Katherine
Northern Territory · Katherine · Northern Territory - Outback
This profile uses the ABS Katherine statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Katherine is a locality in the Katherine area of Northern Territory. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Katherine SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Katherine SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.
Government schools in Katherine
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 Katherine
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment468ICSEA797
- Combined · Catholic · Years T-12Enrolment299ICSEA974
- Primary · Government · Years T-6Enrolment295ICSEA991
- Primary · Government · Years T-6Enrolment189ICSEA665
- Primary · Government · Years T-6Enrolment180ICSEA907
- Combined · Government · Years T-9Enrolment137ICSEA931
- Primary · Government · Years T-6Enrolment114ICSEA693
- Special · Government · Years T-12Enrolment55ICSEA757
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NT schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSCasuarina Street PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 26 places · Katherine East
- Meeting NQSKentish Early Learning Centre Big RiversCentre-Based Care · 104 places · Katherine East
- Meeting NQSKatherine South PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 61 places · Katherine South
- Meeting NQSKatherine East Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 50 places · Katherine
- Meeting NQSMacfarlane PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 46 places · Katherine East
- Meeting NQSLittle Joey's Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 44 places · Katherine
- Meeting NQSClyde Fenton PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 25 places · Katherine
- Working Towards NQSKatherine South Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 80 places · Katherine
- Working Towards NQSCasuarina Street OSHCCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Katherine
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 1
- Supermarkets
- 1
- Parks
- 33
- Train stations
- 3
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Katherine SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Where did the gain come from?
+94Reading the streams: organic growth — more babies than goodbyes — was the biggest driver.
Other SA2s in Katherine
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
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