The Gardens
Northern Territory · Postcode 0820 · Darwin City · Darwin
Why “Fannie Bay - The Gardens”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Fannie Bay into several statistical areas (SA2s); this profile covers one part of it. Other parts are listed further down. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Compact Darwin inner suburb wrapped around the Botanic Gardens; tightly held character housing within walking distance of the CBD and Mindil Beach.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Fannie Bay - The Gardens SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.
Government schools in The Gardens
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 Fannie Bay - The Gardens
- Secondary · Government · Years U, 10-12Enrolment1,286ICSEA1050
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-9Enrolment663ICSEA1065
- Secondary · Catholic · Years 7-12Enrolment287ICSEA957
- Secondary · Government · Years 9-12Enrolment252ICSEA837
- Secondary · Independent · Years 10-12Enrolment150ICSEA980
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NT schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSStuart Park PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 71 places · Stuart Park
- Meeting NQSStuart Park Primary OSHCCentre-Based Care · 200 places · Stuart Park
- Meeting NQSJourney Early Learning Centre - MillnerCentre-Based Care · 168 places · Eaton
- Meeting NQSMilestones Early Learning ParapCentre-Based Care · 145 places · Parap
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - Parap Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 105 places · Parap
- Meeting NQSGoodstart Early Learning Stuart ParkCentre-Based Care · 75 places · Stuart Park
- Meeting NQSParap PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 61 places · Parap
- Meeting NQSGoodstart Early Learning WoolnerCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Stuart Park
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - Ludmilla Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Ludmilla
- Meeting NQSParap Family CentreCentre-Based Care · 42 places · Parap
- Meeting NQSLarrakeyah PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 29 places · Larrakeyah
- Meeting NQSLudmilla PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 27 places · Ludmilla
+ 1 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Where did the gain come from?
+70Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
Other SA2s in Darwin City
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
- 01Darwin City+3.9%8,597 ppl
- 02Larrakeyah+3.5%4,731 ppl
- 03Stuart Park+2.6%4,674 ppl
- 04Parap+2.4%3,175 ppl
- 05Woolner - Bayview - Winnellie+1.0%3,021 ppl
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