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Karama seems to be going places. It is probably the most central suburb of all the Darwin suburbs, 15mins either way and you end up in Darwin City or Palmo, 10mins in another direction and you end up in Casuarina. Karama Shopping centre has all the facilities a family could need, doctor, pharmacy, ColesWorth, optician, kebab shop, Panda takeaway, a service station, newsagency, hair dresser, Library, bottle-o, local pollie, pizza shop. Day care, 4 schools within this suburb, 2 public and 2 private catholic schools. 1 private chitian school across the road. The demographics are slowly changing for the better. What more could you want?

There is a reason this suburb is at the top, it caters for singles, families and couples. on one side you have Apartments that have views of the Darwin skyline, townhouses for those that want a little more space and large houses on big blocks for families, even houses with full harbour and marina views. This is an older suburb and owners are slowly renovating and making the streets cape more appealing. If you work in the CBD then I highly recommend this area. Stuart Park has a primary school within and St Johns across the Stuart highway, beyond that is Darwin high school of which i went to all these schools growing up in Darwin and they were all good with many generations of darwinites that have attended. The botanical gardens are a short stroll away and not far from the famous Mindil beach and easily accessible to all.

Lived here for a year and it presents well but the houses and lots are very small. My windows were looking straight into the neighbours bedrooms and could hear them do their business in the morning. The houses are way too close together. On the upside the houses are very cheap to buy and for the budget conscious i think this would tick that box. The lake is nice when the council cleans out the algae. For the single fathers there are lots of single mums that live here but I do not recommend any of the schools near by best to send your children to a school in the Darwin area is if you can. Avoid the streets with tricked up cars because of loud exhausts and booming car stereos

Thoroughly enjoy living here, I live on a large block with plenty of space, a good variety of sizes and shapes available depending on the budget. I do not think muirhead is aimed at affordability due to a few expensive houses. I work in town about 15min drive and my kids are at a nearby school. My house is situated close to the parks and my children spend most of the time playing there even though we have a large backyard and pool. Many families live here so very easy for the kids to make friends. The only problem so far is not all the streets are on google maps so food delivery can be a problem.