The Territory covers a vast geographic area, from the tropics of the north to the arid zone in the centre.

The designs of Government Employee Housing vary enormously, mostly according to the climate. Styles range from those designed to cope with the tropical conditions of the northern region to those suited to the drier and colder conditions in the southern region and Central Australia.

Government Employee Housing stock ranges from one, two and three-bedroom dwellings from ground level construction through to elevated construction.