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Suburb profile ·Coomalie LGA · NT ·0822

Tortilla Flats NT 0822

Tortilla Flats is in Coomalie LGA, NT, postcode 0822, with population 37.

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

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,448
1K via Coomalie LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
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$2,167
Median rent · wk

Household income

$62K household · yr-22.7% vs NT suburb median
Personal
$55K
Family
$72K
Household
$62K

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
Tortilla Flats NT — Property Data and Demographics

Tortilla Flats is a sparsely populated locality in Northern Territory within the Coomalie local government area (postcode 0822). It is home to about 37 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 38. Households earn a median income of $62K 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 +2.1% 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, clerical & administrative. The top ancestries reported are Australian, Scottish, English.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.

On the investment side, Population growth of +2.1% 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+2.1% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNT
Mortgage · mth$2,167
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Coomalie LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,448
5-year growth+0.5% CAGR
YoY change+2.1%
20012025
Development · Coomalie LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)0
YoY change+0%
Employment · Coomalie LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+0.2pp
Jun-24Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population37
Median age38
Household size1.9
HH income · wk$1,187
Personal income · wk$1,062
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Area & amenity
Childcare · Coomalie LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places27
Exceeding NQS0
Batchelor Area Preschool27 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Tortilla Flats is 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 · 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 Tortilla Flats 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 main gaps on this page are school matches, 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 as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Lean on nearby suburbs, rankings, and the state hub for stronger comparables before treating this as a shortlist call.

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

Robin Falls most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Stapleton better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

Finniss Valley better covered
better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

Tortilla Flats FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Tortilla Flats in?

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

  2. Is Tortilla Flats a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Tortilla Flats?

    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 Tortilla Flats 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.