Suburb profile

Katherine South NT 0850

Katherine South is located in the Outback Northern Territory region of the Northern Territory, postcode 0850. It has 992 properties across 37 streets. Explore every street in Katherine South, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Katherine South

Katherine South, NT 0850, sits in Outback Northern Territory and neighbours Cossack, Katherine, Katherine East and Manbulloo. Its 37 streets hold 992 properties, 533 of them houses and 459 units.

Census figures are for the Katherine area, which has 9,658 residents, a median age of 33 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income is $2,111 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month and the median rent $295 a week. Of 2,862 dwellings, 2,213 were separate houses, 432 semi-detached, 53 flats and 73 other; 447 were owned outright, 700 owned with a mortgage and 1,513 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Katherine South

  • 9,658Peoplelive in the area
  • 33Median ageyears
  • $2,111Median household incomea week
  • $295Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,213
  • Townhouses and semis432
  • Flats and apartments53
  • Other73

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,625a month
  • Household size2.7people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 447Owned with a mortgage 700Rented 1,513Other 202

Schools in Katherine South

  • Katherine South Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Katherine South

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.