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Suburb profile ·Roper Gulf LGA · NT ·0852

Ngukurr NT 0852

Ngukurr is in Roper Gulf LGA, NT, postcode 0852, with population 1,088.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$90/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,088
1K local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
9h 32m
704.9 km to Darwin CBD · free-flow
Solar
402
21 added 12mo · 5MW

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$90
Investor profile

Who invests in Ngukurr

Owner-occupied 0%Rented 100%
The read

Renter-heavy market

0% of homes here are owner-occupied and 83% rented.

What to check

83% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment. Social housing is 80% 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

7%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$66K
Median rent · wk
$90

Household income

$66K household · yr-18% vs NT suburb median
Personal
$12K
Family
$27K
Household
$66K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
14
$300-649
20
$650-999
21
$1,000-1,499
36
$1,500-1,999
32
$2,000-2,999
24
$3,000-3,999
12
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 9% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $300/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (167 households)80.2% social housing
Owned outright
0%
Owned with mortgage
0%
Rented
83%
Dwelling structure14.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
73%
Townhouse / semi
23%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 40% drive, 2% public transport, 49% walk or cycle, 3% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA676
Students207
Government1
  • Ngukurr SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 676

Livability

23/ 100 livability index

Top 77% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 23% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access40
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals25

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.

Population outlook

4,844 people · 20225,274 by 2032 (+8.9%)

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

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

Ngukurr is a small community in Northern Territory within the Roper Gulf local government area (postcode 0852). With a population of 1,088, the suburb has a notably youthful population with a median age of 25. Households earn a median income of $66K per year, with an average household size of 5.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.8% 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 professionals, community & personal service, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward education and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, Australian, English.

The median weekly rent is $90 (Census 2021).

Ngukurr is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 676, which is well below the national average of 1,000.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.8% 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+0.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNT
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$90
Population growth · Roper Gulf LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)7,597
5-year growth+0.6% CAGR
YoY change+0.8%
20012025
Development · Roper Gulf LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)19
Houses19
YoY change+0%
Employment · Roper Gulf LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)14.7%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population1,088
Median age25
Household size5.5
HH income · wk$1,260
Personal income · wk$230
Persons / bedroom1.9
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$1,286 → $1,260
Change-2%
vs NT median-7.8 pp
Median rent+45.2%
softeningvs NT 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics2
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining0
Aged care · Roper Gulf LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places12
Malandari Flexible Aged Care Service (Borroloola)12 places
Childcare · Roper Gulf LGAACECQA
Services5
Approved places131
Exceeding NQS0
Ngukurr Preschool30 places · in suburb
Numbulwar Preschool28 places
Ngukurr School Council Child Care27 places · in suburb
Wugularr Preschool25 places
Borroloola Preschool21 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

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

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Ngukurr FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Ngukurr in?

    Ngukurr is in the Roper Gulf Local Government Area, NT, postcode 0852. Council-level context for Roper Gulf LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Ngukurr?

    The median weekly rent in Ngukurr is $90/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Ngukurr a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Ngukurr 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 Ngukurr?

    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 Ngukurr 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.