Across Greater Darwin, 58% of renting households at the 2021 Census rented through a real estate agent, against 43% across the Northern Territory.
Rented through a real estate agent 26
Rented from another landlord 18
Owned or being paid off 53
Other or not stated 3
Greater Darwin's households as 100 homes, from the 2021 Census count of households by tenure and landlord. Each kind is rounded so the 100 add up, so a share in the tiles below can differ from the drawing by one.
Households renting44%NT 48%
Of renters, through an agent58%NT 43%
Median rent$385 a weekNT $325
Weekly rent and household income
Set beside the median weekly income of all households, renters or not, the median rent in Greater Darwin came to 17%, about the same as across the Northern Territory. That share is worked out on this page from two medians, not taken from the Census, and it is not what renters themselves pay. Households reported a median income of $2,209 a week, above the $2,061 across the Territory.
More apartments, smaller households
Flats and apartments made up 25% of occupied homes in Greater Darwin, above the 18% across the Northern Territory, while separate houses came to 63%, against 67%. Four or more bedrooms appeared in 28% of homes, above the Territory's 25%. The 139,902 people counted lived 2.6 to a household on average, against 2.8 across the Territory. Fewer had stayed at one address: 42% of people aged five and over lived at the same address five years earlier, against 47%.