Hawker is a popular location for sport, and includes the multi-purpose Hawker Playing Fields; Hawker Enclosed, a small football (soccer) stadium, centres for tennis and lawn bowls; and the Hawker International Softball Centre.
Other suburbs in the area include Higgins, Holt, Macquarie, Page, Scullin and Weetangera.
The streets of Hawker are named after Northern Territory Pastoral Stations