Bellamack, NT
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
More advantaged than the national average
Bellamack is more socio-economically advantaged than about 77% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1036, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Bellamack a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Bellamack from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
77/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (77/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
27/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $360 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 27% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Bellamack at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 2,423
- Median age
- 29
- Median weekly household income
- $2,331
- SEIFA score
- 1036
- Local government area
- Palmerston
- Coordinates
- -12.5152, 130.9831
Map of Bellamack
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Housing & property in Bellamack
What it costs to live in Bellamack and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $360
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,400
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 38%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 58%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Bellamack demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Bellamack demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Bellamack using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is young adults (25–44) at 36% and 22% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 665 | 27% |
| Youth (15–24) | 350 | 14% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 871 | 36% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 405 | 17% |
| Seniors (65+) | 132 | 5% |
Share of the 2,423 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 32 | 4% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 260 | 34% |
| Rented | 437 | 58% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 543 | 72% |
| Townhouses & semis | 66 | 9% |
| Flats & apartments | 145 | 19% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 754 occupied private dwellings in Bellamack.
- Average household size
- 2.9 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,586
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,170
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 483 (22%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 426 (20%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 276 (11%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 966 (58%)
- Labour-force participation
- 71.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2%
- Employed full-time
- 849
- Employed part-time
- 284
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Weather and climate in Bellamack
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Bellamack is November (average daytime high around 34.1°C) and the coolest is July (around 31.7°C). The area receives roughly 1788 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.9°C | 25.6°C | 456 mm |
| Feb | 31°C | 25.5°C | 387 mm |
| Mar | 31.9°C | 25.2°C | 214 mm |
| Apr | 32.7°C | 24.3°C | 101 mm |
| May | 32.5°C | 22.3°C | 15 mm |
| Jun | 31.9°C | 20.9°C | 9 mm |
| Jul | 31.7°C | 19.6°C | 5 mm |
| Aug | 33°C | 20.6°C | 3 mm |
| Sep | 34.4°C | 23°C | 28 mm |
| Oct | 34.6°C | 25°C | 72 mm |
| Nov | 34.1°C | 25.7°C | 139 mm |
| Dec | 32.5°C | 25.9°C | 359 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Bellamack
Is Bellamack a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Bellamack rates 60/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Bellamack?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Bellamack was $360, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,400. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Bellamack?
Bellamack is a suburb of Northern Territory, Australia, in the Palmerston local government area.
What is the population of Bellamack?
At the 2021 Census, Bellamack had a population of about 2,423.
Is Bellamack an advantaged area?
Bellamack has an ABS SEIFA score of 1036, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 77 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 77% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Bellamack?
Bellamack has average daytime highs of about 32.6°C and overnight lows of about 23.6°C, with roughly 1,788 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
Does Bellamack have high household incomes?
Bellamack has one of the highest median weekly household incomes in Northern Territory — the 13th-highest among suburbs with at least 1,000 residents at the 2021 Census ($2,331 per week).
Where Bellamack ranks
Bellamack appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
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