Mcminns Lagoon NT 0822
318 addresses · 17 streets
Lingiari Electorate › Litchfield LGA › Mcminns Lagoon · 27 km from Darwin
Living Here
Mcminns Lagoon is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 687 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,516 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 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: Mcminns Lagoon itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 vet
1 childcare centre
1 golf club
1 mechanic
1 plumber
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: RAAF Base Darwin, 26.1 km north-west.
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: 47.3% 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 | 47.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 80.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 69.5%
Population by age in Mcminns Lagoon
| 0-4 | 31 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 100 |
| 15-19 | 57 |
| 20-24 | 38 |
| 25-34 | 54 |
| 35-44 | 82 |
| 45-54 | 124 |
| 55-64 | 84 |
| 65-74 | 63 |
| 75-84 | 46 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Mcminns Lagoon
| House | 219 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mcminns Lagoon
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 33 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 60 |
| $3,000+ | 79 |
Top ancestries in Mcminns Lagoon
| Australian | 290 |
|---|---|
| English | 289 |
| Scottish | 70 |
| Irish | 55 |
| Other | 52 |
| Ancestry NS | 44 |
Housing tenure in Mcminns Lagoon
| Owned | 68 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 112 |
| Rented | 31 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Mcminns Lagoon
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 28 |
| 2 | 84 |
| 3 | 52 |
| 4+ | 42 |
Commute to work in Mcminns Lagoon
| Car | 288 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 36 |
Top countries of birth in Mcminns Lagoon
| England | 22 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 13 |
| South Africa | 7 |
| Thailand | 7 |
| Indonesia | 5 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
Languages used at home in Mcminns Lagoon
| German | 7 |
|---|---|
| Thai | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
17,005 bird observations recorded near Mcminns Lagoon — most often seen:
- Bar-shouldered Dove (977)
- Masked Lapwing (765)
- Whistling Kite (743)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (732)
- Magpie-lark (682)
- Green Pygmy-goose (680)
- White-gaped Honeyeater (664)
- Magpie Goose (639)
- Comb-crested Jacana (637)
- Red-collared Lorikeet (611)
- Yellow Oriole (591)
- Little Pied Cormorant (574)
- Intermediate Egret (558)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mcminns Lagoon
- White-throated Honeyeater (558)
- Rajah Shelduck (555)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (554)
- Peaceful Dove (536)
- Varied Triller (529)
- Great Egret (516)
- Australian White Ibis (503)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (500)
- Little Corella (500)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (498)
- Australasian Darter (463)
- Forest Kingfisher (461)
- Red-winged Parrot (443)
- Little Friarbird (434)
- Dollarbird (369)
- Straw-necked Ibis (369)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (364)
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 Mcminns Lagoon:
- Girraween (2.7 km)
- Freds Pass (2.9 km)
- Bees Creek (3.8 km)
- Coolalinga (5 km)
- Virginia (5.4 km)
- Humpty Doo (6 km)
- Howard Springs (6.5 km)
- Mitchell (8.4 km)
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Streets
- Arnhem Highway (12)
- Brewerton Road (18)
- Caldwell Road (24)
- Dreamtime Drive (27)
- Girraween Road (13)
- Mcminns Drive (64)
- Orion Way (2)
- Paperbark Way (13)
- Pheasant Drive (36)
- Pine Way (4)
- Power Road (31)
- Sayer Road (20)
- Shewring Road (31)
- Spitfire Court (6)
- Stuart Highway (9)
- Tufnell Road (2)
- Walker Court (6)
