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Suburb profile ·Roper Gulf LGA · NT ·0854

Borroloola NT 0854

Borroloola is in Roper Gulf LGA, NT, postcode 0854, with population 755.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
755
755 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
20
2 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,117
Median rent · wk
Investor profile

Who invests in Borroloola

Owner-occupied 17%Rented 83%
The read

Renter-heavy market

13% of homes here are owner-occupied and 65% rented.

What to check

65% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment. Social housing is 56% 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.

Household income

$68K household · yr-15.3% vs NT suburb median
Personal
$20K
Family
$53K
Household
$68K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
7
$300-649
24
$650-999
34
$1,000-1,499
34
$1,500-1,999
26
$2,000-2,999
28
$3,000-3,999
10
$4,000+
7

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (184 households)56.0% social housing
Owned outright
10%
Owned with mortgage
3%
Rented
65%
Dwelling structure29.3% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
75%
Townhouse / semi
10%
Flat / apartment
2%

Getting to work: 64% drive, 2% public transport, 36% walk or cycle, 4% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA665
Students169
Government1
  • Borroloola SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 665

Livability

27/ 100 livability index

Top 73% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 27% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access50
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

4,844 people · 20225,274 by 2032 (+8.9%)

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

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

Borroloola (postcode 0854) is a small locality in Northern Territory within the Roper Gulf local government area. The area has roughly 755 residents and a mix of families and early-career residents, with a median age of 32. Households earn a median income of $68K per year, with an average household size of 3.5 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 healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, Australian, English.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,117.

Borroloola is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 665, which is well below the national average of 1,000.

Looking at the investment signals, 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$1,117
Rent · wk(Census)
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
Population755
Median age32
Household size3.5
HH income · wk$1,301
Personal income · wk$393
Persons / bedroom1.4
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$1,289 → $1,301
Change+0.9%
vs NT median-4.9 pp
Median rent+0%
stablevs NT 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics1
Fuel stations3
Cafes & dining0
Aged care · Roper Gulf LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places12
Malandari Flexible Aged Care Service (Borroloola)12 places · in suburb
Childcare · Roper Gulf LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places131
Exceeding NQS0
Ngukurr Preschool30 places
Numbulwar Preschool28 places
Ngukurr School Council Child Care27 places
Wugularr Preschool25 places
Borroloola Preschool21 places · in suburb
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Borroloola is a thin local read rather than a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 Borroloola 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 missing both local price and current rent signals.

That means the read leans more on Census basics and whatever local services were matched, instead of a fuller market picture.

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 as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Use nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings to find stronger comparables before turning this locality into a shortlist 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 Borroloola feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Numbulwar better covered
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pop -100 · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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pop -100 · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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pop +300 · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Borroloola FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Borroloola in?

    Borroloola is in the Roper Gulf Local Government Area, NT, postcode 0854. Council-level context for Roper Gulf LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Borroloola a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Borroloola?

    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.

  4. How often is the Borroloola 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.