Suburb profile

Buchanan NT 0852

Buchanan is located in the Outback Northern Territory region of the Northern Territory, postcode 0852. It has 12 properties across 2 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Buchanan, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Buchanan

Buchanan, NT 0852, sits in Outback Northern Territory and neighbours Baines, Gurindji, Tanami and Gregory. Its 2 streets hold 12 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Victoria River area, which covers the whole suburb. At the 2021 Census Victoria River had 2,609 residents, a median age of 25 and an average household of 4.1 people. Median household income was $1,095 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,409 a month and the median rent $75 a week. Of 473 dwellings, 376 were separate houses, 51 semi-detached, 14 flats and 12 other; 40 were owned outright, 8 owned with a mortgage and 340 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Buchanan

  • 2,609Peoplelive in the area
  • 25Median ageyears
  • $1,095Median household incomea week
  • $75Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses376
  • Townhouses and semis51
  • Flats and apartments14
  • Other12

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,409a month
  • Household size4.1people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 40Owned with a mortgage 8Rented 340Other 85

Streets in Buchanan

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.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.