Knuckey Lagoon NT 0828

Living Here

Knuckey Lagoon is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 498 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $2,525 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 60% of households own their home and 32% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 6 schools

  • Milkwood Steiner School
  • Haileybury Rendall School
  • Marrara Christian College
  • Manunda Terrace Primary
  • Karama Primary
  • Holy Family Catholic Primary
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Emilio’s Cafe
• 3 parks

  • Charlie Bosshart Park
  • Mayse Young Park
  • Macumba Park
• 3 Catholic churches

  • Holy Family Catholic Church
  • Holy Spirit Catholic Church
  • St Martin De Porres Catholic Aboriginal Community
• 1 pharmacy

  • Chemist Warehouse
• 1 optometrist

  • NT Optometrists
• 3 hospitals

  • Palmerston Regional Hospital
  • Darwin Private Hospital
  • Royal Darwin Hospital
• 1 library

  • Karama Library
• 1 post office

  • Karama Post Office
• 5 service stations

  • Caltex Berrimah
  • Shell
  • Ampol Berrimah
  • EG Australia
  • BP Wishart
• 3 gyms & sports centres

  • Flight Path Golf & Outdoor Recreation
  • Micket Creek Shooting Complex
  • Night Training Facility
• 4 golf clubs

  • Darwin Golf Course
  • Palmerston Golf Course
  • Palmerston Golf Course
  • RAAF Golf Course
• 2 hardware stores

  • Country Solar NT
  • Sydney Tools
• 4 mechanics

  • J&T Auto Electrics & Air Conditioning
  • Top End Diesel
  • Haulmark Trailers
  • Top End Van Repairs
• 2 electricians

  • Florance Electrical
  • Frontier Electrical NT
• 4 places to stay

  • Robbie Robins Reserve
  • Hidden Valley Tourist Park
  • YiSSA Housing Stayover
  • Malak Caravan Park

Getting around. Bus interchange: Palmerston Bus Terminal, 7.9 km south-east · Airport: RAAF Base Darwin, 6.9 km 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: 25.6% 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 4.3% · Labour-force participation 63.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

72,091 bird observations recorded near Knuckey Lagoon — most often seen:

• Whistling Kite (3,991)
• Masked Lapwing (3,818)
• Black Kite (3,334)
• Rainbow Bee-eater (3,265)
• Bar-shouldered Dove (3,249)
• Magpie Goose (3,113)
• Intermediate Egret (3,043)
• Magpie-lark (2,953)
• Australian White Ibis (2,901)
• Pied Heron (2,891)
• Great Egret (2,579)
• Peaceful Dove (2,485)
• White-gaped Honeyeater (2,435)

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 Knuckey Lagoon:

• Berrimah (2.1 km)
• Micket Creek (2.6 km)
• Holmes (3 km)
• Coonawarra (3.4 km)
• Karama (3.7 km)
• Wishart (4 km)
• Hidden Valley (4.7 km)
• Pinelands (4.8 km)

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