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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Daly Waters is a regional centre in Northern Territory, Australia, with a population of approximately 55, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 503 km from the Darwin CBD, Daly Waters is a regional area in Northern Territory. The median household income is $71,500 per year.
Lower income levels in Daly Waters typically translate to more affordable entry points for investors. As a regional location, growth prospects depend on local economic conditions and infrastructure investment.
Official Australia Post postcode for Daly Waters. 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 Daly Waters 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.
Daly Waters is a smaller community of 55 — about 2% of the Northern Territory suburb median (3,057) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Daly Waters's median household income of $71,500/year is 37% below the Northern Territory suburb median ($113,308) — this is an affordability play where returns lean on yield and patient capital growth rather than demographic premium. Daly Waters is 503 km from Darwin, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand.
How Daly Waters stacks up against the median of all Northern Territory suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Daly Waters sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Daly Waters | NT median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 55 | 3,057 | -98% |
| Median household income | $71,500/yr | $113,308/yr | -37% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,104 | $1,950 | -43% |
| Distance to CBD | 503 km | 15 km | +3253% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Daly Waters — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 55 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 Daly Waters. 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.
With a population of 55, the resale market in Daly Waters may not reliably reward cosmetic renovations — a longer hold is typically a better strategy at this scale, letting land-value appreciation do the work instead.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Daly Waters are modest for 2026 — incomes 37% below the NT median of $113,308 and a population of 55 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 Daly Waters. The EquitySight investment score of 29/100 places Daly Waters in the lower tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
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Daly Waters scores 29/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a weak rating. That score is driven by a population of 55, median household income of $71,500/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 Daly Waters are a median household income of $71,500/year, 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.
Daly Waters has a usual resident population of approximately 55, 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.
Daly Waters sits 503 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 Daly Waters. 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.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Daly Waters is $1,104, or approximately $13,248/year (vs $1,950/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
Census data was not complete enough in Daly Waters 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 (55 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,104 median mortgage, below-median household incomes ($71,500 vs $113,308 state median), 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.