Is Sturt Plateau expensive?
There is not yet enough consistent market data for a dependable house median. The nearby suburb links make it easier to compare the wider market while local observations build.
The quick read on
NT 0852 · Roper Gulf
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
ABS 2021
Sturt Plateau, Northern Territory
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Sturt Plateau NT
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Sturt Plateau is 12,701 offences per 100,000 residents — 32% below 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 Sturt Plateau.
Overall crime rate
12,701
offences per 100,000 residents
32% belowRest of NT
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Sturt Plateau NT 0852 is in Northern Territory, within Rest of NT.
37 people call Sturt Plateau home, with an average of 2.5 people per household and a median household income of $1,874 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.
60.0% of workers in Sturt Plateau worked from home on Census day — about twice the rate across Rest of NT.
40.5% of people in Sturt Plateau 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 Sturt Plateau NT 0852.
10.8% of Sturt Plateau's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.
11 family households lived in Sturt Plateau; 45.5% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.
0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Sturt Plateau had 37 residents at the 2021 Census.
32.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
40.5% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 50.0% of occupied private dwellings in Sturt Plateau.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
66.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.
33.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.
0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Sturt Plateau had 2.5 people.
One-person households made up 0.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.
Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 31.3% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
60.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.
16.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.
0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 16.7% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.
One-car households formed 0.0% of the total.
93.8% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
62.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.1% reported a different address.
18.9% 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.
91.9% of residents used only English at home.
0.0% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
18.9% of Sturt Plateau's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.1% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.6%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 54.1% of ancestry responses in Sturt Plateau.
Australian ancestry made up 45.9% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.
Managers accounted for 73.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.
Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 87.5%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.
60.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.
Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
67.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.
0.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
13.5% reported asthma, 16.2% arthritis and 13.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
0.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NT rate.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 46.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 73.3%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,874 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $0 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 60.0% in Sturt Plateau, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.
Outright ownership was 66.7% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is about twice the Rest of NT rate.
Renting accounted for 0.0% in Sturt Plateau, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
There is not yet enough consistent market data for a dependable house median. The nearby suburb links make it easier to compare the wider market while local observations build.
The Census counted 11 local families, and 10.8% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
The free data does not have a dependable bedroom breakdown for this suburb. Compare the current house and unit medians above, then use live listings to see what a $1.5m budget buys today.
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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