NT · Litchfield Council

Lloyd Creek, 0822

Est. population · Jun 2025

244

Growth (1 yr)

+0.8%

Growth (5 yr)

+2.5%

Median age

33

Median income

$2,833/wk

Employment rate

62.8%

University qualified

12.8%

Work from home

4.9%

Languages at home

2.2%non-English

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

14.2/100
Below average

161st in NT

Verified 64% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Outer suburban
What Lloyd Creek is known for: Outer suburban

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Suburb profile

Lloyd Creek is an outer metropolitan suburb of Darwin, in Litchfield Council. It is primarily residential, without a particularly distinct commercial centre or landmark identity.

Household incomes sit well above the peer median, with household incomes 28% above the peer median. Space is a strength, but car dependence is high. The main trade-offs are weaker population growth and thinner local amenities, with population growth 24% below the peer median.

Lloyd Creek's appeal is better explained by housing, access and location than by a strong standalone precinct or destination.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Outer metropolitan suburb · compared with outer metropolitan suburbs in Northern Territory (14)

Strengths

  • Household incomes sit well above the peer median

Weaknesses

  • Population growth is a relative weakness
  • Local amenity access is relatively limited

What stands out

  • Space is a strength, but car dependence is high

Who it suits

  • FamiliesInsufficient data
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Lloyd Creek compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent (Census)

$470/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (ERP)

244

+0.8% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

0.0%

Census unoccupied dwellings

Livability profile

Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Desirability

#35

among Metro Darwin · Established

Pop. growth

44th

percentile in NT

Rented dwellings

36%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

6/10

national SEIFA decile

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Desirability

Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
14.2/100 — Below average
National rank
6954th in Australia
State rank
161st in NT
Peer rank
#35 among Metro Darwin · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#64 among Metro Darwin suburbs
Data confidence
64%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Population

Estimated resident population

244(June 2025)

+0.8% annual · +2.5% over 5 years · 44th percentile in NT

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+0.8%
5-year growth
+2.5%
Change in 1 year
+2
Change in 5 years
+6
Growth rank in NT
44th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~250), extrapolated at +1.5% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
225
Median age
33
Median household income / week
$2,833
Dwelling vacancy
0%
Unoccupied private dwellings
0 of 61
Median monthly mortgage
$2,392
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$470
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
14.5% / 50% / 35.5%
Employment rate
62.8%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
4.9% / 3.9% / 66%
Walked or cycled to work
0%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
59 / 0 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

12.8% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.4% across Northern Territory. 21.3% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified12.8% · 21.4% NT
  • Diploma qualified7.3% · 7.5% NT
  • Trade / vocational21.3% · 16.1% NT
  • Year 12 or below58.5% · 55% NT

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Engineering and related technologies27.9%
  • Management and commerce25%
  • Society and culture16.2%
  • Health8.8%
  • Architecture and building7.4%
  • Education5.9%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$44,592

12th percentile in NT · -24% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$44,638

9th percentile in NT · -31% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
8.0%

18th percentile in NT · -42% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$12,837

6th percentile in NT · -80% vs Australia

Residents with business income
6.0%

35th percentile in NT · -42% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 0822 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
7,656
Taxpayers reporting net rent
648
Median net rent
-$1,272
Taxpayers reporting business income
445
Taxable income vs state median
-34%
Salary / wages vs state median
-38%
Rental investment vs state median
-43%
Super vs state median
-76%
Business income vs state median
-14%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in NT, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Community & culture

2.2% speak a language other than English at home; 15.8% born overseas

Language at home
178 English only · 4 other
Non-English at home
2.2%
Born overseas
29 (15.8%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
9 (4%)
Australian citizens
167

Religion

49.3%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 49.3%, while Christianity accounts for 28.4%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion49.3%38.1%
Christianity28.4%40.5%
Other / not stated22.2%21.5%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic14.2%16.9%
Anglican8.4%6%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Family & Lifestyle

Public transport

1 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Redcliffe Rd opp Whitaker Rd

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0%
Woodland / forest cover
0%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
0
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
33°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
Palmerston Regional Hospital (26.2 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
6
Participants per 1,000 residents
24.6

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
33° / 24°
Rainfall
850 mm · ~90 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
33° / 21°
Rainfall
350 mm · ~44 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
33° / 16°
Rainfall
4 mm · ~1 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
36° / 22°
Rainfall
211 mm · ~26 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via state planning hazard mapping. Flood cover uses inundation polygons against the suburb boundary where published.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Lingiari
Member of Parliament
Marion SCRYMGOUR (Australian Labor Party)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
76,817
Turnout (2025)
62.2%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+6.5 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 41.9%Labor 58.1%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 235.9 km away).

Coalition 63.2%Labor 36.8%

21.3 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -2.1 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • Humpty DooLabor 37.6% · Coalition 62.4% TPP (2025)9.3 km away
  • Bees CreekLabor 33.8% · Coalition 66.2% TPP (2025)16.0 km away
  • Berry SpringsLabor 36.1% · Coalition 63.9% TPP (2025)17.8 km away
  • CoolalingaLabor 35.3% · Coalition 64.7% TPP (2025)18.5 km away
  • Howard SpringsLabor 37.1% · Coalition 62.9% TPP (2025)20.7 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
6/10
IRSD decile (2021)
6/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

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