Cossack vs Katherine South

Katherine South is the younger of the two, with a median age of 33 against 39 in Cossack. In Cossack, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. In Katherine South, most households rent. Houses cost more in Cossack: a median of $732,000, against $345,000 in Katherine South, though rent is higher in Katherine South. On these figures, Cossack tends to suit couples, while Katherine South suits renters, young adults, and people living alone.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Cossack has more separate houses rather than flats (83% vs 49%)
  • Katherine South has more parks and reserves (6 vs 1)

Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Katherine South

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($345,000 vs $732,500)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Cossack

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (11% vs 20%)
  • has cheaper rent ($250/wk vs $320/wk)
  • But Katherine South has a bigger rental market to choose from (68% vs 27%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Katherine South

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (45/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (200 min vs 210 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (318.8 km vs 329.1 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Katherine South

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (45/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (51% vs 17%)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, and walkability.

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Cossack and Katherine South drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Cossack Katherine South
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Cossack Katherine South
Walkability 0 / 45
Cossack — Walkability: 0/100 Katherine South — Walkability: 45/100

Demographics

Cossack has higher household incomes ($117,364 vs $84,864); Katherine South rents higher ($320/wk vs $250/wk).

Cossack Katherine South
Population 1,293 1,507
+17% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +5.7% +0.8%
Median age 39 33
Median household income $117,364/yr
+28% vs other
 $84,864/yr
Median weekly rent $250/wk $320/wk
+28% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Cossack Katherine South
0-4 6.5% / 7.0%
Cossack — 0-4: 6.5% Katherine South — 0-4: 7.0%
5-14 14.2% / 14.1%
Cossack — 5-14: 14.2% Katherine South — 5-14: 14.1%
15-19 5.9% / 4.9%
Cossack — 15-19: 5.9% Katherine South — 15-19: 4.9%
20-24 5.3% / 6.4%
Cossack — 20-24: 5.3% Katherine South — 20-24: 6.4%
25-34 11.9% / 19.8%
Cossack — 25-34: 11.9% Katherine South — 25-34: 19.8%
35-44 13.1% / 14.3%
Cossack — 35-44: 13.1% Katherine South — 35-44: 14.3%
45-54 14.6% / 11.6%
Cossack — 45-54: 14.6% Katherine South — 45-54: 11.6%
55-64 14.4% / 11.3%
Cossack — 55-64: 14.4% Katherine South — 55-64: 11.3%
65-74 9.7% / 7.6%
Cossack — 65-74: 9.7% Katherine South — 65-74: 7.6%
75-84 3.3% / 2.1%
Cossack — 75-84: 3.3% Katherine South — 75-84: 2.1%
85+ 0.3% / 0.6%
Cossack — 85+: 0.3% Katherine South — 85+: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Cossack 52.3% couple families
Cossack — Couple Families: 52.3% Cossack — Lone Person: 27.3% Cossack — One Parent Families: 13.3% Cossack — Group Household: 5.3% Cossack — Other Families: 1.9%
Katherine South 28.7% couple families
Katherine South — Couple Families: 28.7% Katherine South — Lone Person: 41.8% Katherine South — One Parent Families: 17.0% Katherine South — Group Household: 10.2% Katherine South — Other Families: 2.2%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Cossack 26.8% renting
Cossack — Owned Outright: 32.1% Cossack — Mortgage: 41.1% Cossack — Renting: 26.8%
Katherine South 68.4% renting
Katherine South — Owned Outright: 13.3% Katherine South — Mortgage: 18.4% Katherine South — Renting: 68.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Cossack Katherine South
Certificate III & IV 16.9% / 10.6%
Cossack — Certificate III & IV: 16.9% Katherine South — Certificate III & IV: 10.6%
Bachelor Degree 6.0% / 9.8%
Cossack — Bachelor Degree: 6.0% Katherine South — Bachelor Degree: 9.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.6% / 5.8%
Cossack — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.6% Katherine South — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.8%
Postgraduate Degree 2.6% / 3.4%
Cossack — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6% Katherine South — Postgraduate Degree: 3.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.5% / 1.7%
Cossack — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5% Katherine South — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.9%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Cossack Katherine South
Philippines 1.8% / 2.5%
Cossack — Philippines: 1.8% Katherine South — Philippines: 2.5%
New Zealand 2.0% / 1.3%
Cossack — New Zealand: 2.0% Katherine South — New Zealand: 1.3%
India 0.3% / 2.7%
Cossack — India: 0.3% Katherine South — India: 2.7%
Nepal — / 2.5%
Cossack — Nepal: not among its largest Katherine South — Nepal: 2.5%
England 1.4% / 1.0%
Cossack — England: 1.4% Katherine South — England: 1.0%
Germany 0.7% / —
Cossack — Germany: 0.7% Katherine South — Germany: not among its largest
Italy 0.6% / —
Cossack — Italy: 0.6% Katherine South — Italy: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.7%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Cossack 82.7% houses
Cossack — Houses: 82.7% Cossack — Townhouses: 0.0% Cossack — Flats / Apartments: 17.3%
Katherine South 49.2% houses
Katherine South — Houses: 49.2% Katherine South — Townhouses: 38.4% Katherine South — Flats / Apartments: 12.4%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Cossack Katherine South
Median house price $732,500 $345,000
Median unit price — $260,000
Median land price $1,825,000 —

