Suburb profile

Borroloola NT 0854

Borroloola is located in the Outback Northern Territory region of the Northern Territory, postcode 0854. It has 387 properties across 18 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Borroloola, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Borroloola

Borroloola, NT 0854, sits in Outback Northern Territory and neighbours Mcarthur. Its 18 streets hold 387 properties, 350 of them houses and 37 units.

Census figures are for the Gulf area. It had 4,189 residents, a median age of 28 and an average household of 4.3 people. Median household income was $1,281 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,117 a month and the median rent $75 a week. Of 725 dwellings, 485 were separate houses, 134 semi-detached, 3 flats and 74 other; 71 were owned outright, 4 owned with a mortgage and 520 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Borroloola

  • 4,189Peoplelive in the area
  • 28Median ageyears
  • $1,281Median household incomea week
  • $75Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses485
  • Townhouses and semis134
  • Flats and apartments3
  • Other74

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,117a month
  • Household size4.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 71Owned with a mortgage 4Rented 520Other 130

Schools in Borroloola

  • Borroloola School

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Borroloola

Neighbouring suburbs

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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.