Darwin City is in Darwin LGA, NT, postcode 0800, with population 7,149.
The page has enough signal to be useful, but the story is mixed rather than decisive. Use compare mode to pressure-test it against stronger nearby options, then use the calculator if it still makes the shortlist.
Gross yield screens at about 5.6%. Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional.
22% of homes here are owner-occupied and 75% rented.
75% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
This suburb 3.8x · NT median 5.3x — more affordable than the NT typical
Nationally · more affordable to buy than 95% of AU suburbs
This suburb 21% · NT median 13%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 37% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,781/mo, while renters pay about $1,950/mo — renting runs $169/mo higher on these medians.
At the median asking rent, about 28% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,500/wk income).
Getting to work: 59% drive, 4% public transport, 26% walk or cycle, 5% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
Top 33% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.
Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer
Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.
Development screen
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Open official policy sourceSuburb share of occupied private dwellings recorded as separate houses.
67.5 pp below the state median
State median 67.9% · 68 valid suburbs
A comparable planning-zone layer is not staged for this state.
Demand context only; it does not establish permission to rent a secondary dwelling.
30.8 pp above the state median
State median 44.5% · 68 valid suburbs
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Approval pathway
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Property due diligence
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Test setbacks, private open space, landscaping and maximum site coverage against a concept plan.
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Check survey levels, soil classification, retaining needs and likely earthworks.
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Confirm service routes, upgrade needs and whether separate metering is permitted or practical.
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Test driveway width, gradients, turning, parking and emergency access requirements.
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Order an address-level bushfire assessment and determine any BAL construction response.
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Identify required survey, design, engineering, energy, certification and inspection evidence.
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Confirm occupation, rental, short-stay and family-use rules plus insurance and tax implications.
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Building due diligence
The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.
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This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.
Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.
May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation
A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.
May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing
Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.
May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management
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NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Darwin City SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Located in Northern Territory within the Darwin local government area, Darwin City is a medium-sized suburb (postcode 0800). It is home to about 7,149 residents, with a mix of young professionals and families and a median age of 33. Households earn a median income of $112K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.4% year-on-year at the LGA level. NT employment has moved +3.3% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NT also had 4 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 3 underway, and 4 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, community & personal service, managers. Employment in the area leans toward public admin & safety and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Units have a median price of $420,000 (-5.4% YoY). The median weekly rent is $450 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 5.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,781.
Public transport access includes 14 bus stops.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 5.6%, which reads as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($420K/$750K), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 3.8x is considered affordable. House prices have moved -5.4% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.4% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Greater Darwin regional market (2026-Q1): median house $718k · house rent $709/wk · vacancy 1.7% — NT has no suburb-level price source; this is the closest regional signal (NT Treasury / REINT).
Much of Darwin City rests on evidence that should be verified before a decision.
QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.
Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
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.
Darwin City is in the Darwin Local Government Area, NT, postcode 0800. Council-level context for Darwin LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Darwin City is $450/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Darwin City show: High Yield, Below Median, Affordable. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.