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Cossack Katherine South
3 bed $625K / $305K
Cossack — 3 bed: $625K (9 sales) Katherine South — 3 bed: $305K (18 sales)

9 vs 18 sales

4 bed $900K / $358K
Cossack — 4 bed: $900K (5 sales) Katherine South — 4 bed: $358K (8 sales)

5 vs 8 sales

Development activity

Cossack Katherine South
New dwellings approved 31
across Katherine
same for both

Ranking within NT

Cossack Katherine South
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 80% of NT Higher than 52% of NT
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 45% of NT Higher than 81% of NT
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 48% of NT Higher than 47% of NT
NBN connectivity Higher than 61% of NT Higher than 91% of NT

Liveability

Katherine South is more walkable (45 vs 0); Katherine South scores higher overall (38 vs 30).

Cossack Katherine South
Grade C
same for both
Score 30/100 38/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Cossack Katherine South
Bushfire Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Crime Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 5
within 5 km

Schools

Cossack Katherine South
Inside the suburb 0 2
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Cossack

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Katherine South

  • Katherine South Primary School Government · Primary below peers
  • Kintore Street School Government · Combined · Special school

Amenities in the suburb

Cossack Katherine South
Cafes & restaurants 0 4
Parks & reserves 1 6
Childcare 0 2
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 3
Fuel stations 2 4
Waterways 7 0

Mobility

Cossack sits further from the CBD (329.1 km vs 318.8 km).

Cossack Katherine South
Walkability score 0/100 45/100
Distance to Darwin 329.1 km
+3% vs other
 318.8 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 210 min 200 min
Electric vehicle share 0.1%
postcode 0850
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 35
postcode 0850
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Cossack Katherine South
Car (driver) 82.8% / 81.8%
Cossack — Car (driver): 82.8% Katherine South — Car (driver): 81.8%
Car (passenger) 7.4% / 8.6%
Cossack — Car (passenger): 7.4% Katherine South — Car (passenger): 8.6%
Worked from Home 6.4% / 2.4%
Cossack — Worked from Home: 6.4% Katherine South — Worked from Home: 2.4%
Walked Only 3.4% / 5.4%
Cossack — Walked Only: 3.4% Katherine South — Walked Only: 5.4%
Bicycle — / 1.7%
Cossack — Bicycle: not among its largest Katherine South — Bicycle: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (82.8%).

Setting

Cossack Katherine South
Elevation 138 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 106 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Cossack Katherine South
Connectivity score 27/100 100/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 14%
148 premises
 100%
852 premises

Climate

Cossack Katherine South
Annual rainfall 956 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Cossack Katherine South
Average residential rate $2,781/yr
same for both
Council Katherine
same for both

Federal electorate

Cossack Katherine South
Division Lingiari
same for both
Member Marion Scrymgour
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Cossack Katherine South
Grant amount $50,000
same for both
Property price cap —
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Cossack

Rural

Katherine South

Affordable Parks Quiet River Townhouses

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