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Suburb profile ·Unincorporated NT LGA · NT ·0840

Dundee Beach NT 0840

Dundee Beach is in Unincorporated NT LGA, NT, postcode 0840, with population 267.

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.

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
$190/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
8,207
8K via Unincorporated NT LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
151
13 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,083
Median rent · wk$190
Investor profile

Who invests in Dundee Beach

Owner-occupied 94%Rented 6%
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

88% of homes here are owner-occupied and 6% rented.

Why it fits

88% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

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

Affordability

20%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,083/mo, while renters pay about $823/mo — owning runs $260/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$49K
Median rent · wk
$190
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,083

Household income

$49K household · yr-39.3% vs NT suburb median
Personal
$26K
Family
$54K
Household
$49K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
13
$300-649
24
$650-999
22
$1,000-1,499
28
$1,500-1,999
0
$2,000-2,999
13
$3,000-3,999
4
$4,000+
6

At the median asking rent, about 33% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $633/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (116 households)
Owned outright
62%
Owned with mortgage
26%
Rented
6%
Dwelling structure65.2% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
94%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 75% drive, 0% public transport, 13% walk or cycle, 5% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA922
Students42
Government1
  • Dundee Beach SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 922

Population outlook

4,681 people · 20224,798 by 2032 (+2.5%)

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

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

Located in Northern Territory within the Unincorporated NT local government area, Dundee Beach is a quiet locality (postcode 0840). With a population of 267, the suburb has a predominantly older resident base with a median age of 62. Households earn a median income of $49K per year, with an average household size of 1.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.8% 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 managers, technicians & trades, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $190 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.

Dundee Beach is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 922, which is below the national average of 1,000.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.8% 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+2.8% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNT
Mortgage · mth$1,083
Rent · wk(Census)$190
Population growth · Unincorporated NT LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)8,207
5-year growth+2.5% CAGR
YoY change+2.8%
20012025
Development · Unincorporated NT LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)76
Houses 86%Units 14%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Unincorporated NT LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.4%
YoY change+0pp
Mar-20Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population267
Median age62
Household size1.9
HH income · wk$933
Personal income · wk$494
Persons / bedroom1
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$736 → $933
Change+26.8%
vs NT median+21 pp
Median rent-5%
gentrifyingvs NT 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining0
Hospitals · Unincorporated NT LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Gove Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Unincorporated NT LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places36
Nhulunbuy Flexible Aged Care ServiceÃ,ÂÂ32 places
Gove Multi-Purpose Service4 places
Childcare · Unincorporated NT LGAACECQA
Services7
Approved places406
Exceeding NQS2
Arnhem Early Learning Centre119 places
Nhulunbuy Preschool64 places
Nhulunbuy Child Care Centre58 places
Seagrass Early Learning58 places
Seagrass OSHC40 places
Yulara Child Care Centre37 places
+1 more in Unincorporated NT LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Dundee Beach 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 Dundee Beach 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.

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 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

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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Dundee Beach FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Dundee Beach in?

    Dundee Beach is in the Unincorporated NT Local Government Area, NT, postcode 0840. Council-level context for Unincorporated NT LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Dundee Beach?

    The median weekly rent in Dundee Beach is $190/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Dundee Beach a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Dundee Beach 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 Dundee Beach?

    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 Dundee Beach 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.