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The Gardens NT 0820

500 addresses · 15 streets

Solomon Electorate › Darwin LGA › The Gardens · 2 km from Darwin

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Living Here

The Gardens is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 726 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $2,156 a week, with median rent near $388 a week. Most homes are townhouses. About 36% of households own their home and 64% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

726Population
36Median age
$2,156Median household income / wk
$388Median rent / wk
2.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Fannie Bay - The Gardens statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: The Gardens itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Bus interchange: Darwin Bus Interchange, 1.9 km south · Ferry wharf: Darwin, 2 km west · Airport: Darwin International Airport, 5 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 9/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 26.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in The Gardens

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

Tree cover measures, The Gardens NT
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202026.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202154.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 68.1%

Population by age in The Gardens
Population by age, The Gardens NT (ABS Census 2021)
0-443
5-1466
15-1937
20-2434
25-34159
35-44150
45-5484
55-6476
65-7470
75-8415
85+6
Dwelling types in The Gardens
Dwelling types, The Gardens NT (ABS Census 2021)
House6
Townhouse209
Apartment69
Other0
Households by weekly income in The Gardens
Households by weekly income, The Gardens NT (ABS Census 2021)
<$65023
$650-1,49957
$1,500-2,999103
$3,000+73
Top ancestries in The Gardens
Top ancestries, The Gardens NT (ABS Census 2021)
Australian209
English197
Other128
Ancestry NS82
Irish75
Aboriginal61
Housing tenure in The Gardens
Housing tenure, The Gardens NT (ABS Census 2021)
Owned38
Mortgage63
Rented178
Other0
Cars per household in The Gardens
Cars per household, The Gardens NT (ABS Census 2021)
019
1142
298
314
4+7
Commute to work in The Gardens
Commute to work, The Gardens NT (ABS Census 2021)
Car275
Train0
Bus7
Tram/ferry0
Walked32
Bicycle17
Home27
Top countries of birth in The Gardens
Top countries of birth, The Gardens NT (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand18
Nepal17
Philippines15
England14
India14
China10
Languages used at home in The Gardens
Languages used at home, The Gardens NT (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous24
Mandarin18
Nepali17
Portuguese11
Sinhalese9
Cantonese7

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

143,351 bird observations recorded near The Gardens — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near The Gardens

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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