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Suburb profile ·Roper Gulf LGA · NT ·0852

Pellew Islands NT 0852

Pellew Islands is in Roper Gulf LGA, NT, postcode 0852, with population 3.

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
$110/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
7,597
8K via Roper Gulf LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
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$110

Affordability

10%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$59K
Median rent · wk
$110

Household income

$59K household · yr-26.8% vs NT suburb median
Personal
$31K
Family
$59K
Household
$59K

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
Pellew Islands NT — Property Data and Demographics

Pellew Islands is a small, quiet locality in Northern Territory within the Roper Gulf local government area (postcode 0852). It is home to about 3 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $59K per year, with an average household size of 3 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 median weekly rent is $110 (Census 2021).

From an investment perspective, 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)$110
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
Population3
Median age40
Household size3
HH income · wk$1,125
Personal income · wk$599
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
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
Numbulwar Preschool28 places
Ngukurr School Council Child Care27 places
Wugularr Preschool25 places
Borroloola Preschool21 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Pellew Islands 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 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
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 Pellew Islands 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 school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches, 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.

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

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Pellew Islands FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Pellew Islands in?

    Pellew Islands 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 Pellew Islands?

    The median weekly rent in Pellew Islands is $110/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Pellew Islands a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Pellew Islands 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 Pellew Islands?

    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 Pellew Islands 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.