NT · Katherine Council

Manbulloo, 0852

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  • Green suburb
  • Café precinct
  • Education hub
What Manbulloo is known for: Green suburb, Café precinct, Education hub

Suburb profile

Manbulloo is a residential smaller community in Katherine with a familiar suburban feel. Remote from the metro area in the best sense: quiet streets, big skies and a town that runs on its own timetable. A mature community gives the area a calm, settled social fabric, with plenty of residents in steady employment.

The market sits in a sensible middle ground: not cheap, but fair value for the area. Local identity runs deep. This is the kind of place people stay once they have found it.

This is a mature, settled pocket where the existing streetscape still defines the local character.

Population

Population
14
Median age
49
Median household income / week
$1,824
Dwelling vacancy
0%
Unoccupied private dwellings
0 of 3
Median monthly mortgage
$0
Employment rate
77.8%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
0 / 0 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)

Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community ProfileAustralian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 Census release

    The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Total offences (Jan 2026 to Jul 2026)
752
Against the person
342
Against property
410
Rate per 1,000 residents
53,714.3
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 1 residents
State safety percentile
94.9th (lower crime is better)
Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
-45.8%

Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.

Reported offences by period

Most common offence types

  • 021 Serious Assault217
  • 023 Common Assault40
  • 061 Burglary - Dwelling (House Break-Ins), Actual50
  • 07* Other Theft131
  • 11 Property Damage Offences181

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)

Crime rate and year-on-year trend

Data sources & freshness

  • NT Police crime statistics (reporting region / SA2)Northern Territory Police · Period: Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Jul 2026; Jan 2026 to Jul 2026 · Updated on site · Monthly CSV; regional totals where suburb-level data unavailable

Amenities

No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap amenitiesOpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh

Socio-economic (SEIFA)

IRSAD decile (2021)
6/10
IRSD decile (2021)
5/10

SEIFA indexes from ABS 2021. Decile 10 = most advantaged / least disadvantaged in Australia.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)

Data sources & freshness

Recent changes

  • 021 Serious Assaultcrime217
  • 023 Common Assaultcrime40
  • 061 Burglary - Dwelling (House Break-Ins), Actualcrime50
  • 07* Other Theftcrime131
  • 11 Property Damage Offencescrime181

Data sources & freshness

  • NT Police crime statistics (reporting region / SA2)Northern Territory Police · Updated on site · Monthly CSV; regional totals where suburb-level data unavailable

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