Our population is comprised of people from more than 100 nationalities.
Darwin city and suburbs: 70,000
Palmerston: 24,000
Rural: 15,000
Two distinct seasons: dry season from May to October with fine mild weather, wet season from November to April with humidity, tropical showers and spectacular thunderstorms.
Major shopping centres and pedestrian malls in Darwin and Palmerston with shopping precincts and corner stores in most suburbs.
Variety of government, church and independent schools from pre-school to secondary and tertiary training, Charles Darwin University campuses in Darwin and Palmerston.
Royal Darwin Hospital and Darwin Private Hospital, a range of general practitioners and local and visiting specialists, health clinics, range of dentists and other health professionals.
Excellent roads with almost no "peak hour" traffic, range of cabs and rental vehicles. Regional and domestic air services. International airport, only 2.5 hours flying time to South East Asia. The Ghan, passenger rail service and regular freight rail services.
Diverse range to suit every lifestyle. Range available includes solid brick executive style homes, tropical houses elevated to catch breezes, town-houses, duplexes, apartments and units.
Four television services: the ABC, SBS, Seven Darwin and Channel Nine. Subscriber cable television is available in most of Darwin and Palmerston. Several local commercial and community FM and AM radio stations (MIX104.9, Hot 100.1, 8DDD 105.7, 8TOP 104.1 and Radio Larrakia). Receives several national network stations including ABC radio, Triple J 103.3 and Austereo. The daily local paper is the NT News. The Territory Times is available weekly and The Darwin and Palmerston Sun are delivered free each week. National and international publications are also available.
