[3] It is home to the largest shopping centre in the Northern Territory, called Casuarina Square.

Casuarina is a small suburb taking in the large shopping and business area and the adjoining emergency service facilities/ buildings.

Casuarina was the name used in the early 1960s for the proposed main business area in the northern suburbs.

In late 2010, Vice President of The Northern Territory Transport Authority, David Rivett, authorised the introduction of the "Orbital Link" bus routes, that serve as express bus services to the Darwin and Palmerston bus interchanges.

These services only run on weekdays and are intended to alleviate common travel difficulties encountered by those travelling to work and school in the peak hours of the day.