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NT 0812 · Darwin
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
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ABS 2021
Wulagi, Northern Territory
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Wulagi NT
Based on 49 sales in the preceding 12 months
$710,000
Up 18.3% over 12 months
Based on 43 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$700 per week
Up 12.0% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Wulagi, NT is currently $710,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Wulagi has a 12-month growth rate of 18.3% for houses.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $700,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $795,000 in Wulagi.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Wulagi is $700 per week. The median house rent has increased 12.0% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Wulagi is $457,000. Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $457,000 in Wulagi.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Wulagi is 5,020 offences per 100,000 residents — 38% below the Greater Darwin 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 Wulagi.
Overall crime rate
5,020
offences per 100,000 residents
38% belowGreater Darwin
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Wulagi NT 0812 is in Northern Territory, within Greater Darwin.
2,510 people call Wulagi home, with an average of 2.9 people per household and a median household income of $2,331 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.
2.9% of workers in Wulagi worked from home on Census day.
2.2% of Wulagi residents were born in England.
39.4% of people in Wulagi 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 Wulagi NT 0812.
25.3% of Wulagi's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Darwin average.
648 family households lived in Wulagi; 47.4% were couple families and 21.3% were one-parent families.
46.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Wulagi had 2,510 residents at the 2021 Census.
26.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
20.7% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Darwin.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 98.8% of occupied private dwellings in Wulagi.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
23.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Darwin average.
48.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.
28.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Wulagi had 2.9 people.
One-person households made up 13.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Darwin average.
Two-person households represented 31.9%, while 32.2% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
2.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.
72.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Darwin average.
2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.4% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.
One-car households formed 28.4% of the total.
68.4% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
63.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.9% reported a different address.
22.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Darwin average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
70.6% of residents used only English at home.
19.3% used a language other than English at home.
1.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
22.5% of Wulagi's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.5% was born in Australia.
0.8% of residents were born in China.
1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.8%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 23.9% of ancestry responses in Wulagi.
Australian ancestry made up 32.7% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 4.7% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
21.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Darwin.
Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.9%.
Health care and social assistance employed 14.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.6%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 66.7%, compared with 69.7% across Greater Darwin.
41.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.
Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 4.0% across Greater Darwin.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
63.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.
5.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
5.5% reported asthma, 5.3% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
21.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.8% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.6%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,331 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $425 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 2.9% in Wulagi, compared with 4.3% across Greater Darwin.
Outright ownership was 23.4% locally and 17.9% across Greater Darwin. That is somewhat above the Greater Darwin average.
Renting accounted for 28.2% in Wulagi, against 45.2% across Greater Darwin.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $710,000, while units and apartments sit at $457,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 648 local families, and 25.3% 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 $795,000, 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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