Tennant Creek

2011 Census All persons QuickStats
Geography type Urban Centres and Localities
Area code UCL715007
People 3,062
Male 1,525
Female 1,537
Median age 32
Families 650
Average children per family 2.2
All private dwellings 1,260
Average people per household 2.9
Median weekly household income $1,398
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,000
Median weekly rent $123
Average motor vehicles per dwelling 1.5

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People

demographics & education | cultural & language diversity | employment

Demographics & education

People Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Total 3,062 -- 211,945 -- 21,507,717 --
Male 1,525 49.8 109,517 51.7 10,634,013 49.4
Female 1,537 50.2 102,428 48.3 10,873,704 50.6
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 1,593 52.1 56,776 26.8 548,369 2.5

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,062 people in Tennant Creek of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 52.1% of the population.

Age
People
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
0-4 years 261 8.5 17,119 8.1 1,421,050 6.6
5-9 years 267 8.7 16,415 7.7 1,351,921 6.3
10-14 years 197 6.4 15,608 7.4 1,371,054 6.4
15-19 years 213 7.0 14,820 7.0 1,405,798 6.5
20-24 years 248 8.1 16,839 7.9 1,460,673 6.8
25-29 years 231 7.5 19,213 9.1 1,513,236 7.0
30-34 years 215 7.0 17,345 8.2 1,453,775 6.8
35-39 years 231 7.5 16,829 7.9 1,520,138 7.1
40-44 years 217 7.1 16,331 7.7 1,542,879 7.2
45-49 years 204 6.7 14,799 7.0 1,504,142 7.0
50-54 years 214 7.0 13,775 6.5 1,447,404 6.7
55-59 years 190 6.2 11,632 5.5 1,297,244 6.0
60-64 years 167 5.5 9,121 4.3 1,206,116 5.6
65-69 years 88 2.9 5,286 2.5 919,319 4.3
70-74 years 70 2.3 3,280 1.5 708,090 3.3
75-79 years 20 0.7 1,726 0.8 545,263 2.5
80-84 years 14 0.5 1,112 0.5 436,936 2.0
85 years and over 14 0.5 694 0.3 402,681 1.9
Median age 32 -- 31 -- 37 --

The median age of people in Tennant Creek was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.8% of the population.

Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Married 941 40.4 70,154 43.1 8,461,114 48.7
Separated 88 3.8 5,526 3.4 529,280 3.0
Divorced 210 9.0 13,273 8.2 1,460,899 8.4
Widowed 120 5.1 5,202 3.2 949,634 5.5
Never married 972 41.7 68,647 42.2 5,962,769 34.3

Of people in Tennant Creek aged 15 years and over, 40.4% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

Median age by registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Married 44 -- 44 -- 50 --
Separated 49 -- 47 -- 49 --
Divorced 54 -- 53 -- 54 --
Widowed 63 -- 65 -- 78 --
Never married 29 -- 27 -- 25 --

The median age of married people in Tennant Creek was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 607 32.3 54,563 41.5 7,647,042 49.2
De facto marriage 306 16.3 19,532 14.9 1,476,369 9.5
Not married 965 51.4 57,233 43.6 6,413,399 41.3

In Tennant Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

Median age by social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 45 -- 44 -- 50 --
De facto marriage 38 -- 35 -- 35 --
Not married 37 -- 32 -- 33 --

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tennant Creek was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

Education Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Pre-school 42 3.7 3,339 4.6 332,844 5.1
Primary - Government 258 22.6 15,171 20.7 1,181,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 0 0.0 2,586 3.5 359,062 5.5
Primary - Other Non Government 7 0.6 2,150 2.9 214,359 3.3
Secondary - Government 121 10.6 8,003 10.9 774,074 11.9
Secondary - Catholic 3 0.3 1,780 2.4 307,142 4.7
Secondary - Other Non Government 6 0.5 2,823 3.9 254,828 3.9
Technical or further education institution 41 3.6 2,726 3.7 473,606 7.3
University or tertiary institution 49 4.3 6,682 9.1 932,524 14.3
Other 19 1.7 1,627 2.2 161,660 2.5
Not Stated 597 52.2 26,242 35.9 1,511,694 23.2
Total 1,143 -- 73,129 -- 6,503,580 --

In Tennant Creek 37.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.1% were in primary school, 11.4% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 854 23.4 39,192 14.7 127,668 0.5
Australian 759 20.8 63,886 23.9 7,098,486 25.4
English 565 15.5 51,667 19.4 7,238,533 25.9
Irish 194 5.3 16,500 6.2 2,087,758 7.5
Scottish 145 4.0 13,610 5.1 1,792,622 6.4

The most common ancestries in Tennant Creek were Australian Aboriginal 23.4%, Australian 20.8%, English 15.5%, Irish 5.3% and Scottish 4.0%.

