Tennant Creek
Northern Territory · Barkly · Northern Territory - Outback
This profile uses the ABS Tennant Creek statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Tennant Creek is a locality in the Barkly area of Northern Territory. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Tennant Creek SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Tennant Creek SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.
Government schools in Tennant Creek
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.
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 Tennant Creek
- Primary · Government · Years T-6Enrolment309ICSEA732
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment142ICSEA754
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NT schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Meeting NQSKentish Early Learning Centre Tennant CreekCentre-Based Care · 50 places · Tennant Creek
- Working Towards NQSTennant Creek PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 62 places · Tennant Creek
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 1
- Supermarkets
- 1
- Parks
- 6
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Tennant Creek SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Where did the loss come from?
-3Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
Other SA2s in Barkly
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
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