What are the largest suburbs in Northern Territory?

The top-ranked suburbs are Darwin City, Nhulunbuy, Zuccoli, Gillen, Karama, and more, ordered by a category-specific composite score from official government and open data.

What does the index column mean on ranking pages?

The index shows relative strength within the ranking list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader. It is not an overall suburb rating out of 100.

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Largest Suburbs in Northern Territory

Suburbs ranked by estimated resident population from the latest ABS ERP release, allocated to suburb boundaries via area-weighted SA2 overlap.

Rank	Suburb	Population
#1	Darwin City	8,594
#2	Nhulunbuy	6,242
#3	Zuccoli	5,711
#4	Gillen	5,164
#5	Karama	5,113
#6	Leanyer	5,085
#7	Humpty Doo	4,930
#8	Stuart Park	4,777
#9	Larrakeyah	4,756
#10	Rosebery	4,656
#11	Muirhead	4,637
#12	Nightcliff	4,324
#13	Durack	4,184
#14	Irlpme	4,035
#15	Howard Springs	3,794
#16	East Side	3,757
#17	Woodroffe	3,681
#18	Braitling	3,627
#19	Katherine East	3,624
#20	Tennant Creek	3,599
#21	Rapid Creek	3,578
#22	Gray	3,572
#23	Bakewell	3,470
#24	Moulden	3,361
#25	Malak	3,318
#26	Johnston	3,271
#27	Parap	3,179
#28	Araluen	3,178
#29	Fannie Bay	3,133
#30	Coconut Grove	3,076
#31	Maningrida	3,076
#32	Driver	2,850
#33	Sadadeen	2,835
#34	Millner	2,834
#35	Larapinta	2,815
#36	Mitchell	2,805
#37	Gunn	2,780
#38	Wulagi	2,773
#39	Bellamack	2,699
#40	Lyons	2,690
#41	Tiwi	2,639
#42	Anula	2,578
#43	The Gap	2,445
#44	Holtze	2,329
#45	Wadeye	2,240
#46	Virginia	2,189
#47	Alawa	2,180
#48	Wagaman	2,156
#49	Moil	2,005
#50	Berrimah	1,998

Population is ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to suburb boundaries via area-weighted SA2 overlap. Not an official ABS suburb-level figure.

Last updated 29 July 2026 at 1:51 am ACST

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