Burt Plain
NT 0872 · MacDonnell
230 (2021) → 242 est. (2025) · Moderate Growth
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Burt Plain is a moderate growth suburb in MacDonnell, NT 0872, about 1243km from Darwin CBD. Recent property sales in Burt Plain are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 0/100, and is about 886km inland. Burt Plain has an overall score of 5/100, based on transport, liveability and education. Suburb-level crime data isn't available for a safety score here.
Demographics
Age distribution
Top languages: Australian Indigenous Languages (49.57%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
Very small population (under 500) — per-resident rates aren't shown and no safety score is calculated, but the raw incident counts below are still accurate.
Commercial & services hub. This suburb is a major employment and services centre, drawing a significant daily influx of workers and visitors from surrounding areas. Crime figures are recorded by incident location and include offences involving commuters and visitors, not just residents, so the per-resident crime rates below may overstate the risk for people who live here.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year):
Includes street and public-place assaults — supplementary context, not part of the safety score.
Incident-trend chart suppressed for this suburb — its all-category totals don't reflect the small resident base. Raw residential counts are shown above.
Area crime context
Totals include incidents involving commuters and visitors, not just residents.
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: NT Police (regional) · Updated 2025
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
Entertainment Scene
No data
Entertainment venue data isn't available for this suburb.
Government liquor register data is not yet available for NT. Venue counts are estimated from OpenStreetMap within 2km of the suburb centre.
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Source: OpenStreetMap
Population & Growth
Moderate GrowthSource: ABS ERP & NSW DPHI
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Frequently asked questions about Burt Plain
How far is Burt Plain from Darwin CBD?
Burt Plain is about 1243.3 km from Darwin CBD.
What schools are in Burt Plain?
Burt Plain has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Burt Plain?
Burt Plain has a transport score of 0/100.