Mount Johns NT 0874
610 addresses · 8 streets
Lingiari Electorate › Alice Springs LGA › Mount Johns · 1292 km from Darwin
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Living Here
Mount Johns is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 541 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $2,269 a week, with median rent near $345 a week. Most homes are townhouses. About 27% of households own their home and 53% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mount Johns statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Johns itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
15 schools
- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Traegar Campus
- Gillen Primary School
- Centralian Middle School
- St Joseph’s Flexible Learning Centre
- Alice Springs Steiner School
- Bradshaw Primary School
- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Sadadeen Campus
- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Bath Street Campus
- Sadadeen Primary School
- Acacia Hill School
4 supermarkets
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
2 doctors & medical clinics
1 hospital
4 childcare & kindergartens
1 library
1 post office
9 service stations
2 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
2 hardware stores
Getting around. Airport: Alice Springs Airport, 9.3 km south.
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: 0.9% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 0.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 4.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.7% · Labour-force participation 82.7%
Population by age in Mount Johns
| 0-4 | 45 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 62 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 28 |
| 25-34 | 124 |
| 35-44 | 93 |
| 45-54 | 82 |
| 55-64 | 77 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Mount Johns
| House | 54 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 90 |
| Apartment | 80 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Johns
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 45 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 63 |
| $3,000+ | 72 |
Top ancestries in Mount Johns
| English | 168 |
|---|---|
| Other | 144 |
| Australian | 112 |
| German | 52 |
| Irish | 51 |
| Scottish | 47 |
Housing tenure in Mount Johns
| Owned | 20 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 37 |
| Rented | 115 |
| Other | 43 |
Cars per household in Mount Johns
| 0 | 24 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 115 |
| 2 | 66 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Mount Johns
| Car | 238 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 33 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 13 |
| Bicycle | 3 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Johns
| United States | 150 |
|---|---|
| India | 23 |
| New Zealand | 16 |
| England | 15 |
| Philippines | 11 |
| Germany | 9 |
Languages used at home in Mount Johns
| Hindi | 12 |
|---|---|
| Arabic | 11 |
| Punjabi | 11 |
| Turkish | 7 |
| Vietnamese | 7 |
| Mandarin | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
113,361 bird observations recorded near Mount Johns — most often seen:
- Black Kite (5,798)
- Magpie-lark (5,271)
- Little Crow (5,028)
- Masked Lapwing (4,571)
- Crested Pigeon (4,503)
- Grey Teal (4,495)
- Pacific Black Duck (4,219)
- Red-necked Avocet (4,165)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (4,139)
- Black Swan (4,049)
- Eurasian Coot (4,002)
- Hardhead (3,902)
- Galah (3,818)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Johns
- Willie Wagtail (3,742)
- Pink-eared Duck (3,717)
- Australasian Grebe (3,694)
- Yellow-throated Miner (3,674)
- Whistling Kite (3,643)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (3,626)
- Australian Wood Duck (3,595)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (3,454)
- Zebra Finch (3,425)
- White-faced Heron (3,036)
- Black-tailed Native-hen (2,975)
- Red-kneed Dotterel (2,967)
- Australian Ringneck (2,960)
- Wood Sandpiper (2,784)
- Red-capped Plover (2,763)
- Southern Magpie-lark (2,700)
- Common Sandpiper (2,646)
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 Mount Johns:
- The Gap (1 km)
- Desert Springs (1.2 km)
- Ross (1.9 km)
- Gillen (2 km)
- Alice Springs (2.5 km)
- Flynn (3.1 km)
- Araluen (3.3 km)
- Ciccone (3.3 km)
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Streets
- Clough Place (34)
- Heavitree Court (53)
- Irrampenye Street (72)
- Macdonnell Court (34)
- Maconochie Road (13)
- Shanahan Close (99)
- Stephens Road (277)
- Werlatye Court (28)
