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The Gap NT 0870

1,382 addresses · 32 streets

Lingiari Electorate › Alice Springs LGA › The Gap · 1291 km from Darwin

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Living Here

The Gap is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 1,945 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,953 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are townhouses. About 35% of households own their home and 64% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

1,945Population
34Median age
$1,953Median household income / wk
$350Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

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: The Gap itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Alice Springs Airport, 10.3 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs8/10

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: 8.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in The Gap

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

Tree cover measures, The Gap NT
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20208.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202116.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 69.8%

Population by age in The Gap
Population by age, The Gap NT (ABS Census 2021)
0-4139
5-14176
15-1953
20-24108
25-34534
35-44350
45-54239
55-64209
65-74108
75-8421
85+4
Dwelling types in The Gap
Dwelling types, The Gap NT (ABS Census 2021)
House223
Townhouse381
Apartment59
Other6
Households by weekly income in The Gap
Households by weekly income, The Gap NT (ABS Census 2021)
<$65072
$650-1,499163
$1,500-2,999276
$3,000+140
Top ancestries in The Gap
Top ancestries, The Gap NT (ABS Census 2021)
English403
Other382
Australian371
Aboriginal290
Ancestry NS211
Irish147
Housing tenure in The Gap
Housing tenure, The Gap NT (ABS Census 2021)
Owned65
Mortgage173
Rented440
Other10
Cars per household in The Gap
Cars per household, The Gap NT (ABS Census 2021)
088
1337
2179
347
4+31
Commute to work in The Gap
Commute to work, The Gap NT (ABS Census 2021)
Car715
Train0
Bus3
Tram/ferry0
Walked159
Bicycle55
Home14
Top countries of birth in The Gap
Top countries of birth, The Gap NT (ABS Census 2021)
India162
Philippines98
New Zealand61
China60
England59
Nepal28
Languages used at home in The Gap
Languages used at home, The Gap NT (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous117
Malayalam106
Mandarin67
Punjabi52
Tagalog48
Nepali33

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

118,783 bird observations recorded near The Gap — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near The Gap

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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