Woodroffe NT 0830
1,393 addresses · 53 streets
Solomon Electorate › Palmerston LGA › Woodroffe · 15 km from Darwin
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Living Here
Woodroffe is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 3,175 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $1,891 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 57% of households own their home and 42% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Woodroffe statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Woodroffe itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 supermarkets
1 Catholic church
2 pharmacies
3 doctors & medical clinics
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 library
1 post office
7 service stations
5 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
2 playgrounds
1 dog park
1 bakery
3 hardware stores
1 hairdresser
1 beauty salon
1 electrician
1 plumber
Getting around. Bus interchange: Palmerston Bus Terminal, 2.6 km north · Airport: RAAF Base Darwin, 14.6 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: 15.9% 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 | 15.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 31.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.9% · Labour-force participation 67.9%
Population by age in Woodroffe
| 0-4 | 255 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 494 |
| 15-19 | 198 |
| 20-24 | 196 |
| 25-34 | 519 |
| 35-44 | 464 |
| 45-54 | 467 |
| 55-64 | 332 |
| 65-74 | 189 |
| 75-84 | 62 |
| 85+ | 15 |
Dwelling types in Woodroffe
| House | 887 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 210 |
| Apartment | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Woodroffe
| <$650 | 163 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 238 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 317 |
| $3,000+ | 258 |
Top ancestries in Woodroffe
| Australian | 1,182 |
|---|---|
| English | 942 |
| Aboriginal | 544 |
| Other | 360 |
| Ancestry NS | 321 |
| Irish | 282 |
Housing tenure in Woodroffe
| Owned | 139 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 476 |
| Rented | 454 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Woodroffe
| 0 | 87 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 349 |
| 2 | 411 |
| 3 | 153 |
| 4+ | 60 |
Commute to work in Woodroffe
| Car | 1,227 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 31 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 14 |
| Bicycle | 13 |
| Home | 49 |
Top countries of birth in Woodroffe
| Philippines | 130 |
|---|---|
| England | 61 |
| New Zealand | 54 |
| Thailand | 29 |
| Vietnam | 22 |
| Indonesia | 20 |
Languages used at home in Woodroffe
| Tagalog | 67 |
|---|---|
| Australian Indigenous | 45 |
| Filipino | 38 |
| Mandarin | 26 |
| Thai | 24 |
| Vietnamese | 24 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
34,969 bird observations recorded near Woodroffe — most often seen:
- Bar-shouldered Dove (2,595)
- Magpie-lark (2,361)
- Red-collared Lorikeet (2,150)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (1,983)
- White-gaped Honeyeater (1,860)
- Brown Honeyeater (1,782)
- Little Corella (1,780)
- Masked Lapwing (1,748)
- Rufous-banded Honeyeater (1,247)
- Double-barred Finch (1,228)
- Torresian Imperial-pigeon (1,185)
- Peaceful Dove (1,071)
- Australasian Figbird (989)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Woodroffe
- Straw-necked Ibis (971)
- Little Friarbird (958)
- Rajah Shelduck (909)
- Black Kite (903)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (871)
- White-throated Honeyeater (832)
- Red-winged Parrot (810)
- Crimson Finch (773)
- Galah (702)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (702)
- Silver-backed Butcherbird (686)
- Whistling Kite (681)
- Lemon-bellied Flycatcher (679)
- Australian White Ibis (674)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (662)
- Yellow Oriole (614)
- Common Sandpiper (563)
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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Streets
- Achernar Court (15)
- Algol Court (4)
- Alidade Crescent (38)
- Altair Court (49)
- Antares Court (19)
- Astrolabe Court (12)
- Azimuth Court (13)
- Baldwin Drive (51)
- Beacon Court (18)
- Bellatrix Court (7)
- Betelgeuse Court (15)
- Boileau Court (15)
- Broadarrow Circuit (45)
- Cairn Court (12)
- Canopus Court (12)
- Capella Court (21)
- Castor Court (20)
- Centauri Court (8)
- Chain Court (12)
- Chung Wah Terrace (1)
- Compass Court (24)
- Crucis Court (4)
- Denebola Court (14)
- Emery Avenue (79)
- Everest Court (15)
- Geoid Street (15)
- Gunter Circuit (60)
- Harrison Circuit (80)
- Helio Court (14)
- Invar Court (10)
- James Circuit (91)
- Lens Court (19)
- Polaris Court (15)
- Pollux Court (47)
- Prism Court (10)
- Regulus Court (12)
- Rigel Court (5)
- Sextant Court (10)
- Shortrede Court (13)
- Sibbald Crescent (101)
- Sirius Street (23)
- Spica Court (6)
- Star Court (6)
- Temple Terrace (1)
- Transit Circuit (35)
- Troughton Court (30)
- Vega Court (6)
- Vernier Circuit (61)
- Wiesener Court (20)
- Wild Street (9)
- Woodroffe Avenue (116)
- Wye Court (4)
- Zenith Circuit (51)
