Costello NT 0872
14 addresses · 4 streets
Lingiari Electorate › Barkly LGA › Costello · 1084 km from Darwin
Living Here
Costello is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 23 people, with a median age of 20. The typical household earns around $2,749 a week. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Scottish, Australian. 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 Barkly statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Costello itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 0.1% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 0.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.1% |
Demographics
Population by age in Costello
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Costello
| English | 10 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 7 |
| Australian | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Commute to work in Costello
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 15 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Airstrip Road (1)
- Alatyeyt Street (1)
- Barkly Highway (7)
- Sandover Highway (5)
