Araluen NT 0870

Living Here

Araluen is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 2,673 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $2,451 a week, with median rent near $440 a week. Most homes are houses. About 56% of households own their home and 40% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 18 schools

  • Yipirinya School
  • Araluen Christian College
  • Bradshaw Primary School
  • Centralian Middle School
  • Gillen Primary School
  • St Joseph’s Flexible Learning Centre
  • Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Traegar Campus
  • Larapinta Primary School
  • Living Waters Lutheran School
  • Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Bath Street Campus

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• 14 cafés & restaurants

  • Watertank Café
  • Jump Inn
  • RFDS Cafe
  • Coolamon Cafe
  • Madigans
  • Uncles Tavern
  • Bojangles Saloon and Restaurant
  • Epilogue Lounge
  • Epilogue Cafe
  • Page 27

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• 5 supermarkets

  • IGA
  • Foodtown Supermarket
  • Larapinta IGA
  • Coles
  • Woolworths
• 10 parks

  • Westland Park
  • Spencer Park
  • Chalmers Park
  • Forrest Park
  • Ashwin Park
  • Newland Park
  • Albrecht Oval
  • Billy Goat Hill
  • Hospital Lawns
  • Trevor Reid Park
• 1 Catholic church

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

  • Priceline Pharmacy
• 2 doctors & medical clinics

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

  • Alice Springs Hospital
• 1 vet

  • The Alice Springs Veterinary Hospital
• 4 childcare & kindergartens

  • Bradshaw Pre School
  • Gillen Pre School
  • Larapinta Pre Primary School
  • Ida Standley Preschool
• 1 library

  • Alice Springs Library
• 1 post office

  • Alice Springs Post Shop
• 9 service stations

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

  • Traeger Park Sports Complex
  • YMCA
• 1 golf club

  • Alice Springs Golf Club
• 2 hardware stores

  • Clark Rubber
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 mechanic

  • Truck and Coach Repair
• 26 places to stay

  • Anderson Apartments
  • Haven Backpacker Resort
  • Bond Spring Outback Retreat
  • Best Western Elkira Motel
  • Quest Hotel Apartments
  • Alice on Todd
  • Quest Alice Springs
  • The Desert Rose Inn
  • Diplomat Motel
  • Gap View Hotel

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Getting around. Airport: Alice Springs Airport, 12.3 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 2.4% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 77.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

118,837 bird observations recorded near Araluen — most often seen:

• Black Kite (6,256)
• Magpie-lark (5,733)
• Little Crow (5,206)
• Crested Pigeon (5,054)
• Masked Lapwing (4,516)
• Galah (4,442)
• Grey Teal (4,406)
• Yellow-throated Miner (4,225)
• Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (4,209)
• Willie Wagtail (4,190)
• Pacific Black Duck (4,171)
• Zebra Finch (4,136)
• Red-necked Avocet (4,131)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Araluen:

• Flynn (1.4 km)
• Gillen (1.4 km)
• Ciccone (1.5 km)
• Larapinta (2.3 km)
• The Gap (2.4 km)
• Alice Springs (2.6 km)
• Braitling (2.8 km)
• Mount Johns (3.3 km)

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