Country of birth Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australia 2,441 79.8 158,031 74.6 15,017,847 69.8
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
England 54 1.8 5,322 2.5 911,593 4.2
New Zealand 50 1.6 3,969 1.9 483,398 2.2
Philippines 44 1.4 3,586 1.7 171,234 0.8
Germany 16 0.5 971 0.5 108,002 0.5
Scotland 14 0.5 804 0.4 133,432 0.6

In Tennant Creek, 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.6%, Philippines 1.4%, Germany 0.5% and Scotland 0.5%.

Birthplace of parents, stated responses Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 373 14.9 42,606 22.7 6,876,586 34.3
Father only born overseas 119 4.8 10,807 5.8 1,407,270 7.0
Mother only born overseas 67 2.7 9,131 4.9 989,220 4.9
Both parents born in Australia 1,939 77.6 125,126 66.7 10,757,087 53.7

In Tennant Creek, 77.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

Religious affiliation, top responses Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
No Religion 882 28.8 50,639 23.9 4,796,787 22.3
Catholic 473 15.4 45,763 21.6 5,439,268 25.3
Anglican 219 7.2 24,147 11.4 3,679,907 17.1
Other Protestant 192 6.3 2,320 1.1 60,241 0.3
Uniting Church 119 3.9 14,701 6.9 1,065,795 5.0

The most common responses for religion in Tennant Creek were No Religion 28.8%, Catholic 15.4%, Anglican 7.2%, Other Protestant 6.3% and Uniting Church 3.9%.

Language, top responses (other than English) Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Warumungu 190 6.2 275 0.1 286 0.0
Warlpiri 78 2.6 2,409 1.1 2,554 0.0
Alyawarr 76 2.5 1,813 0.9 1,860 0.0
Wambaya 29 0.9 53 0.0 56 0.0
Tagalog 28 0.9 1,764 0.8 81,457 0.4
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
English only spoken at home 1,846 60.4 133,014 62.8 16,509,291 76.8
Households where two or more languages are spoken 205 24.2 14,870 24.4 1,579,949 20.4

In Tennant Creek 60.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Warumungu 6.2%, Warlpiri 2.6%, Alyawarr 2.5%, Wambaya 0.9% and Tagalog 0.9%.

Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 832 65.7 69,544 66.9 6,367,554 59.7
Worked part-time 228 18.0 20,878 20.1 3,062,976 28.7
Away from work 117 9.2 8,056 7.7 627,797 5.9
Unemployed 89 7.0 5,489 5.3 600,133 5.6
Total in labour force 1,266 -- 103,967 -- 10,658,460 --

There were 1,266 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tennant Creek. Of these 65.7% were employed full time, 18.0% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

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Employment - hours worked
Labour force, people aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 66 5.6 6,588 6.7 1,087,799 10.8
16-24 hours per week 81 6.9 6,344 6.4 947,792 9.4
25-34 hours per week 76 6.5 7,952 8.1 1,027,380 10.2
35-39 hours per week 296 25.2 19,470 19.8 1,808,879 18.0
40 hours or more per week 538 45.7 50,076 50.8 4,558,678 45.3

Of employed people in Tennant Creek, 5.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

Median age by employment status
Labour force, people aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Employed full-time 45 -- 39 -- 40 --
Employed part-time 40 -- 37 -- 40 --

