Suburb profile
Adelaide River NT 0846
Adelaide River is located in the Outback Northern Territory region of the Northern Territory, postcode 0846. It has 244 properties across 16 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Adelaide River, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Adelaide River
Adelaide River, NT 0846, sits in Outback Northern Territory and neighbours Batchelor, Litchfield Park, Robin Falls and Stapleton. Its 16 streets hold 244 properties, 236 of them houses and 8 units.
Census figures are for the Alligator area, which covers the whole suburb. Alligator had 4,242 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,279 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,430 a month and the median rent $100 a week. Of 1,493 dwellings, 1,178 were separate houses, 95 semi-detached, 43 flats and 127 other; 500 were owned outright, 340 owned with a mortgage and 452 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Adelaide River
- 4,242Peoplelive in the area
- 47Median ageyears
- $1,279Median household incomea week
- $100Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,178
- Townhouses and semis95
- Flats and apartments43
- Other127
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,430a month
- Household size2.2people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Adelaide River
Adelaide River School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Adelaide River School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Streets in Adelaide River
- Becker Street15 properties
- Camp Creek Road4 properties
- Coach Road7 properties
- Dogherty Street6 properties
- Dorat Road12 properties
- Finlay Road9 properties
- Hardy Street22 properties
- Hatt Street8 properties
- Haynes Road33 properties
- Hopewell Street4 properties
- Memorial Terrace32 properties
- Munz Road1 property
- Silverton Road6 properties
- Strickland Road33 properties
- Stuart Highway44 properties
- Swannel Street8 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
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.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.