Suburb profile
The Gap NT 0870
The Gap is located in the Outback Northern Territory region of the Northern Territory, postcode 0870. It has 1,382 properties across 32 streets. Explore every street in The Gap, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About The Gap
The Gap, NT 0870, sits in Outback Northern Territory and neighbours Alice Springs, Desert Springs, Gillen and Mount Johns. Its 32 streets hold 1,382 properties, 457 of them houses and 925 units.
Census figures are for the statistical area of Mount Johns, which covers the whole suburb. It had 4,025 residents, a median age of 35 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $2,288 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month and the median rent $400 a week. Of 1,449 dwellings, 631 were separate houses, 634 semi-detached and 144 flats, with 6 other; 196 were owned outright, 411 owned with a mortgage and 737 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in The Gap
- 4,025Peoplelive in the area
- 35Median ageyears
- $2,288Median household incomea week
- $400Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses631
- Townhouses and semis634
- Flats and apartments144
- Other6
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,733a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
Streets in The Gap
- Acacia Street3 properties
- Achilpa Street23 properties
- Allchurch Street53 properties
- Arunga Street29 properties
- Bagot Street2 properties
- Ballingall Street63 properties
- Benstead Street11 properties
- Breaden Street7 properties
- Brookes Street9 properties
- Clara Court45 properties
- Echunpa Street15 properties
- Flint Court31 properties
- Gap Road424 properties
- Gnoilya Street45 properties
- Hayes Street32 properties
- Kempe Street41 properties
- Kraegen Street15 properties
- Mahomed Street30 properties
- Mpwetyerre Court13 properties
- Parke Crescent35 properties
- Simpson Street1 property
- Skinner Street27 properties
- South Terrace205 properties
- Speed Street2 properties
- Strehlow Street48 properties
- Stuart Terrace16 properties
- Sunset Court22 properties
- Telegraph Terrace52 properties
- Traeger Avenue6 properties
- Walker Street19 properties
- Walmulla Street6 properties
- Willshire Street52 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.