Coconut Grove NT 0810

Living Here

Coconut Grove is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 2,892 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $1,549 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are townhouses. About 37% of households own their home and 62% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Coconut Grove statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Coconut Grove itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 23 schools

  • Millner Primary
  • St Paul’s Catholic Primary School
  • The Essington School
  • Nightcliff Primary School
  • Nightcliff Middle School
  • Jingili Primary School
  • Nemarluk School
  • Charles Darwin Uni
  • Alawa Primary
  • Alawa School Farm

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• 11 cafés & restaurants

  • Mt. 8848 Cafe and Restaurant
  • Ruby G's Cafe and Bakery
  • Fusion Cafe
  • Eat at Martin's
  • Patty Shack Burger Bar
  • Spice Garden Eating House & Grill
  • Lucky Bat cafe and pizzeria
  • Siam Gateway
  • Asian Gateway Restaurant
  • Central Darwin Cafe

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• 3 supermarkets

  • NT Oriental Emporium
  • Woolworths
  • Aralia Supermarket
• 17 parks

  • Reynolds Reserve
  • Nation Crescent Park
  • Topsy Secretary Juwaning Park
  • Karu Park
  • Alf Blaser Park
  • Gulnare Park
  • Grevillea Park
  • Kurrajong Park
  • Jingili Water Gardens
  • Tudawali Park

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• 6 beaches

  • Nightcliff Beach
  • Windsurfer's Corner
  • Lake Alexander Beach
  • East Point Beach
  • Pee Wees Beach
  • Sunset Beach
• 4 Catholic churches

  • St Martin De Porres Catholic Aboriginal Community
  • Holy Spirit Catholic Church
  • Holy Family Catholic Church
  • St Mary's Cathedral
• 1 pharmacy

  • Chemist Warehouse
• 3 doctors & medical clinics

  • Four Treasures Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • Family Planning
  • Right Care Medical Centre
• 5 optometrists

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

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

  • Nightcliff Community Early Learning Centre
  • Goodstart Early Learning CDU
  • Moil Pre Primary School
• 3 libraries

  • Nightcliff Library
  • Marrara Toy Library
  • Casuarina Public Library
• 6 post offices

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

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

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• 11 gyms & sports centres

  • TEMS - Top End Multi Sports
  • David's Studio
  • FitnessWorks Nightcliff
  • Kingpin Darwin
  • Ice skating
  • Jingili Skate Park
  • Nightcliff Aquatic Centre
  • Marrara Sporting Complex
  • East Point Aeromodellers Club
  • Fannie Bay Racecourse

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• 3 golf clubs

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

  • Malone's Butchery
• 5 hardware stores

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

  • Creations Hair
  • Kaotique Hair Studio
• 1 beauty salon

  • Beauty of Tatum
• 5 mechanics

  • Ultra Tune Casuarina
  • Arafura Crash Repairs
  • St John Vehicle Service
  • St John Ambulance Service
  • Winnellie Auto Centre
• 1 electrician

  • Frontier Electrical NT
• 9 places to stay

  • Coconut Grove Apartments
  • Ibis Darwin Airport Hotel
  • Mercure Darwin Airport Resort
  • Novotel Darwin Airport
  • Darwin Resort
  • Hudson Parap
  • Staff Flats
  • Gudang Dalba Hostel
  • Malak Caravan Park

Getting around. Bus interchange: Darwin Bus Interchange, 7.9 km south · Ferry wharf: Darwin, 7.3 km south-west · Airport: Darwin International Airport, 3 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 35.9% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 64.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

180,919 bird observations recorded near Coconut Grove — most often seen:

• Bar-shouldered Dove (15,342)
• White-gaped Honeyeater (12,194)
• Masked Lapwing (10,182)
• Brown Honeyeater (9,532)
• Magpie-lark (8,573)
• Peaceful Dove (8,318)
• Red-collared Lorikeet (7,470)
• Torresian Imperial-pigeon (7,439)
• Orange-footed Scrubfowl (6,969)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (6,876)
• Rufous-banded Honeyeater (6,704)
• Australasian Figbird (6,544)
• Little Friarbird (6,376)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Coconut Grove:

• Millner (0.9 km)
• Nightcliff (1.2 km)
• Rapid Creek (1.7 km)
• Jingili (2.3 km)
• Alawa (2.8 km)
• Ludmilla (3 km)
• Eaton (3.1 km)
• Moil (3.1 km)

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