Alice Springs NT 0870

Living Here

Alice Springs is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 231 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,463 a week, with median rent near $313 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 24% of households own their home and 67% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Aboriginal, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Charles statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Alice Springs itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 18 schools

  • Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Bath Street Campus
  • St Joseph’s Flexible Learning Centre
  • Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Traegar Campus
  • St Philip's College
  • Ross Park Primary School
  • Centralian Senior College
  • Gillen Primary School
  • Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Sadadeen Campus
  • Sadadeen Primary School
  • Acacia Hill School

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• 18 cafés & restaurants

  • Uncles Tavern
  • Epilogue Lounge
  • Epilogue Cafe
  • The Sports Cafe and Restaurant
  • Page 27
  • Bojangles Saloon and Restaurant
  • The Locals
  • DJ's Bistro
  • RFDS Cafe
  • Barra On Todd Restaurant and Bar

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• 6 supermarkets

  • Woolworths
  • Coles
  • IGA East Side
  • Foodtown Supermarket
  • Sadadeen Supermarket
  • IGA
• 16 parks

  • Billy Goat Hill
  • Hospital Lawns
  • Trevor Reid Park
  • Allan Brumby Memorial Park
  • Ashwin Park
  • Ross Park
  • Gosse Street Park
  • Spencer Hill Community Park
  • Davidson Park
  • Newland Park

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• 1 Catholic church

  • Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • Priceline Pharmacy
• 2 doctors & medical clinics

  • Gap Road Dialysis Centre
  • Alice Springs Community Health
• 1 hospital

  • Alice Springs Hospital
• 1 vet

  • The Alice Springs Veterinary Hospital
• 5 childcare & kindergartens

  • Gillen Pre School
  • Rona Glynn Pre-school
  • Nathalie Gorey Preschool
  • Bradshaw Pre School
  • Ida Standley Preschool
• 1 library

  • Alice Springs Library
• 1 post office

  • Alice Springs Post Shop
• 10 service stations

  • BP
  • EG Australia
  • Ampol
  • Shell
  • Shell
  • Ampol (unattended)
  • Mobil
  • BP Gap Road
  • Mobil
  • Shell
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Traeger Park Sports Complex
  • YMCA
• 1 golf club

  • Alice Springs Golf Club
• 1 playground

  • Mercorella Court Park
• 2 hardware stores

  • Clark Rubber
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 mechanic

  • Truck and Coach Repair
• 26 places to stay

  • Diplomat Motel
  • Best Western Elkira Motel
  • Stay at Alice Springs
  • Alice Springs YHA
  • The Desert Rose Inn
  • Todd Tavern
  • Mercure Alice Springs Resort
  • Alice's Secret Traveller's Inn
  • Alice Lodge
  • Haven Backpacker Resort

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Getting around. Airport: Alice Springs Airport, 11.7 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 8% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 7% · Labour-force participation 60.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

110,076 bird observations recorded near Alice Springs — most often seen:

• Black Kite (5,785)
• Magpie-lark (5,410)
• Little Crow (4,997)
• Crested Pigeon (4,780)
• Galah (4,197)
• Masked Lapwing (4,189)
• Grey Teal (4,055)
• Yellow-throated Miner (4,042)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (3,861)
• Willie Wagtail (3,858)
• Pacific Black Duck (3,834)
• Red-necked Avocet (3,820)
• Hoary-headed Grebe (3,775)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Alice Springs:

• Ciccone (1.5 km)
• East Side (1.6 km)
• Desert Springs (1.8 km)
• The Gap (1.8 km)
• Gillen (1.8 km)
• Sadadeen (2 km)
• Mount Johns (2.5 km)
• Araluen (2.6 km)

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