IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,039
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
Within Northern TerritoryDecile 9 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Northern Territory economy.
Housing
Howard Springs
Northern Territory · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Howard Springs is a leafy residential suburb of Litchfield.
Household income
$2,560/wk89th pctile
of 278 NT suburbs
Amenity score
6/10035th pctile
of 188 rated NT suburbs
Median house price
No open median house price for Howard Springs.
Northern Territory publishes no open Valuer-General sales feed, so there is no official suburb median we can show. ABS median established-house price, Greater Darwin: $750k; Rest of NT: $460k.
How it compares
Household income / wk89th percentile
<$225ABS Census 2021$3,749+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Northern Territory suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Northern Territory and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
3,153
Median age
43 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,118
Household income / wk
$2,560
▲ 68% vs NT
Median rent / wk
$400
Mortgage / month
$2,388
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 39%
- +6 pts vs NT
- Living alone
- 16%
- −8 pts vs NT
- Unemployment
- 4%
- −3 pts vs NT
- In the labour force
- 68%
- +7 pts vs NT
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 15%
- −6 pts vs NT
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 15%
- −9 pts vs NT
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 17%
- +4 pts vs NT
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. NT figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
1,016 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 95%
- Flat or apartment 0%
- Semi, terrace & other 5%
NT: 66% separate houses · 18% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 33%
- Mortgaged 47%
- Rented 16%
- Other & not stated 4%
NT: 16% owned outright · 31% mortgaged · 48% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,057
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
Within Northern TerritoryDecile 10 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,085
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within Northern TerritoryDecile 10 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 973
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 5 of 10
Within Northern TerritoryDecile 8 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
20 m
range 1–49 m
Land below 5 m
4.4%
0.7% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled. No open statutory flood or bushfire layer is published for Northern Territory yet.
Local amenities
Schools
2
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
0
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
5.9 km
Nearest train
17.1 km
Nearest hospital
6.3 km
Distance to coast
12.5 km
NBN
FIXED WIRELESS
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 48%
- Top language at home
- Greek · 0%
- No religion
- 48%
- Born overseas
- 15%
- English only at home
- 94%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 0 / 1
- Primary / Secondary
- 2 / 1
- Nearest secondary
- 4.8 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Litchfield
- Population
- 24,849 (2025) · +2.2% in a year
- Area / density
- 2,903 km² · 9/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 39 · $2,346/wk household income · $380/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $733k
- Federal grants
- $4.24M in 2025-26 · $171/resident
- Website
- litchfield.nt.gov.au
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. ABS and Dept of Infrastructure data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Lingiari
- Federal MP
- Marion Scrymgour (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 58% 2PP
- State electorate
- Nelson
- State MP
- Hon Gerard Maley (CLP)
Where it is in Northern Territory
View on the full Northern Territory map →Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.