Howard Springs
Northern Territory · Litchfield · Darwin
This profile uses the ABS Howard Springs statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Howard Springs is a locality in the Litchfield area of Northern Territory. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Howard Springs SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Howard Springs SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.
Government schools in Howard Springs
Free government schools your child may attend. Exact school zones aren’t mapped for NT yet, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.
A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) — not a ranking or a quality score.
Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Howard Springs
- Combined · Independent · Years T-12Enrolment1,117ICSEA1025
- Primary · Government · Years T-6Enrolment277ICSEA951
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NT schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Meeting NQSGirraween Primary School Outside School Hours CareCentre-Based Care · 145 places · Girraween
- Meeting NQSBees Creek Outside School Hours CareCentre-Based Care · 105 places · Bees Creek
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - Good Shepherd Lutheran College Howard Springs Campus OSHCCentre-Based Care · 66 places · Howard Springs
- Meeting NQSHoward Springs PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 29 places · Howard Springs
- Working Towards NQSCreative Kids Childcare Howard SpringsCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Howard Springs
- Working Towards NQSHumpty Doo Community And Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 72 places · Humpty Doo
- Not yet ratedHoward Springs Primary School OSHC-YMCA NTCentre-Based Care · 105 places · Howard Springs
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 0
- Supermarkets
- 1
- Parks
- 5
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Howard Springs SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Where did the gain come from?
+198Reading the streams: Australian movers from other suburbs drove most of the change.
Other SA2s in Litchfield
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
- 01Virginia+2.5%3,759 ppl
- 02Humpty Doo+1.7%9,513 ppl
- 03Weddell+0.9%4,738 ppl
- 04Koolpinyah+0.0%14 ppl
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