Girraween NT 0836

Living Here

Girraween is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 1,668 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,992 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 Humpty Doo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Girraween itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Girraween Primary School
• 1 hospital

  • Palmerston Regional Hospital
• 1 golf club

  • Humpty Doo & Rural Area Golf Club
• 1 hardware store

  • NT Custom homes & sheds
• 1 plumber

  • Tradelink Plumbing

Getting around. Airport: RAAF Base Darwin, 27 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

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: 36.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

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

Demographics

Unemployment 2.1% · Labour-force participation 75%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

15,984 bird observations recorded near Girraween — most often seen:

• Bar-shouldered Dove (873)
• Whistling Kite (703)
• Masked Lapwing (698)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (687)
• Green Pygmy-goose (673)
• Comb-crested Jacana (629)
• White-gaped Honeyeater (627)
• Magpie-lark (607)
• Magpie Goose (598)
• Red-collared Lorikeet (564)
• Little Pied Cormorant (562)
• Yellow Oriole (559)
• Intermediate Egret (549)

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

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Girraween:

• Mcminns Lagoon (2.7 km)
• Freds Pass (5 km)
• Coolalinga (6.2 km)
• Howard Springs (6.3 km)
• Humpty Doo (6.4 km)
• Bees Creek (6.5 km)
• Herbert (6.5 km)
• Virginia (7.6 km)

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