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Suburb profile ·Victoria Daly LGA · NT ·0822

Douglas-Daly NT 0822

Douglas-Daly is in Victoria Daly LGA, NT, postcode 0822, with population 173.

Limited data

Thin-context

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Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
3,356
3K via Victoria Daly LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
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$3,364
Median rent · wk
Investor profile

Who invests in Douglas-Daly

Owner-occupied 75%Rented 25%
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

34% of homes here are owner-occupied and 11% rented.

Why it fits

A balanced 34% owner-occupier / 11% renter mix.

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

Household income

$74K household · yr-7.3% vs NT suburb median
Personal
$53K
Family
$98K
Household
$74K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (35 households)
Owned outright
26%
Owned with mortgage
9%
Rented
11%
Dwelling structure50.7% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
80%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 35% drive, 0% public transport, 23% walk or cycle, 26% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA1022
Students5
Government1
  • Douglas Daly SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1022

Population outlook

2,176 people · 20222,390 by 2032 (+9.8%)

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

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Douglas-Daly NT — Property Data and Demographics

Douglas-Daly (postcode 0822) is a sparsely populated locality in Northern Territory within the Victoria Daly local government area. It is home to about 173 residents, with a blend of families and working-age professionals and a median age of 33. Households earn a median income of $74K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 labourers, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and mining. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,364.

Douglas-Daly is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1022, which is around the national average of 1,000.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.0% 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+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNT
Mortgage · mth$3,364
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Victoria Daly LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)3,356
5-year growth+1% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Victoria Daly LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)0
YoY change+0%
Employment · Victoria Daly LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)10.2%
YoY change+0.8pp
Jun-24Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population173
Median age33
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,424
Personal income · wk$1,015
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,357 → $1,424
Change+4.9%
vs NT median-0.9 pp
stablevs NT 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining1
Aged care · Victoria Daly LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places0
Kalkarindji Flexible Aged Care Service (Kalkarindji)National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Program
Timber Creek Flexible Aged Care ServiceNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Program
Childcare · Victoria Daly LGAACECQA
Services2
Approved places58
Exceeding NQS0
Kalkaringi Preschool36 places
Yarralin Preschool22 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Douglas-Daly is a thin local read, not 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 Douglas-Daly 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
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

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

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

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Lean on nearby suburbs, rankings, and the state hub for stronger comparables before treating this as a shortlist call.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

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Douglas-Daly FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Douglas-Daly in?

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

  2. Is Douglas-Daly a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Douglas-Daly 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 Douglas-Daly?

    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 Douglas-Daly 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.