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Barunga NT 0852

Barunga is located in the Outback Northern Territory region of the Northern Territory, postcode 0852. It has 161 properties across 13 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Barunga, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Barunga

Barunga, NT 0852, sits in Outback Northern Territory and neighbours Beswick Creek. Its 13 streets hold 161 properties, all 161 of them houses.

Census figures are for the Elsey area. At the 2021 Census Elsey had 2,283 residents, a median age of 29 and an average household of 3.8 people. Median household income was $1,389 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $80 a week. Of 458 dwellings, 321 were separate houses, 46 semi-detached, 26 flats and 51 other; 61 were owned outright, 19 owned with a mortgage and 276 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Barunga

  • 2,283Peoplelive in the area
  • 29Median ageyears
  • $1,389Median household incomea week
  • $80Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses321
  • Townhouses and semis46
  • Flats and apartments26
  • Other51

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size3.8people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 61Owned with a mortgage 19Rented 276Other 102

Schools in Barunga

  • Barunga School

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Barunga

  1. Bagala Road51 properties
  2. Buhymi Crescent25 properties
  3. Central Arnhem Road4 properties
  4. Derrkolo Road9 properties
  5. Galkmanj Street5 properties
  6. Jilngurr Crescent5 properties
  7. Jolngurr Crescent5 properties
  8. Lamjorrotj Road15 properties
  9. Lulu Street4 properties
  10. Macdonneld Street10 properties
  11. Mudburra Street4 properties
  12. Ngalakan Street18 properties
  13. Ngamutjulu Street6 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.