Alice Springs

30,875 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 328 km², 21 suburbs. Council website: alicesprings.nt.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

30,875

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.3% in a year

Density

94/km²

328 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$495k

Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)

Federal grants per resident

$71

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

0.9 per 1,000

Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)

Advantage decile

8 of 10

SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)

Suburbs

Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)

Trends

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025

Council-wide median sale pricesABS Data by Region: median transfer price across the whole council by financial year, 2018-19–2023-24. Not any one suburb's price.

Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-07

Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

People and housing

Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).

Median age: 34
Median household income: $2,142/week
Median rent: $375/week
Median mortgage repayment: $1,800/month
Households renting: 43.2%
Average household: 2.6 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 8 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 7 of 10

Suburbs

21 suburbs where Alice Springs holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.

Suburb	Population	In this council	IRSAD
Gillen	4,466	All	6
Braitling	3,160	All	7
East Side	3,098	All	9
Araluen (NT)	2,673	All	9
Larapinta (NT)	2,368	All	4
Sadadeen	2,307	All	3
The Gap (NT)	1,945	All	6
Desert Springs	1,536	All	10
Ross (NT)	806	All	6
Kilgariff	551	All	6
Ilparpa	542	All
Mount Johns	541	All	10
Stuart (NT)	459	All	2
Connellan	371	All	8
Ciccone	281	All	1
Arumbera	257	All
Alice Springs	231	All	4
White Gums	182	All	6
Flynn (NT)	119	All
Undoolya	11	All
Irlpme		All

Hazards

Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.

Observed surface water (1986–present)

<1%

Over 21 of 21 member suburbs

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Representation

Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).

Federal electorates

Lingiari · Marion SCRYMGOUR (ALP)100%

State districts

Braitling · Joshua Burgoyne (CLP)35%
Namatjira · Bill Yan (CLP)34%
Araluen · Robyn Lambley (IND)31%

Neighbouring councils

Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.

MacDonnell

Compare it with every Northern Territory council on the council map or the Northern Territory council list.

Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.