Elsey NT 0852
17 addresses · 3 streets
Lingiari Electorate › Roper Gulf LGA › Elsey · 370 km from Darwin
Living Here
Elsey is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 12 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,024 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Elsey statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Elsey 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: 17.6% 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 | 17.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 70.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Elsey
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Elsey
| House | 3 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Top ancestries in Elsey
| English | 5 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 4 |
| Other | 4 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Elsey
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
54 bird observations recorded near Elsey — most often seen:
- Gouldian Finch (11)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (3)
- Red-winged Parrot (3)
- Striated Pardalote (3)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (2)
- Brown Honeyeater (2)
- Magpie-lark (2)
- Pheasant Coucal (2)
- Pied Butcherbird (2)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (2)
- Rufous Whistler (2)
- Varied Lorikeet (2)
- Australian Bustard (1)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Elsey
- Black-chinned Honeyeater (1)
- Double-barred Finch (1)
- Eastern Peaceful Dove (1)
- Galah (1)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (1)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (1)
- Inland Red-browed Pardalote (1)
- Jacky Winter (1)
- Long-tailed Finch (1)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
- North-western Little Friarbird (1)
- North-western Rufous Whistler (1)
- North-western White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (1)
- Northern Fantail (1)
- Northern Galah (1)
- Northern Grey-fronted Honeyeater (1)
- Northern Little Woodswallow (1)
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 Elsey:
- Mataranka (12.7 km)
- Jilkminggan (30.4 km)
- Beswick Creek (46.8 km)
- Wugularr (53.7 km)
- Beswick (53.7 km)
- Venn (77.8 km)
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Streets
- Homestead Road (1)
- Roper Highway (2)
- Stuart Highway (14)
