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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Litchfield Park is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Darwin, Australia, with a population of approximately 34, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 88 km from the Darwin CBD, Litchfield Park is a middle ring area in Northern Territory. The median household income is $97,500 per year.
Litchfield Park benefits from a high-income resident base, supporting premium property pricing. While further from the city, improving transport links could boost future demand.
Official Australia Post postcode for Litchfield Park. 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 Litchfield Park 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.
Litchfield Park is a smaller community of 34 — 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. Household income of $97,500/year is 14% below the Northern Territory median of $113,308, typically translating into lower entry prices and a tenant base more sensitive to rent increases. Weekly rent of $70 covers just 20% of the median $1,500/month mortgage repayment, leaving a $1,197/month gap — investors should only pursue this suburb with a clear capital-growth thesis and sufficient external income to fund the shortfall. Litchfield Park is 88 km from Darwin, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand.
How Litchfield Park stacks up against the median of all Northern Territory suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Litchfield Park sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Litchfield Park | NT median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 34 | 3,057 | -99% |
| Median household income | $97,500/yr | $113,308/yr | -14% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $70 | $360 | -81% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,500 | $1,950 | -23% |
| Distance to CBD | 88 km | 15 km | +487% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Litchfield Park — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 34 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Northern Territory market over full cycles.
Weak cash flow: $70/week rent covers only 20% of the $1,500/month median mortgage — a $1,197/month gap that must be funded from other income. This suburb is a capital-growth play, not a yield play.
With a population of 34, the resale market in Litchfield Park 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 Litchfield Park are modest for 2026 — incomes 14% below the NT median of $113,308 and a population of 34 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~20% of the typical mortgage ($303/month rent vs $1,500/month repayment), meaning investors will rely on capital growth rather than yield. The EquitySight investment score of 52/100 places Litchfield Park 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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Litchfield Park scores 52/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 34, median household income of $97,500/year and median weekly rent of $70. 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 Litchfield Park are a median household income of $97,500/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.
Litchfield Park has a usual resident population of approximately 34, 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.
Litchfield Park sits 88 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.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $70 in Litchfield Park, equating to approximately $3,640/year in gross rental income (state median $360/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Litchfield Park is $1,500, or approximately $18,000/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.
A median weekly rent of $70 works out to $303/month, covering 20% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,500/month. That leaves a $1,197/month shortfall (around $14,364/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (34 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,500 median mortgage, 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.