Alawa NT 0810

Living Here

Alawa is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 2,078 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $2,083 a week, with median rent near $340 a week. Most homes are houses. About 61% of households own their home and 37% rent. Most workers drive to work. 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 Alawa statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Alawa itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 26 schools

  • Nemarluk School
  • Alawa School Farm
  • Alawa Primary
  • Jingili Primary School
  • Wagaman Primary School
  • Nakara Primary School
  • Moil Primary School
  • Charles Darwin Uni
  • Holy Spirit Catholic Primary
  • Mimik-Ga Centre

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• 23 cafés & restaurants

  • Gong Cha
  • Gloria Jean's
  • The Coffee Club
  • Mardy's Cafe
  • Nando's
  • Medee Eatery
  • Warong
  • Pinnacle Cafe
  • Ming Court
  • Thai Thai

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• 7 supermarkets

  • Woolworths
  • Coles
  • Woolworths
  • Aralia Supermarket
  • Woolworths
  • Coles Northlakes
  • NT Oriental Emporium
• 48 parks

  • Pirates Oval
  • Community Garden
  • Colster Park
  • Thornton Park
  • Greenwood Park
  • Amsterdam Park
  • Jingili Water Gardens
  • Chinese Garden
  • Jingili Park
  • Harwood Park

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• 3 beaches

  • Windsurfer's Corner
  • Nightcliff Beach
  • Casuarina Nudist Beach
• 3 Catholic churches

  • St Martin De Porres Catholic Aboriginal Community
  • Holy Spirit Catholic Church
  • Holy Family Catholic Church
• 6 pharmacies

  • Chemist Warehouse
  • PharmaSave
  • Wizard Pharmacy
  • Hibiscus Day and Night Pharmacy
  • Chemist Warehouse Norhlakes Marrara
  • Chemist Warehouse
• 6 doctors & medical clinics

  • Darwin Medicare Mental Health Centre
  • Arafura Medical
  • Moil Medical Centre
  • Right Care Medical Centre
  • carpentaria
  • Tiwi Medical Clinic
• 6 optometrists

  • Sunglass Hut
  • Bailey Nelson
  • OPSM
  • Oscar Wylee Eyewear
  • Optical Superstore
  • NT Optometrists
• 2 hospitals

  • Darwin Private Hospital
  • Royal Darwin Hospital
• 6 childcare & kindergartens

  • Goodstart Early Learning CDU
  • Nakara After School Care
  • Moil Pre Primary School
  • Goodstart Early Learning
  • Top End Early Learning Centre Inc
  • Nightcliff Community Early Learning Centre
• 4 libraries

  • Casuarina Public Library
  • Marrara Toy Library
  • Nightcliff Library
  • Karama Library
• 5 post offices

  • Casuarina Post Office
  • Menzies Aviation
  • Jetstream Air Services
  • Australia Post Nightcliff LPO
  • Qantas Freight
• 12 service stations

  • Solo Casuarina
  • Puma
  • United
  • EG Australia
  • Ampol Foodary Eaton McMillans Rd
  • Puma Nightcliff
  • Shell
  • Shell Coles Express Nightcliff
  • EG Australia
  • United

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• 10 gyms & sports centres

  • Jingili Skate Park
  • Casuarina Aquatic & Leisure Centre
  • Marrara Sporting Complex
  • Ice skating
  • Kingpin Darwin
  • Michael Long Centre
  • TEMS - Top End Multi Sports
  • Nightcliff Aquatic Centre
  • FitnessWorks Nightcliff
  • David's Studio
• 3 golf clubs

  • Darwin Golf Course
  • RAAF Golf Course
  • Gardens Park Golf Links
• 1 playground

  • Nakara Primary North Playground
• 1 dog park

  • Breezes Muirhead Dog Park
• 2 bakeries

  • Breadtop
  • Brumby's Bakeries
• 1 butcher

  • Malone's Butchery
• 5 hardware stores

  • Godfreys
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Richmond Rolling Solutions
  • Sydney Tools
  • Infrabuild
• 7 hairdressers

  • Head Republic
  • Dapper & Boss
  • Barberfield
  • Just Cuts
  • Ooh La La Hairdressers
  • Creations Hair
  • Kaotique Hair Studio
• 11 beauty salons

  • SNS Exclusive Salon
  • Beauty Queen
  • Anjali Brow Studio
  • WAXIT
  • SILK Laser Clinics
  • Nail Lovers
  • Browz & Beauty
  • Nails Paradise
  • Nails & Beauty Palace
  • Laser Clinics Australia

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• 1 mechanic

  • Ultra Tune Casuarina
• 1 electrician

  • Frontier Electrical NT
• 11 places to stay

  • Staff Flats
  • Ibis Darwin Airport Hotel
  • Mercure Darwin Airport Resort
  • Coconut Grove Apartments
  • Novotel Darwin Airport
  • Gudang Dalba Hostel
  • Malak Caravan Park
  • Lee Point Village Resort
  • Club Tropical Resort
  • YiSSA Housing Stayover

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Getting around. Airport: Darwin International Airport, 3.2 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 23.7% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 6.4% · Labour-force participation 65.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

198,879 bird observations recorded near Alawa — most often seen:

• Bar-shouldered Dove (15,410)
• White-gaped Honeyeater (11,367)
• Masked Lapwing (10,320)
• Peaceful Dove (9,341)
• Brown Honeyeater (9,284)
• Magpie-lark (9,215)
• Red-collared Lorikeet (8,643)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (8,405)
• Rufous-banded Honeyeater (7,962)
• Torresian Imperial-pigeon (7,172)
• Double-barred Finch (6,955)
• Little Friarbird (6,597)
• White-breasted Woodswallow (6,425)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Alawa:

• Jingili (0.9 km)
• Casuarina (1 km)
• Wagaman (1.1 km)
• Nakara (1.1 km)
• Moil (1.3 km)
• Brinkin (1.5 km)
• Wanguri (1.7 km)
• Millner (1.9 km)

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