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Lambells Lagoon NT 0822

Lambells Lagoon is in Litchfield LGA, NT, postcode 0822, with population 239.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read.

What to check

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.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$135/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
24,849
25K via Litchfield LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,371
73 added 12mo · 17MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,875
Median rent · wk$135
Investor profile

Who invests in Lambells Lagoon

Owner-occupied 84%Rented 16%
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

70% of homes here are owner-occupied and 13% rented.

Why it fits

70% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

7%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,875/mo, while renters pay about $585/mo — owning runs $1,290/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$105K
Median rent · wk
$135
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,875

Household income

$105K household · yr+31.8% vs NT suburb median
Personal
$44K
Family
$108K
Household
$105K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
3
$650-999
9
$1,000-1,499
16
$1,500-1,999
9
$2,000-2,999
19
$3,000-3,999
3
$4,000+
11

At the median asking rent, about 2% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $450/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (77 households)5.2% social housing
Owned outright
33%
Owned with mortgage
38%
Rented
13%
Dwelling structure25.0% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
105%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 55% drive, 0% public transport, 5% walk or cycle, 29% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

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

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

4,585 people · 20224,859 by 2032 (+6.0%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Weddell SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Lambells Lagoon NT — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Northern Territory within the Litchfield local government area, Lambells Lagoon is a small, quiet locality (postcode 0822). It is home to about 239 residents, with an established family demographic and a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $105K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.2% 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 managers, labourers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Vietnamese.

The median weekly rent is $135 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,875.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +2.2% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+2.2% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNT
Mortgage · mth$1,875
Rent · wk(Census)$135
Population growth · Litchfield LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)24,849
5-year growth+1.5% CAGR
YoY change+2.2%
20012025
Development · Litchfield LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)108
Houses 96%Units 4%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Litchfield LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.6%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population239
Median age41
Household size3
HH income · wk$2,024
Personal income · wk$843
Persons / bedroom1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,875 → $2,024
Change+7.9%
vs NT median+2.1 pp
Median rent+35%
stablevs NT 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Litchfield LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Palmerston Regional Hospitalpublic
Childcare · Litchfield LGAACECQA
Services20
Approved places1,476
Exceeding NQS0
Girraween Primary School Outside School Hours Care145 places
Family First Early Learning135 places
Bees Creek Outside School Hours Care105 places
Howard Springs Primary School OSHC-YMCA NT105 places
Creative Kids Childcare Howard Springs90 places
Humpty Doo OSHC86 places
+14 more in Litchfield LGA
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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).

Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Lambells Lagoon leans 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.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
ABS Data by Region · Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Lambells Lagoon 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.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Lambells Lagoon feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Tumbling Waters most similar
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pop same · rent +$215/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Southport most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$200/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Noonamah most similar
similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent +$155/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Lambells Lagoon FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Lambells Lagoon in?

    Lambells Lagoon is in the Litchfield Local Government Area, NT, postcode 0822. Council-level context for Litchfield LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Lambells Lagoon?

    The median weekly rent in Lambells Lagoon is $135/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Lambells Lagoon a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Lambells Lagoon show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Lambells Lagoon?

    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.

  5. How often is the Lambells Lagoon 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.