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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Beswick Creek is a regional centre in Northern Territory, Australia, with a population of approximately 16, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 331 km from the Darwin CBD, Beswick Creek is a regional area in Northern Territory. The median household income is $116,948 per year.
Strong household incomes in Beswick Creek underpin solid property demand. As a regional location, growth prospects depend on local economic conditions and infrastructure investment.
Official Australia Post postcode for Beswick Creek. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Beswick Creek on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Beswick Creek is a smaller community of 16 — about 1% of the Northern Territory suburb median (3,057) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. At $116,948/year, household income in Beswick Creek is within 3% of the Northern Territory median ($113,308), placing the suburb firmly in the state's mainstream demographic band. Beswick Creek is 331 km from Darwin, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand. Only 33% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 68% state median), so this is a unit-heavy market where body-corporate decisions and strata supply meaningfully shape investor returns.
How Beswick Creek stacks up against the median of all Northern Territory suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Beswick Creek sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Beswick Creek | NT median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 16 | 3,057 | -99% |
| Median household income | $116,948/yr | $113,308/yr | +3% |
| Distance to CBD | 331 km | 15 km | +2107% |
| Separate houses | 33% | 68% | -35pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Beswick Creek — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 16 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Northern Territory market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for Beswick Creek. Use current realestate.com.au and Domain listings to triangulate a realistic weekly rent before committing, then feed that number into our rental yield calculator.
Only 33% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 68% NT median) — this is a unit and townhouse market, where cosmetic flips struggle against body-corporate restrictions, thinner after-reno uplift and competing new supply.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Beswick Creek are modest for 2026 — incomes close to the NT median of $113,308 and a population of 16 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental fundamentals will need to be verified against live listings, as a clean median rent was not recorded for Beswick Creek. The EquitySight investment score of 51/100 places Beswick Creek in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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Beswick Creek scores 51/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 16, median household income of $116,948/year. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Beswick Creek are an above-state-median household income of $116,948/year, a dwelling mix that is 33% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Beswick Creek has a usual resident population of approximately 16, compared with a Northern Territory suburb median of 3,057 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Beswick Creek sits 331 km straight-line from the Darwin CBD. This is a regional market where CBD distance is only indicative — local industry diversity and commute alternatives matter more.
A reliable median rent was not captured for Beswick Creek. Benchmark expected weekly rent on realestate.com.au and Domain, or the state rental tribunal's rent dashboard. Most Australian investors target a 4–5% gross yield as a baseline.
A reliable median mortgage figure was not captured for Beswick Creek. Use our loan serviceability calculator to estimate a realistic monthly repayment for your target purchase price and deposit.
Census data was not complete enough in Beswick Creek to compute a clean rent-to-mortgage coverage. Use current listings to benchmark weekly rent, then plug your expected purchase price into our rental yield calculator to see whether the investment runs cash-flow positive or negative.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (16 residents), interest-rate sensitivity, a unit-heavy dwelling mix (33% houses) where body-corporate costs and apartment supply affect resale, the broader Northern Territory market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.