managers. Employment in the area leans toward education and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, English, Greek.

The median weekly rent is $64 (Census 2021).

Beswick is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 585, which is well below the national average of 1,000.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.8% 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+0.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNT
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$64
Population growth · Roper Gulf LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)7,597
5-year growth+0.6% CAGR
YoY change+0.8%
20012025
Development · Roper Gulf LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)19
Houses19
YoY change+0%
Employment · Roper Gulf LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)14.7%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population542
Median age27
Household size5.4
HH income · wk$1,333
Personal income · wk$251
Persons / bedroom2.1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,070 → $1,333
Change+24.6%
vs NT median+18.8 pp
Median rent-46.7%
gentrifyingvs NT 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets2
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics2
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining0
Aged care · Roper Gulf LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places12
Malandari Flexible Aged Care Service (Borroloola)12 places
Childcare · Roper Gulf LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places131
Exceeding NQS0
Ngukurr Preschool30 places
Numbulwar Preschool28 places
Ngukurr School Council Child Care27 places
Wugularr Preschool25 places · in suburb
Borroloola Preschool21 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Beswick rests 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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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 Beswick 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.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

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

Coverage is thinner on hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

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

Miniyeri most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent +$6/wk

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

Numbulwar most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent +$11/wk

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

Mataranka most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -200 · rent +$36/wk

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

Beswick FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Beswick in?

    Beswick is in the Roper Gulf Local Government Area, NT, postcode 0852. Council-level context for Roper Gulf LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Beswick?

    The median weekly rent in Beswick is $64/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Beswick a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Beswick 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 Beswick?

    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 Beswick 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.