Suburb profile

The Gardens NT 0820

The Gardens is located in the Darwin region of the Northern Territory, postcode 0820. It has 500 properties across 15 streets, mostly units. Explore every street in The Gardens, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About The Gardens

The Gardens, NT 0820, sits in the Darwin region and neighbours Darwin City, Fannie Bay, Larrakeyah and Parap. Its 15 streets hold 500 properties, 108 of them houses and 392 units.

Census figures are for the area Fannie Bay - The Gardens. It had 3,602 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $2,197 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month and the median rent $390 a week. Of 1,445 dwellings, 409 were separate houses, 755 semi-detached and 274 flats. Of the same 1,445 dwellings, 309 were owned outright, 317 owned with a mortgage and 745 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in The Gardens

  • 3,602Peoplelive in the area
  • 38Median ageyears
  • $2,197Median household incomea week
  • $390Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses409
  • Townhouses and semis755
  • Flats and apartments274

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,000a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 309Owned with a mortgage 317Rented 745Other 74

Schools in The Gardens

  • Darwin High School

    GovernmentSecondary

  • Northern Territory School of Distance Education

    GovernmentSecondary

  • SEDA College NT - Waratah Club campus

    IndependentSecondary

  • St John's Catholic College

    CatholicSecondary

Streets in The Gardens

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.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.