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Lake Bennett NT 0822

160 addresses · 8 streets

Lingiari Electorate › Coomalie LGA › Lake Bennett · 65 km from Darwin

Living Here

Lake Bennett is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 129 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

129Population
56Median age
$1,125Median household income / wk
$300Median rent / wk
2.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 21.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Lake Bennett

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

Tree cover measures, Lake Bennett NT
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202021.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202174.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 8.9% · Labour-force participation 38.1%

Population by age in Lake Bennett
Population by age, Lake Bennett NT (ABS Census 2021)
0-43
5-145
15-197
20-240
25-3415
35-4412
45-5418
55-6433
65-7425
75-846
85+0
Dwelling types in Lake Bennett
Dwelling types, Lake Bennett NT (ABS Census 2021)
House45
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Lake Bennett
Households by weekly income, Lake Bennett NT (ABS Census 2021)
<$6503
$650-1,49914
$1,500-2,99916
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Lake Bennett
Top ancestries, Lake Bennett NT (ABS Census 2021)
English48
Ancestry NS40
Australian28
Aboriginal10
Irish9
Scottish6
Housing tenure in Lake Bennett
Housing tenure, Lake Bennett NT (ABS Census 2021)
Owned24
Mortgage10
Rented4
Other3
Cars per household in Lake Bennett
Cars per household, Lake Bennett NT (ABS Census 2021)
00
114
223
34
4+5
Commute to work in Lake Bennett
Commute to work, Lake Bennett NT (ABS Census 2021)
Car21
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked3
Bicycle0
Home9
Top countries of birth in Lake Bennett
Top countries of birth, Lake Bennett NT (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand7
England3
Languages used at home in Lake Bennett
Languages used at home, Lake Bennett NT (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous5

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,086 bird observations recorded near Lake Bennett — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Lake Bennett

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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