Darwin price guide.
Published ballpark ranges for Darwin, each read from the sources listed below and checked. Typical figures to sanity-check a quote — not the full Canberra-style estimator yet. Every number here traces to a source; nothing is scaled from another city. A ✓ means an independent source confirms it.
Typical Darwin prices
- Colorbond✓
- $140–$220/m
- Timber paling (treated pine)✓
- $115–$175/m
- Hardwood paling✓
- $130–$220/m
- Aluminium slat✓
- $220–$450/m
- Pool (glass / frameless)✓
- $400–$700/m
- Pool (aluminium)✓
- $150–$300/m
- Chain-link✓
- $35–$90/m
- Single / pedestrian gate✓
- $450–$900 each
- Double / driveway gate✓
- $1,200–$2,800 each
- Old-fence removal✓
- $15–$40/m
- 2.5 kW split✓
- $1,500–$2,300
- 3.5 kW split✓
- $2,000–$3,000
- 5 kW split✓
- $2,300–$3,300
- 7 kW split✓
- $3,100–$4,500
- Basic ducted✓
- $8,400–$14,700
- Service per unit✓
- $105–$335 each · typ $210 each
- Electric storage✓
- $900–$2,500
- Gas storage✓
- $1,200–$3,000
- Heat pump✓
- $2,800–$5,000
- Continuous / instantaneous gas✓
- $1,400–$3,500
- 6.6 kW standard✓
- $4,907–$7,207
- 5 kWh battery✓
- $5,750–$10,350
- Plain (broom)✓
- $95–$140/m²
- Coloured✓
- $90–$135/m²
- Exposed aggregate✓
- $130–$185/m²
- Stamped / stencilled✓
- $120–$180/m²
- Old-concrete removal✓
- $35–$70/m²
- Ready-mix supply
- $380–$460/m³
- Treated pine✓
- $300–$500/m²
- Merbau✓
- $450–$700/m²
- Spotted gum✓
- $500–$800/m²
- Composite✓
- $500–$850/m²
- Hourly✓
- $105–$170/hr
- Call-out✓
- $100–$180
- New power point✓
- $150–$300 each
- Switchboard upgrade✓
- $1,500–$4,000
- EV charger (7 kW + install)✓
- $1,800–$3,500
- Full rewire (3-bed)✓
- $8,000–$18,000
- Minor leak repair✓
- $300–$900
- Colorbond re-roof✓
- $110–$180/m²
- Tile re-roof (incl. strip)✓
- $115–$250/m²
- Full single-storey replacement✓
- $18,000–$40,000
Site access, scope, materials and urgency move every job — get 2–3 written quotes. Electrical, plumbing and gas work must be done by a licensed professional in every state; always ask for and check their licence.
Who's allowed to do it
Building & trade work
Prescribed building work valued at $12,000+ needs registration with the Building Practitioners Board under the Building Act 1993 (owner-builder certificates for some residential work).
Official page →Electrical
Electrical work needs an electrical work licence (NT WorkSafe Electrical Safety Regulator); a business doing electrical work for a fee needs an electrical contractor licence.
Official page →Plumbing & gasfitting
Only an advanced tradesman licence holder (Plumbers and Drainers Licensing Board) may contract for plumbing/draining; gasfitting needs an NT WorkSafe gasfitter licence.
Official page →Money back
Federal small-scale solar (STCs)
An upfront discount on eligible solar — Darwin is STC Zone 1, the largest entitlement in Australia.
Anyone installing an eligible system before the scheme closes.
Official page →Federal Cheaper Home Batteries
An upfront discount on eligible home batteries (5–50 kWh usable); the rate steps down from 1 Jan 2027. The NT Home & Business Battery Scheme has closed.
Households installing an eligible battery.
Official page →Where these come from
- What's The Damage? (Darwin) · checked Oct 2026
- Yakka Labour · checked 1 Oct 2026
- Solar Choice / solarpowersavings.com.au · checked 10 Oct 2026
The full tool
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