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Best Retirement Suburbs in Northern Territory

Suburbs suited to retirees, combining safety, health access, recreation, green space and favourable weather from official datasets.

Rank	Suburb	Score / 100
#1	Alyangula	75.3
#2	Desert Springs	72.3
#3	Fannie Bay	70.6
#4	Humpty Doo	70.4
#5	Tindal	69.7
#6	Bayview	69.2
#7	Brinkin	69.0
#8	Mount Johns	68.9
#9	Lyons	68.7
#10	Virginia	68.7
#11	Woolner	68.4
#12	Girraween	68.3
#13	Muirhead	68.3
#14	Connellan	68.0
#15	Larrakeyah	67.9
#16	Araluen	67.8
#17	Stuart Park	67.8
#18	McMinns Lagoon	67.8
#19	Darwin City	66.4
#20	East Side	66.3
#21	Herbert	66.0
#22	Bees Creek	65.6
#23	Parap	64.8
#24	Casuarina	64.7
#25	Eaton	64.5
#26	Rapid Creek	64.5
#27	Jingili	64.0
#28	Nightcliff	63.8
#29	Nakara	63.7
#30	Lansdowne	63.4
#31	Leanyer	63.3
#32	Nhulunbuy	63.2
#33	Wanguri	63.0
#34	Howard Springs	63.0
#35	The Gardens	62.5
#36	Jabiru	62.5
#37	Yulara	62.1
#38	Braitling	61.8
#39	Marlow Lagoon	61.1
#40	Marrara	60.9
#41	Lambells Lagoon	60.8
#42	Wulagi	60.0
#43	Gillen	59.9
#44	Zuccoli	59.7
#45	Knuckey Lagoon	59.5
#46	Tiwi	59.3
#47	Ilparpa	59.3
#48	Anula	59.0
#49	Lloyd Creek	58.7
#50	Moil	58.1

Last updated 7 July 2026 at 4:55 pm ACST