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Suburb profile ·East Arnhem LGA · NT ·0822

East Arnhem NT 0822

East Arnhem is in East Arnhem LGA, NT, postcode 0822, with population 1,194.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
1,194
1K local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
2
Matched school context
D8 vs AU
Drive to city
21 min
18.9 km to Darwin CBD · free-flow
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$2,500
Median rent · wk
Investor profile

Who invests in East Arnhem

Owner-occupied 20%Rented 80%
The read

Renter-heavy market

12% of homes here are owner-occupied and 45% rented.

What to check

45% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment. Social housing is 42% 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

$64K household · yr-20.3% vs NT suburb median
Personal
$15K
Family
$40K
Household
$64K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
9
$300-649
26
$650-999
30
$1,000-1,499
44
$1,500-1,999
18
$2,000-2,999
19
$3,000-3,999
7
$4,000+
8
Median taxable income trend (ATO, 2018-19 – 2022-23)$20K → $18K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (173 households)41.6% social housing
Owned outright
12%
Owned with mortgage
0%
Rented
45%
Dwelling structure36.0% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
96%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 34% drive, 0% public transport, 52% walk or cycle, 5% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total2
Avg ICSEA610
Students80
Government1
Independent1
  • Baniyala Garrangali SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 608
  • Dhupuma BarkerPrimary · Independent · ICSEA 612

Livability

43/ 100 livability index

Top 57% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 43% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access50
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals56

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.

Crime Year ending Apr 2026
901
75,460 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k75,460
Total incidents901· Year ending Apr 2026
  • Assault355100%
  • Break And Enter00%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Population outlook

8,042 people · 20228,557 by 2032 (+6.4%)

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

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

East Arnhem is a small locality in Northern Territory within the East Arnhem local government area (postcode 0822). It is home to about 1,194 residents, with a young professional demographic and a median age of 27. Households earn a median income of $64K per year, with an average household size of 4.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.3% 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, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward education and arts & recreation. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, English, Scottish.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,500.

East Arnhem is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 610, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the East Arnhem LGA is higher than average at 75,460 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.3% 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+0.3%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNT
Mortgage · mth$2,500
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · East Arnhem LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)8,130
5-year growth-0.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.3%
20012025
Development · East Arnhem LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)15
Houses 33%Units 67%
YoY change+0%
Employment · East Arnhem LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)21.2%
YoY change+2.1pp
Mar-20Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population1,194
Median age27
Household size4.9
HH income · wk$1,224
Personal income · wk$281
Persons / bedroom1.7
IncomeATO 22-23
Median income$17,659
Mean income$32,473
Earners1,750
YoY change+7.4%
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$819 → $1,224
Change+49.5%
vs NT median+43.7 pp
Median rent+16.7%
gentrifyingvs NT 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics3
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining0
Aged care · East Arnhem LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places0
Mungkadinamanja Flexible Aged and Disability Service (Angurugu - Groote Eylandt)National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Program
Childcare · East Arnhem LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places143
Exceeding NQS1
Shepherdson Preschool40 places
Gapuwiyak Preschool33 places
Yirrkala Preschool25 places
Milingimbi Preschool24 places
Ramingining Preschool21 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat East Arnhem as 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 · Year ending Apr 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 2 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 East Arnhem 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 and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on hospital coverage and transport stops; 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

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

Milingimbi most similar
similar suburb scale

pop -100

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

Angurugu better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop -300 · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

Galiwinku better covered
better market coverage

pop +1000 · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

East Arnhem FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is East Arnhem in?

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

  2. Is East Arnhem a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for East Arnhem 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 East Arnhem?

    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 East Arnhem 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.