Local government
Northern Territory councils
Every Northern Territory local government area with the facts we hold for it. Population is the ABS estimated resident population at 30 June 2025; house medians are council-wide, not any suburb’s. Sort the table by any column.
| Darwin | 90,035 | +1.4% | 809 | $610k | $56 | 1.9 | 9 |
| Palmerston | 43,193 | +1.4% | 633 | $515k | $61 | 5.9 | 8 |
| Alice Springs | 30,875 | +1.3% | 94 | $495k | $71 | 0.9 | 8 |
| Litchfield | 24,849 | +2.2% | 8.6 | $733k | $171 | 5.5 | 9 |
| Katherine | 11,282 | +0.8% | 1.5 | $375k | $116 | 2.8 | 7 |
| East Arnhem | 10,225 | +0.7% | 0.3 | $589 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| Unincorporated NTunincorporated | 8,207 | +2.8% | 0.4 | 11.0 | 9 | ||
| West Arnhem | 7,608 | +1.0% | 0.2 | $491 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| Roper Gulf | 7,597 | +0.8% | <0.1 | $520 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Barkly | 7,448 | +0.9% | <0.1 | $275k | $424 | 0.9 | 1 |
| MacDonnell | 6,978 | +2.0% | <0.1 | $598 | 1.4 | 1 | |
| Central Desert | 4,170 | +0.4% | <0.1 | $664 | 6.2 | 1 | |
| West Daly | 3,495 | +0.6% | 0.2 | $553 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Victoria Daly | 3,356 | +1.0% | <0.1 | $462 | 0.0 | 1 | |
| Tiwi Islands | 2,767 | +0.4% | 0.4 | $676 | 0.0 | 1 | |
| Coomalie | 1,448 | +2.1% | 0.7 | $215k (2021-22) | $506 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Wagait | 504 | +2.0% | 88 | $495k (2022-23) | $174 | 7.9 | 7 |
| Darwin Waterfront Precinct | 352 | +9.3% | 503 | 0.0 | 10 | ||
| Belyuen | 167 | 0.0% | 4.0 | $458 | 0.0 | 1 |
ABS ASGS 2024 local government areas and estimated resident population; council-wide medians from ABS Data by Region; grants from the Financial Assistance Grants (Dept of Infrastructure), 2025-26, per ABS resident; approvals from ABS Building Approvals, 12 months to 2026-07; SEIFA 2021. Hazard shares are population-weighted over member suburbs a state layer covers, and shown only where covered suburbs hold at least half the council’s residents; a dash means no source covers enough of it, not zero. ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state data CC BY 4.0.