Batchelor NT 0845

Living Here

Batchelor is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 396 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 42% of households own their home and 50% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Aboriginal, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Alligator statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Batchelor itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Batchelor Primary School
  • Batchelor Area School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Butterfly Farm
• 1 supermarket

  • Batchelor General Store
• 2 parks

  • Bicentennial Park
  • Havlik Park
• 1 medical clinic

  • Batchelor Health Centre
• 3 service stations

  • Batchelor General Store
  • Puma
  • BP
• 2 places to stay

  • BIG4 Batchelor Holiday Park
  • Batchelor Resort

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 16.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 11.8% · Labour-force participation 42.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

5,663 bird observations recorded near Batchelor — most often seen:

• Bar-shouldered Dove (325)
• Black Kite (303)
• Torresian Crow (283)
• Red-collared Lorikeet (277)
• Blue-winged Kookaburra (276)
• Magpie-lark (234)
• White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (228)
• Peaceful Dove (218)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (217)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (213)
• Whistling Kite (210)
• Silver-backed Butcherbird (200)
• Red-winged Parrot (195)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Batchelor:

• Rum Jungle (7 km)
• Finniss Valley (7.7 km)
• Eva Valley (8.5 km)
• Coomalie Creek (10.6 km)
• Tortilla Flats (13.3 km)
• Stapleton (16 km)
• Camp Creek (17 km)
• Lake Bennett (19.1 km)

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