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Pinelands, 0829

Est. population · Jun 2025

21

Growth (1 yr)

0.0%

Growth (5 yr)

+5.0%

Median age

58

Median income

$1,187/wk

Employment rate

66.7%

University qualified

0%

Work from home

41.7%

Languages at home

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

  • Green suburb
  • Rural living
What Pinelands is known for: Green suburb, Rural living

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Suburb profile

Pinelands is a semi-rural locality near Darwin, in Palmerston Council.

The suburb is highly walkable compared with similar places, placing it among the highest-ranked semi-rural and lifestyle localities. Local amenities is an exceptional strength. Green cover is an exceptional strength, and working from home is an exceptional strength. The clearer weaknesses are fewer university qualifications and household incomes, with university qualifications 100% below the peer median.

Overall, Pinelands suits people prioritising walkability and local amenities over university qualifications.

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

Semi-rural locality · compared with semi-rural and lifestyle localities in Northern Territory (14)

Strengths

  • The suburb is highly walkable compared with similar places
  • Local amenity access is stronger than in most comparable places
  • Green cover is stronger than in comparable places
  • Working from home is a relative strength

Weaknesses

  • University qualifications are a relative weakness
  • Household incomes are a relative weakness

What stands out

Nothing distinctive beyond the usual profile.

Who it suits

  • StudentsInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Pinelands compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent (Census)

$275/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (ERP)

21

0.0% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

0.0%

Census unoccupied dwellings

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Pop. growth

18th

percentile in NT

Rented dwellings

57%

2021 Census tenure

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

Population

Estimated resident population

21(June 2025)

0.0% annual · +5.0% over 5 years · 18th percentile in NT

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
0.0%
5-year growth
+5.0%
Change in 1 year
0
Change in 5 years
+1
Growth rank in NT
18th 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 (~0), extrapolated at +2.0% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
19
Median age
58
Median household income / week
$1,187
Dwelling vacancy
0%
Unoccupied private dwellings
0 of 10
Median monthly mortgage
$3,000
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$275
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
42.9% / 0% / 57.1%
Employment rate
66.7%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
41.7% / 0% / 25%
Walked or cycled to work
25%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
4 / 0 / 0 (+ 3 other)

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

0% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.4% across Northern Territory. 86.7% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • Diploma qualified26.7% · 7.5% NT
  • Trade / vocational86.7% · 16.1% NT

Highest qualification field

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

  • Engineering and related technologies40%
  • Management and commerce40%
  • Society and culture20%
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)
$78,338

91st percentile in NT · +33% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$77,830

77th percentile in NT · +20% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
7.0%

15th percentile in NT · -49% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$34,554

27th percentile in NT · -45% vs Australia

Residents with business income
3.0%

12th percentile in NT · -71% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 0829 — 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
619
Taxpayers reporting net rent
42
Median net rent
-$652
Taxpayers reporting business income
16
Taxable income vs state median
+16%
Salary / wages vs state median
+9%
Rental investment vs state median
-50%
Super vs state median
-36%
Business income vs state median
-57%

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

28.6% born overseas

Language at home
21 English only · 0 other
Non-English at home
0%
Born overseas
4 (28.6%)
Australian citizens
20

Religion

68.4%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 68.4%, while Christianity accounts for 57.9%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion68.4%38.1%
Christianity57.9%40.5%

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.

Crime & safety

Figures are for the Palmerston reporting region, not this suburb alone.

Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2026 to Sep 2026)
2,450
Against the person
787
Against property
1,663
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
72.1
State crime-rate percentile
13.9th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
-12.6%

Most common offence types

  • 021 Serious Assault
  • 023 Common Assault
  • 061 Burglary - Dwelling (House Break-Ins), Actual
  • 07* Other Theft
  • 11 Property Damage Offences

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

  • NT Police crime statistics (reporting region / SA2) — Northern Territory Police · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Sep 2026; Jan 2026 to Sep 2026 · Updated · Monthly CSV; regional totals where suburb-level data unavailable

Family & Lifestyle

Public transport

3 public transport stops in this suburb

  • 876 Stuart Hwy after McKinnon Rd
  • Stuart Hwy after Deviney Rd
  • Stuart Hwy opp Foundation Rd

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

8 mapped amenities

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
Walkability proxy
5/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
0
Sport & outdoors(1)
  • North Australia Rail TrailCycling route
Transport(3)

3 bus stops

Other(4)
  • Top End Van RepairsCar repair
  • BTC - Parts and AccessoriesOutdoor

    878 Stuart Highway

  • Cash for Containers Envirobank RecyclingRecycling
  • Sims MetalRecycling

    35 McKinnon Road, Pinelands

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

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
12.5%
Woodland / forest cover
12.5%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
4
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
31°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 (5.2 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)
1
Participants per 1,000 residents
47.6

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
31° / 25°
Rainfall
1,010 mm · ~90 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
31° / 24°
Rainfall
491 mm · ~61 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
30° / 20°
Rainfall
8 mm · ~1 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
32° / 24°
Rainfall
171 mm · ~21 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
No overlay at centroid

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
Solomon
Member of Parliament
Luke John GOSLING (Australian Labor Party)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
78,702
Turnout (2025)
79.3%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
-7.1 pp toward Coalition

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 48.7%Labor 51.3%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 7.1 km away).

Coalition 55.8%Labor 44.2%

7.1 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -7.6 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • DurackLabor 39.8% · Coalition 60.2% TPP (2025)2.8 km away
  • PalmerstonLabor 48.3% · Coalition 51.7% TPP (2025)3.9 km away
  • BerrimahLabor 40.6% · Coalition 59.4% TPP (2025)4.0 km away
  • GrayLabor 46.1% · Coalition 53.9% TPP (2025)4.5 km away
  • DriverLabor 49.7% · Coalition 50.3% TPP (2025)4.6 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

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