Nearly half of Northern Territory households struggled to get enough food
Power costs rose 18 per cent, and people on prepaid plans are cut off more often.
Foodbank Australia estimates 46 per cent of NT households faced food insecurity in 2025. Food insecurity means not always having enough to eat.
The national average is 33 per cent, which is lower than the NT figure. Healthy food baskets averaged 40 per cent more in remote stores than in supermarkets in 2023.
Rents in the Territory have risen 55 per cent over the past decade. People on prepaid power plans are having their electricity cut off more often.
The report recommends raising income support payments, including JobSeeker and Youth Allowance. Claire Pirrett, interim chief of the NT Council of Social Service, said poverty levels are unacceptable.
- 46 per cent of households in 2025
- NT food insecurity
- 33 per cent
- National average
- 18 per cent
- Power cost rise
- 40 per cent more than supermarkets in 2023
- Remote food basket
Why it mattersFamilies on low incomes may struggle to pay for food and power between pay cheques, and the report calls for higher income support.
AustraliaTerritorians on JobSeeker or Youth Allowance would feel any rise directly if the federal government lifts those payments.
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