Pine Creek vs Edith
Pine Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 36 against 45 in Edith. In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Pine Creek, about half of households rent. In Edith, the large majority of households own their home. Houses cost more in Edith: a median of $530,000, against $182,000 in Pine Creek, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Pine Creek tends to suit renters and buyers on a tighter budget.
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
Edith
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more separate houses rather than flats (94% vs 77%)
Weighs schools, house stock, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
They split
one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here
- Pine Creek has cheaper houses ($182,500 vs $530,000)
- Edith leaves households under less mortgage stress (14% vs 22%)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Pine Creek
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (52% vs 6%)
- has cheaper rent ($120/wk vs $300/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (11% vs 16%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Pine Creek
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (21/100 vs 0/100)
- sits closer to the CBD (225.9 km vs 255.2 km)
- has a shorter drive in (146 min vs 161 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Pine Creek
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (21/100 vs 0/100)
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (23% vs 6%)
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
Pine Creek and Edith drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Edith rents higher ($300/wk vs $120/wk); Pine Creek has more residents (318 vs 186).
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 318 +42% vs other | 186 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -3.0% | +0.0% |
| Median age | 36 | 45 |
| Median household income | $58,500/yr | $95,836/yr +64% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $120/wk | $300/wk +150% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.9%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.3%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $182,500 | $530,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 49 days from 3 sales | — |
Development activity
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 4 across Victoria Daly same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -100% same for both | |
Ranking within NT
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 26% of NT | Higher than 59% of NT |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 70% of NT | Higher than 25% of NT |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | — same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 48% of NT | Higher than 29% of NT |
Liveability
Pine Creek is more walkable (21 vs 0).
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 |
Risk profile
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 same for both | |
Schools
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 1 | 0 |
Schools in Pine Creek
- Pine Creek School Government · Combined below peers
Schools in Edith
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 2 | 0 |
| GPs | 1 | 0 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 1 | 12 |
Mobility
Edith sits further from the CBD (255.2 km vs 225.9 km).
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 21/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Darwin | 225.9 km | 255.2 km +13% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 146 min | 161 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 0847 | 0.0% postcode 0852 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 19 postcode 0847 | 24 postcode 0852 |
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (90.0%).
Setting
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 207 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 154 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 31 premises | 0% 55 premises |
Council rates
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,399/yr same for both | |
| Council | Victoria Daly same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Lingiari same for both | |
| Member | Marion Scrymgour same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Pine Creek | Edith | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $50,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | — same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
Tags
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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