Barunga NT 0852
Barunga is in Roper Gulf LGA, NT, postcode 0852, with population 337.
Verify-heavy evidence
Barunga depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.
The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Property prices, Crime, and Hospitals.
19 latest-year approvals in Roper Gulf, +0.0% YoY; population +0.8% YoY (0.6% 5yr).
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This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Barunga depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.
The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Property prices, Crime, and Hospitals.
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Schools, Population growth, Building approvals
Market rent
Property prices, Crime, Hospitals, Transport
Barunga currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.
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No strong positive decision reason is visible yet.
Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Property prices, Transport
Use as context
This page stays indexable because Barunga is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.
Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.
The main gaps on this page are hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
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This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.
If Barunga feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
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Price history
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Full data detail
Barunga NT
Barunga is a quiet locality in Northern Territory within the Roper Gulf local government area (postcode 0852). With a population of 337, the suburb has a young professional demographic with a median age of 26. Households earn a median income of $57K per year, with an average household size of 3.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.8% year-on-year at the LGA level. NT employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NT also had 4 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 3 underway, and 5 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are community & personal service, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward education and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, Australian, English.
The median weekly rent is $100 (Census 2021).
Barunga is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 614, which is well below the national average of 1,000.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.8% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Barunga is a quiet locality in Northern Territory within the Roper Gulf local government area (postcode 0852). With a population of 337, the suburb has a young professional demographic with a median age of 26. Households earn a median income of $57K per year, with an average household size of 3.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.8% year-on-year at the LGA level. NT employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NT also had 4 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 3 underway, and 5 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are community & personal service, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward education and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, Australian, English.
The median weekly rent is $100 (Census 2021).
Barunga is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 614, which is well below the national average of 1,000.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.8% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Barunga FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Barunga in?
Barunga is in the Roper Gulf Local Government Area, NT, postcode 0852. Council-level context for Roper Gulf LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Barunga?
The median weekly rent in Barunga is $100/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
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Is Barunga a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Barunga show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Barunga?
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
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How often is the Barunga data updated?
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.