Liveability

Top Suburbs by Overall Score in Northern Territory

Suburbs ranked by overall desirability score — a weighted index from eight pillars including safety, housing, education, accessibility, lifestyle, environment, future growth and community. Scores are normalised within metro, coastal and regional cohorts.

Darwin City currently leads this Northern Territory list. Suburbs ranked by overall desirability score — a weighted index from eight pillars including safety, housing, education, accessibility, lifestyle, environment, future growth and community. Scores are normalised within metro, coastal and regional cohorts. The index is relative to this list (100 = the top suburb here), not an overall suburb rating. Very small localities can rank highly when nearby services score well — check population and housing on each profile before treating a rank as a place to live.

Rank	Suburb	Score /100
#1	Darwin City	62.1
#2	Fannie Bay	62.1
#3	Eaton	61.2
#4	Alice Springs	60.2
#5	The Gardens	60.2
#6	Coconut Grove	59.1
#7	Casuarina	58.1
#8	Parap	57.9
#9	Katherine	57.5
#10	Marrara	55.4
#11	Nightcliff	54.8
#12	Jabiru	54.5
#13	Coolalinga	53.5
#14	Stuart Park	53.1
#15	Woolner	52.8
#16	Ludmilla	52.3
#17	Millner	52.1
#18	Katherine South	51.9
#19	Rapid Creek	51.0
#20	Zuccoli	50.9
#21	Bakewell	50.6
#22	Leanyer	50.0
#23	Tiwi	49.7
#24	Larrakeyah	49.6
#25	Jingili	49.4
#26	Ciccone	48.5
#27	Durack	48.5
#28	Bayview	48.3
#29	Berrimah	48.1
#30	Braitling	47.9
#31	Tennant Creek	47.4
#32	East Side	47.1
#33	The Gap	47.1
#34	Karama	47.0
#35	Rosebery	46.9
#36	Brinkin	46.5
#37	Stuart	46.4
#38	Alawa	46.0
#39	Wanguri	45.8
#40	Gillen	45.7
#41	Johnston	44.9
#42	The Narrows	44.7
#43	Anula	44.4
#44	Katherine East	43.8
#45	Araluen	43.6
#46	Wagait Beach	43.6
#47	Moil	43.3
#48	Desert Springs	43.2
#49	Wulagi	43.2
#50	Farrar	43.1
#51	Gunn	43.0
#52	Lyons	42.7
#53	Malak	41.8
#54	Alyangula	41.6
#55	Yirrkala	41.6
#56	Nakara	41.2
#57	Yulara	41.1
#58	Ross	41.0
#59	Sadadeen	40.2
#60	Elliott	39.9
#61	Bellamack	39.8
#62	Driver	39.7
#63	Muirhead	39.3
#64	Wagaman	39.2
#65	Virginia	38.6
#66	Howard Springs	38.5
#67	McMinns Lagoon	38.2
#68	Mount Johns	38.1
#69	Larapinta	37.8
#70	Ilparpa	37.5
#71	Amoonguna	37.1
#72	Woodroffe	36.9
#73	Wurrumiyanga	36.9
#74	Gray	36.5
#75	Tindal	36.3
#76	Knuckey Lagoon	36.0
#77	Marlow Lagoon	35.7
#78	Kilgariff	34.2
#79	Borroloola	33.9
#80	Bees Creek	33.8
#81	Girraween	33.4
#82	Pine Creek	33.3
#83	Humpty Doo	32.8
#84	Nauiyu	30.9
#85	Nhulunbuy	30.9
#86	Angurugu	30.2
#87	Moulden	30.0
#88	Emungalan	29.9
#89	Noonamah	29.7
#90	Nyirripi	28.6
#91	Gunyangara	28.5
#92	Holtze	28.0
#93	Alpurrurulam	27.9
#94	Kintore	27.7
#95	Kaltukatjara	27.5
#96	Kalkarindji	27.3
#97	Batchelor	27.1
#98	Beswick	27.0
#99	Herbert	26.6
#100	Mount Liebig	26.3

Score is the overall desirability index (0–100), normalised within each metro, coastal and regional cohort.

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