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desert springs
Northern Territory · Census 2021
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Desert Springs is a bushland suburb of Alice Springs.
Median house price
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People
Population
1,536
Median age
36 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,454
Household income / wk
$3,025
Housing
Median rent / wk
$500
Mortgage / month
$2,264
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 46%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 1%
- No religion
- 46%
- Born overseas
- 37%
- English only at home
- 82%
Local amenities
Amenity score
3/100
Schools
0
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
2
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.9 km
Nearest train
2.3 km
Nearest hospital
1.3 km
Distance to coast
900 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
1.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Alice Springs
- Council population
- 25,904
- Council area
- 328 km²
- Density
- 79/km²
- Federal grants
- $2.18M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $84/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Lingiari
- Federal MP
- Marion Scrymgour (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 58% 2PP
- State electorate
- Araluen
- State MP
- Robyn Lambley (IND)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.