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tennant creek
Northern Territory · Census 2021
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Tennant Creek is a leafy residential suburb of Barkly.
Median house price
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People
Population
3,080
Median age
33 yrs
Income / person / wk
$671
Household income / wk
$1,677
Housing
Median rent / wk
$180
Mortgage / month
$1,114
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 37%
- Top language at home
- Australian Indigenous languages · 11%
- No religion
- 37%
- Born overseas
- 16%
- English only at home
- 60%
Local amenities
Amenity score
53/100
Schools
2
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
5
Parks
6
Libraries
1
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
0.8 km
Nearest train
4.4 km
Nearest hospital
0.8 km
Distance to coast
492 km
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Satellite
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
2
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
1.6 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Barkly
- Council population
- 6,310
- Council area
- 322,710 km²
- Density
- 0/km²
- Federal grants
- $3.16M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $501/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Lingiari
- Federal MP
- Marion Scrymgour (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 58% 2PP
- State electorate
- Barkly
- State MP
- Steve Edgington (CLP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.