105,272
Lower than 91% of capital city areas.
Estimated resident population (ABS), 2025.
Rest of NT · Capital City
Economy & Advantage in Rest of NT
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
A modest 5.1% population increase marks the recent growth across the Rest of NT. While the area is sparsely populated with only 105,272 people, it continues to expand at a rate slightly slower than the rest of the territory.
Population growth
Annual population estimates and change since the census.
Growth since 2021 has been 5.1%, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is a little below the Northern Territory's 6.6% increase.
5.1%
Lower than 62% of capital city areas.
Population growth since the 2021 Census, from ABS annual estimates.
Sources
- Regional Population (Estimated Resident Population) — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Economy & Advantage in Rest of NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/7RNTE/rest-of-nt/topic/economy-advantage