Manton NT 0837
38 addresses · 6 streets
Lingiari Electorate › Litchfield LGA › Manton · 51 km from Darwin
Living Here
Manton is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 87 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $966 a week, with median rent near $50 a week. Most homes are houses. About 46% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Weddell statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Manton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 31.1% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 31.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 83.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Manton
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 19 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 19 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Manton
| House | 25 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Manton
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Manton
| Aboriginal | 52 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 27 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Sth African | 5 |
| English | 4 |
Housing tenure in Manton
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 10 |
Cars per household in Manton
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Manton
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Languages used at home in Manton
| Australian Indigenous | 14 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
878 bird observations recorded near Manton — most often seen:
- Bar-shouldered Dove (57)
- Whistling Kite (50)
- Black Kite (44)
- Yellow Oriole (43)
- Crimson Finch (39)
- Peaceful Dove (39)
- Great Bowerbird (37)
- Spangled Drongo (34)
- Brown Honeyeater (32)
- Red-collared Lorikeet (30)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (30)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (30)
- White-throated Honeyeater (30)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Manton
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (28)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (27)
- Australasian Figbird (26)
- Forest Kingfisher (26)
- Lemon-bellied Flycatcher (26)
- Magpie-lark (26)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (25)
- Silver-crowned Friarbird (25)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (24)
- White-gaped Honeyeater (24)
- Red-winged Parrot (22)
- Shining Flycatcher (21)
- Varied Triller (18)
- Dusky Honeyeater (17)
- Little Shrike-thrush (17)
- Northern Fantail (16)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (15)
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 Manton:
- Darwin River Dam (7.7 km)
- Acacia Hills (8.1 km)
- Fly Creek (10.1 km)
- Livingstone (12.4 km)
- Daly (12.7 km)
- Hughes (14.4 km)
- Lake Bennett (15.9 km)
- Berry Springs (18.8 km)
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Streets
- Acacia Gap Road (13)
- Byers Road (7)
- Manton Valley Road (11)
- Marrakai Road (1)
- Mocatto Road (5)
- Stuart Highway (1)