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Northern Territory · SA2 702021056

What's going on in Tennant Creek

Population 3,080 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#6 of 62 in Northern Territory

for % single-parent families (27.4%)

Rank 2

#13 of 62 in Northern Territory

for Unemployment rate (8.8%)

Rank 3

#14 of 62 in Northern Territory

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (55.4%)

The three dimensions where Tennant Creek picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,677 / week
#44 of 62 in Northern Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
33 years
#40 of 62 in Northern Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
59.1%
#18 of 62 in Northern Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
8.8%
#13 of 62 in Northern Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
1.00
#27 of 62 in Northern Territory

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Tennant Creek's sharpest rank is for % single-parent families. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #40 · one rank above Meekatharra Western Australia ↓ #42 · one rank below Risdon Vale Tasmania

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.