Tennant Creek

21.8% of Tennant Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

662 family households lived in Tennant Creek; 37.9% were couple families and 27.9% were one-parent families.

48.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Tennant Creek had 3,080 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NT average.

Separate houses made up 80.3% of occupied private dwellings in Tennant Creek.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.6% of occupied private dwellings.

13.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

14.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

71.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

The average household in Tennant Creek had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 35.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

Two-person households represented 26.4%, while 26.2% had four or more usual residents.

2.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

61.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NT average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 15.8% walked or cycled.

23.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

One-car households formed 43.5% of the total.

32.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.2% reported a different address.

15.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

52.9% of residents used only English at home.

35.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

15.0% of Tennant Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.0% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 14.7% of ancestry responses in Tennant Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 15.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

22.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Managers accounted for 14.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 26.0% of workers, and education and training employed 11.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.4%, compared with 50.7% across Rest of NT.

35.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 7.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.8%, compared with 8.9% across Rest of NT.

60.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.1% reported asthma, 3.4% arthritis and 8.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NT.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.1%.

Median household income was $1,677 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,114.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $180 per week.

Working from home was 2.7% in Tennant Creek, compared with 3.9% across Rest of NT.

Outright ownership was 13.4% locally and 14.7% across Rest of NT. That is close to the Rest of NT average.

Renting accounted for 71.7% in Tennant Creek, against 63.3% across Rest of NT.