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Suburb profile ·East Arnhem LGA · NT ·0822

Milyakburra NT 0822

Milyakburra is in East Arnhem LGA, NT, postcode 0822, with population 106.

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.

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
$60/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
8,130
8K via East Arnhem 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
Median rent · wk$60
Investor profile

Who invests in Milyakburra

Owner-occupied 0%Rented 100%
The read

Renter-heavy market

0% of homes here are owner-occupied and 89% rented.

What to check

89% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment. Social housing is 86% 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.

Affordability

10%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$30K
Median rent · wk
$60

Household income

$30K household · yr-62.6% vs NT suburb median
Personal
$13K
Family
$27K
Household
$30K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (35 households)85.7% social housing
Owned outright
0%
Owned with mortgage
0%
Rented
89%
Dwelling structure17.4% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
94%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA659
Students17
Government1
  • Milyakburra SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 659

Population outlook

2,918 people · 20223,190 by 2032 (+9.3%)

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

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

Milyakburra (postcode 0822) is a small, quiet locality in Northern Territory within the East Arnhem local government area. It is home to about 106 residents, with a blend of families and working-age professionals and a median age of 33. Households earn a median income of $30K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 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 managers, community & personal service, sales. Employment in the area leans toward education and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, German.

The median weekly rent is $60 (Census 2021).

Milyakburra is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 659, which is well below the national average of 1,000.

From an investment perspective, 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
Rent · wk(Census)$60
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
Population106
Median age33
Household size3.1
HH income · wk$575
Personal income · wk$241
Persons / bedroom1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics1
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
Verify-heavy evidence

Milyakburra depends 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 Milyakburra 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 main gaps on this page are hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market 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 Milyakburra feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Gunyangara most similar
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pop +100 · rent +$30/wk

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Angurugu most similar
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pop +800 · rent +$10/wk

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Yirrkala most similar
similar rent profile

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Milyakburra FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Milyakburra in?

    Milyakburra 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. What is the typical weekly rent in Milyakburra?

    The median weekly rent in Milyakburra is $60/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Milyakburra a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Milyakburra?

    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 Milyakburra 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.