Suburb profile
Lake Mackay NT 0872
Lake Mackay is located in the Outback Northern Territory region of the Northern Territory, postcode 0872. It has 2 properties across 2 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Lake Mackay, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Lake Mackay
Lake Mackay, NT 0872, sits in Outback Northern Territory and neighbours Kintore, Mount Zeil, Nyirripi and Mount Liebig. Its 2 streets hold 2 properties, both houses, with no units.
Census figures are for the Tanami area. Tanami had 2,839 residents, a median age of 29 and an average household of 4.2 people. Median household income was $1,277 a week. Of 543 dwellings, 497 were separate houses, 22 semi-detached, 3 flats and 14 other. Of 543 households, 8 owned their dwelling outright and 388 rented; none owned with a mortgage.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Lake Mackay
- 2,839Peoplelive in the area
- 29Median ageyears
- $1,277Median household incomea week
- $0Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses497
- Townhouses and semis22
- Flats and apartments3
- Other14
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$0a month
- Household size4.2people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Lake Mackay
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.