Suburb profile

Mataranka NT 0852

Mataranka is located in the Outback Northern Territory region of the Northern Territory, postcode 0852. It has 188 properties across 11 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Mataranka, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Mataranka

Mataranka, NT 0852, sits in Outback Northern Territory and neighbours Elsey. Its 11 streets hold 188 properties, 178 of them houses and 10 units.

Census figures are for the Elsey statistical area, which has 2,283 residents, a median age of 29 and an average household of 3.8 people. Median household income is $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 Mataranka

  • 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 Mataranka

  • Mataranka School

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Mataranka

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.