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East Side NT 0870

1,549 addresses · 43 streets

Lingiari Electorate › Alice Springs LGA › East Side · 1289 km from Darwin

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Living Here

East Side is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 3,098 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $2,225 a week, with median rent near $393 a week. Most homes are houses. About 56% of households own their home and 41% 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.

3,098Population
34Median age
$2,225Median household income / wk
$393Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Alice Springs Airport, 12.4 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 9/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs9/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 4.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in East Side

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, East Side NT
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20204.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20214.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 73.2%

Population by age in East Side
Population by age, East Side NT (ABS Census 2021)
0-4199
5-14384
15-19149
20-24132
25-34685
35-44471
45-54381
55-64371
65-74232
75-8476
85+15
Dwelling types in East Side
Dwelling types, East Side NT (ABS Census 2021)
House711
Townhouse343
Apartment54
Other0
Households by weekly income in East Side
Households by weekly income, East Side NT (ABS Census 2021)
<$65079
$650-1,499223
$1,500-2,999333
$3,000+345
Top ancestries in East Side
Top ancestries, East Side NT (ABS Census 2021)
English1,049
Australian880
Other458
Aboriginal425
Irish403
Scottish313
Housing tenure in East Side
Housing tenure, East Side NT (ABS Census 2021)
Owned213
Mortgage395
Rented443
Other41
Cars per household in East Side
Cars per household, East Side NT (ABS Census 2021)
073
1451
2371
3144
4+54
Commute to work in East Side
Commute to work, East Side NT (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,172
Train0
Bus25
Tram/ferry0
Walked109
Bicycle169
Home84
Top countries of birth in East Side
Top countries of birth, East Side NT (ABS Census 2021)
England110
United States96
New Zealand83
Nepal63
India42
Philippines32
Languages used at home in East Side
Languages used at home, East Side NT (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous114
Nepali64
Mandarin44
German24
French23
Punjabi23

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

41,783 bird observations recorded near East Side — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near East Side

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.