Located in Northern Territory within the Victoria Daly local government area, Victoria River is a small, quiet locality (postcode 0852). With a population of 126, the suburb has a notably youthful population with a median age of 24. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 3.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 labourers, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and wholesale trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
The crime rate in the Victoria Daly LGA is higher than average at 242,063 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.