Territory · NT
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory has 276 suburbs in 2 regions, with 114,085 properties across 4,569 streets. Explore each region's profile, property history, homes for sale and rent, and the agents who sell in the Northern Territory. Its largest regions include Darwin and Outback Northern Territory.
About Northern Territory
The Northern Territory has 2 regions and 276 suburbs. Its 4,569 streets hold 114,085 properties, 74,587 of them houses and 39,498 units. Darwin holds 78,450 properties and Outback Northern Territory 35,635.
At the 2021 Census the Northern Territory had 232,605 residents, a median age of 33 and an average household of 2.8 people. Median household income was $2,061 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month and the median rent $325 a week. Of 70,660 dwellings, 47,212 were separate houses, 8,964 semi-detached, 12,644 flats and 1,181 other; 11,184 were owned outright, 21,366 owned with a mortgage and 33,599 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Northern Territory
- 232,605Peoplelive in the area
- 33Median ageyears
- $2,061Median household incomea week
- $325Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses47,212
- Townhouses and semis8,964
- Flats and apartments12,644
- Other1,181
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,000a month
- Household size2.8people on average
How homes are held
Regions in Northern Territory
Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.