Darwin City is in Darwin LGA, NT, postcode 0800, with population 7,149.
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Gross yield screens at about 5.6%. Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,781/mo, while renters pay about $1,950/mo — renting runs $169/mo higher on these medians.
Located in Northern Territory within the Darwin local government area, Darwin City is a medium-sized suburb (postcode 0800). It is home to about 7,149 residents, with a mix of young professionals and families and a median age of 33. Households earn a median income of $112K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.4% 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 professionals, community & personal service, managers. Employment in the area leans toward public admin & safety and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Units have a median price of $420,000 (-5.4% YoY). The median weekly rent is $450 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 5.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,781.
Public transport access includes 14 bus stops.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 5.6%, which reads as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($420K/$711K), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 3.8x is considered affordable. House prices have moved -5.4% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.4% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Darwin City is in the Darwin Local Government Area, NT, postcode 0800. Council-level context for Darwin LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Darwin City is $450/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Darwin City show: High Yield, Below Median, Affordable. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.