Durack, NT 0830
Palmerston Municipality, Northern Territory
Good to Know
Durack, NT 0830 is a tightly-held house market in the City of Darwin area, currently positioned as a high-growth rental-return submarket. Located in the Darwin metropolitan area, Durack is home to roughly 3,730 adults across 1,610 dwellings and currently records a vacancy rate of 1.12%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Durack is exhibiting tight supply with healthy demand. Stock on Market sits at 0.36% and Inventory at 1.07 months — well below the ~3-month balanced-market threshold — driving +20.8% YoY price growth and +5.9% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Durack's combination of very low Stock on Market (0.36%) and sub-2-month Inventory (1.07 months) points to constrained supply. That limited availability, together with sustained buyer activity, helps explain why capital values have outpaced rents over the last year — +20.8% price growth vs +5.9% rent growth. For a visual of where Durack sits in the broader short-term momentum landscape, see the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap.
Who lives in Durack — and why it matters for investors
Durack's IRSAD of 1066 sits above typical recommended thresholds, indicating relatively advantaged socio-economic conditions; that tends to support lower downside volatility and stronger long-cycle capital performance. The area records a 45.0% renter/owner split (neutral), and a very low units-to-houses ratio of 2.0% (opportune), meaning the market is driven by detached houses rather than strata stock. For research on socio-economic crossover effects, see the IRSAD Crossover study.
Why suburb-level data matters for Durack
Decisions should rest on Durack's own metrics rather than broader averages because suburb-level readings—like the $801,774 typical house price, a gross yield of 4.77%, Stock on Market at 0.36%, Inventory of 1.07 months and median days-on-market of 54 days—collectively define local risk and return. Council- or LGA-level averages can mask pockets with very different supply dynamics, so use suburb metrics as the primary guide: LGA vs Suburb research. For a downloadable breakdown, get the full Durack data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 86
The HtAG RCS™ bundles three independent dimensions—risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience—into a single composite to help match markets to strategies. Durack's 86 overall score reflects the balance of strong recent capital growth, solid yields and tight supply; reading the sub-score breakdown is critical to know whether the area suits a growth or income-first approach. For the methodology, see how the RCS™ is built. To inspect Durack's layers in the HtAG workspace, open Durack in HtAG Copilot.
Forward signals to watch
The vacancy rate — currently 1.12%: a balanced reading in the 1–3.5% band, which on a 12–24 month view implies firm but not overheating rental conditions; sustained falls below 1% would materially increase rental pressure.
The building approvals ratio — currently 0.45%: a neutral reading that signals modest new supply pipeline; not enough to flood the market, but worth watching if approvals trend higher.
The Darwin cycle phase: a shift in the Darwin-wide cycle (e.g. from expansion to contraction) would alter local momentum in Durack — amplifying or damping price and rental trends depending on the direction of the cycle shift.
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RCS Breakdown
Durack's RCS™ headline is an overall signal — but it doesn't tell you why. The three sub-scores below reveal whether that score is earned through risk minimisation, capital growth, or cashflow — and which portfolio brief it fits.
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Market Trends
Durack's headline values — $801K to buy and $733PW to rent, a 4.75% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 83.70% and rents 34.12% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$801K is today. The 10-year trajectory reveals whether that's the top of a run, the start of a new leg, or somewhere mid-cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
$733PW today, with rent growth at (+5.91% YoY) compared to price growth (+20.76%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Durack in its cycle - and is the 4.75% yield holding?
Cycle phase tells you whether you're buying near the bottom (room to run) or top (compression ahead). Yield trajectory tells you whether cashflow is durable or being eroded — the single most important question for a long-hold thesis.
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Area Risks
Property data alone won't flag the structural risks that can erode a long-hold position. Bushfire overlays, flood-zone exposure, and economic concentration sit outside the price feed but determine whether your capital is insurable, defensible, and structurally protected. Unlock to see.
Are there hidden structural risks shaping Durack's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Durack carries risk signals a median can't show — hazard exposure from bushfire and flood overlays, and how narrowly local employment leans on a handful of sectors (the concentration the EDI score quantifies). Together these separate insurable, defensible long-holds from those carrying tail-risk that never surfaces in the headline number.
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Supply & Demand
Durack's headline numbers show where the market is today. The two cards below answer where it's heading. Direction is what separates a buy from a wait.
Is housing supply tightening or building up?
Stock on Market is one number — the trend is what matters. SoM, inventory, building approvals and hold period together reveal whether the market is starving for stock (price pressure up) or quietly building a pipeline (pressure down).
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Is buyer and renter demand heating up or cooling off?
Vacancy is one signal — the real question is whether demand is still building or quietly peaking. Days on market, vacancy, search index and clearance rate are the four pulse-points — when they diverge, they signal a turning point.
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Fundamentals
Durack can look solid on the surface — but the three layers below separate markets that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Is Durack genuinely stable - or just expensive?
IRSAD hints at affluence, but socio-economic strength alone doesn't guarantee resilience. Combined with the renter-to-owner balance and unit-to-house ratio, you get the three signals that separate a tightly-held submarket from one carrying hidden volatility.
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Where do Durack prices go over the next 12 months?
Today's headline price is just a snapshot. Projected ROI and the volatility index tell you whether to commit capital now, wait for a softer entry, or rotate into a steadie submarket.
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Can you actually buy into Durack - and exit cleanly?
Tightly-held areas reward long-hold investors but punish anyone who needs liquidity. Annual sales and rental volume reveal whether your capital can reposition — or sits structurally locked in.
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Education & Infrastructure
Durack looks tightly-held and stable on the surface — but the three layers below separate areas that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Does Durack's school catchment + infrastructure pipeline justify the price?
School ranks anchor family demand and tenant quality. The active infrastructure pipeline shifts a suburb's price ceiling over the next 5–10 years. Together they tell you whether Durack has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Durack shows potential. The platform tells you whether it's the best fit for your portfolio.
Price and yield are only the surface. HtAG reads the forces underneath — supply tightening or loosening, demand heating or cooling, and the risks that move slowly but decide long-term growth. Together they show whether Durack has the structural support for its next leg — or whether the numbers are running ahead of the fundamentals.
The total adult population (15 years or older) of Durack 0830 NT is 2,784, with a median age of 31. Of those, 47.92% are married, 9.95% are divorced or separated, 40.12% are single and 1.94% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.8 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $10,864. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $2,167 which is 19.95% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)