The quick read on
NT 0850 · Katherine
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
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ABS 2021
Katherine, Northern Territory
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Katherine NT
Based on 26 sales in the preceding 12 months
$370,000
Down 3.9% over 12 months
Based on 23 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$575 per week
Up 6.9% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Katherine, NT is currently $370,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Katherine has a 12-month growth rate of -3.9% for houses and 32.5% for units.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $362,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $450,000 in Katherine.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Katherine is $575 per week. The median house rent has increased 6.9% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Katherine is $310,000, which has increased 32.5% since the same time last year. The median rent for units and apartments in Katherine is $325 per week and has decreased 23.5% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Katherine is 39,846 offences per 100,000 residents — 113% above the Rest of NT benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Katherine.
Overall crime rate
39,846
offences per 100,000 residents
113% aboveRest of NT
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Katherine NT 0850 is in Northern Territory, within Rest of NT.
1,254 people call Katherine home, with an average of 2.3 people per household and a median household income of $2,053 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
4.0% of workers in Katherine worked from home on Census day.
2.6% of Katherine residents were born in New Zealand.
39.2% of people in Katherine described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Katherine NT 0850.
15.5% of Katherine's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NT average.
237 family households lived in Katherine; 35.0% were couple families and 20.3% were one-parent families.
38.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NT average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Katherine had 1,254 residents at the 2021 Census.
36.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
25.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NT average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 73.5% of occupied private dwellings in Katherine.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.4% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 2.8% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
16.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NT average.
30.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.
53.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NT average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Katherine had 2.3 people.
One-person households made up 32.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NT average.
Two-person households represented 29.4%, while 21.1% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
4.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.
64.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NT average.
0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 14.3% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
5.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.
One-car households formed 38.8% of the total.
55.1% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
42.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 57.5% reported a different address.
21.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NT average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
64.9% of residents used only English at home.
19.0% used a language other than English at home.
1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
21.9% of Katherine's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.1% was born in Australia.
1.0% of residents were born in China.
1.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 72.2%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 25.1% of ancestry responses in Katherine.
Australian ancestry made up 30.5% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 2.5% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
27.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.
Managers accounted for 9.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.
Health care and social assistance employed 24.0% of workers, and education and training employed 11.2%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 63.9%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.
47.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.3% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
59.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.
5.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
5.9% reported asthma, 4.1% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
23.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.3% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.5%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,053 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,408.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 4.0% in Katherine, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.
Outright ownership was 16.3% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is close to the Rest of NT average.
Renting accounted for 53.1% in Katherine, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $370,000, while units and apartments sit at $310,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 237 local families, and 15.5% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
4-bedroom houses have a median around $450,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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