The median age of people employed full-time in Tennant Creek was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Professionals 227 19.3 19,643 19.9 2,145,442 21.3
Community and Personal Service Workers 194 16.5 13,185 13.4 971,897 9.7
Clerical and Administrative Workers 174 14.8 14,472 14.7 1,483,558 14.7
Technicians and Trades Workers 162 13.8 14,904 15.1 1,425,146 14.2
Managers 144 12.2 11,837 12.0 1,293,970 12.9
Labourers 126 10.7 9,424 9.6 947,608 9.4
Sales Workers 58 4.9 6,677 6.8 942,140 9.4
Machinery Operators And Drivers 37 3.1 5,966 6.1 659,551 6.6

The most common occupations in Tennant Creek included Professionals 19.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Managers 12.2%, Labourers 10.7%, Sales Workers 4.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Local Government Administration 122 10.4 3,721 3.8 136,792 1.4
School Education 98 8.3 5,558 5.6 467,373 4.6
State Government Administration 96 8.2 6,663 6.8 157,644 1.6
Public Order and Safety Services 47 4.0 2,731 2.8 156,404 1.6
Building Installation Services 37 3.1 1,817 1.8 177,159 1.8

Of the employed people in Tennant Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 10.4%, School Education 8.3%, State Government Administration 8.2%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.0% and Building Installation Services 3.1%.

Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Personal 632 -- 745 -- 577 --
Family 1,392 -- 1,759 -- 1,481 --
Household 1,398 -- 1,674 -- 1,234 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tennant Creek was $632.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Car, as driver 606 51.5 55,435 56.3 6,059,972 60.2
Walked only 218 18.5 10,863 11.0 377,043 3.7
Car, as passenger 107 9.1 7,749 7.9 537,638 5.3
Bicycle 48 4.1 2,742 2.8 103,914 1.0
Motorbike/scooter 12 1.0 1,417 1.4 64,342 0.6
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
People who travelled to work by public transport 9 0.8 3,916 4.0 1,046,721 10.4
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 719 61.1 63,538 64.5 6,620,840 65.8

In Tennant Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.5%, Walked only 18.5%, Car, as passenger 9.1%, Bicycle 4.1% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 1,321 56.6 108,531 66.7 12,149,347 70.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 628 26.9 49,616 30.5 4,827,808 27.8
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 207 8.9 14,566 8.9 1,896,957 10.9
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 387 16.6 27,050 16.6 3,090,874 17.8

In Tennant Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 567 24.3 37,795 23.2 3,883,357 22.4
5 to 14 hours per week 503 21.6 42,817 26.3 4,444,640 25.6
15 to 29 hours per week 146 6.3 16,605 10.2 2,075,154 12.0
30 hours or more per week 100 4.3 11,314 6.9 1,746,196 10.1

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Tennant Creek, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Families

family composition | weekly incomes | employment status of couple families

Family composition

Family composition Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Couple family without children 230 35.6 16,310 34.0 2,150,301 37.8
Couple family with children 239 37.0 22,245 46.3 2,534,399 44.6
One parent family 160 24.8 8,610 17.9 901,637 15.9
Other family 17 2.6 866 1.8 97,722 1.7

Of the families in Tennant Creek, 37.0% were couple families with children, 35.6% were couple families without children and 24.8% were one parent families.

Single (or lone) parents
Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Male -- 14.8 -- 19.5 -- 17.6
Female -- 85.2 -- 80.5 -- 82.4

In Tennant Creek 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

Median family income, couple families with two incomes Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Families without children 2,120 -- 2,300 -- 2,081 --
Families with children 2,234 -- 2,475 -- 2,310 --

In Tennant Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,234 and those without children was $2,120.

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Employment status of couple families

Employment status of couple families
Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Both employed, worked full-time 147 31.2 12,591 32.7 1,015,165 21.7
Both employed, worked part-time 14 3.0 1,326 3.4 174,795 3.7
One employed full-time, one part-time 46 9.8 5,984 15.5 1,001,907 21.4
One employed full-time, other not working 53 11.3 5,205 13.5 736,322 15.7
One employed part-time, other not working 23 4.9 1,552 4.0 251,191 5.4
Both not working 73 15.5 4,773 12.4 899,598 19.2
Other 47 10.0 3,327 8.6 291,196 6.2
Labour force status not stated 68 14.4 3,801 9.9 314,529 6.7

In Tennant Creek, of couple families with children, 31.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 9.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwellings

dwelling structure | household composition | mortgage & rent | number of motor vehicles

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling type Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Occupied private dwellings 846 79.7 60,889 87.6 7,760,320 89.3
Unoccupied private dwellings 215 20.3 8,595 12.4 934,470 10.7

In Tennant Creek, 79.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.3% were unoccupied.

Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Separate house 612 72.4 41,186 67.6 5,864,574 75.6
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 68 8.0 6,880 11.3 765,980 9.9
Flat, unit or apartment 98 11.6 10,087 16.6 1,056,237 13.6
Other dwelling 55 6.5 2,471 4.1 66,666 0.9

Of occupied private dwellings in Tennant Creek, 72.4% were separate houses, 8.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.6% were flats, units or apartments and 6.5% were other dwellings.

Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
None (includes bedsitters) 20 2.4 999 1.6 42,160 0.5
1 bedroom 94 11.1 4,536 7.4 363,129 4.7
2 bedrooms 137 16.2 13,275 21.8 1,481,577 19.1
3 bedrooms 446 52.8 27,268 44.8 3,379,930 43.6
4 or more bedrooms 89 10.5 12,789 21.0 2,350,132 30.3
Number of bedrooms not stated 58 6.9 2,024 3.3 143,394 1.8
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling 2.6 -- 2.8 -- 3.1 --
Average number of people per household 2.9 -- 2.9 -- 2.6 --

In Tennant Creek, of occupied private dwellings 11.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Tenure
Occupied private dwellings
Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Owned outright 121 14.3 9,530 15.7 2,488,149 32.1
Owned with a mortgage 173 20.4 18,630 30.6 2,709,433 34.9
Rented 482 56.8 29,903 49.1 2,297,458 29.6
Other tenure type 8 0.9 580 1.0 70,069 0.9
Tenure type not stated 64 7.5 2,248 3.7 195,213 2.5

Of occupied private dwellings in Tennant Creek, 14.3% were owned outright, 20.4% were owned with a mortgage and 56.8% were rented.

Household composition

Household composition Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Family households 560 66.2 44,046 72.3 5,550,614 71.5
Single (or lone) person households 243 28.7 13,317 21.9 1,888,698 24.3
Group households 43 5.1 3,528 5.8 321,007 4.1

In Tennant Creek, of all households, 66.2% were family households, 28.7% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

Household income Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Less than $600 gross weekly income -- 16.5 -- 14.6 -- 23.7
More than $3,000 gross weekly income -- 8.7 -- 16.3 -- 11.2

In Tennant Creek, 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Rent weekly payments Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median rent 123 -- 225 -- 285 --
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income -- 91.2 -- 91.0 -- 89.6
Households where rent payments are 30%, or greater, of household income -- 8.8 -- 9.0 -- 10.4

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

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Mortgage monthly repayments Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median mortgage repayments 1,000 -- 2,058 -- 1,800 --
Households where mortgage payments are less than 30% of household income -- 98.3 -- 92.3 -- 90.1
Households where mortgage payments are 30%, or greater, of household income -- 1.7 -- 7.7 -- 9.9

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

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Number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
None 145 17.2 7,153 11.7 665,852 8.6
1 motor vehicle 291 34.5 20,289 33.3 2,778,576 35.8
2 motor vehicles 218 25.9 20,488 33.6 2,802,468 36.1
3 or more vehicles 111 13.2 10,184 16.7 1,279,134 16.5
Number of motor vehicles not stated 78 9.3 2,776 4.6 234,292 3.0

In Tennant Creek, 34.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

selected people & dwelling characteristics

People characteristics

People characteristics Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 1,590 -- 56,776 -- 548,368 --
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Male 777 48.9 28,035 49.4 270,331 49.3
Female 813 51.1 28,741 50.6 278,037 50.7
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Median age 25 -- 23 -- 21 --

In Tennant Creek, there were 1,590 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 777 (or 48.9%) were male and 813 (or 51.1%) were female. The median age was 25 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Dwelling characteristics Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 4.1 -- 4.2 -- 3.3 --
Average number of people per bedroom 1.8 -- 1.7 -- 1.2 --
Median household income 1,081 -- 1,099 -- 991 --

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Tennant Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,081.

Mortgage and rent Tennant Creek % Tennant Creek Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 113 -- 75 -- 195 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 910 -- 1,963 -- 1,647 --

In Tennant Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $113 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $910.

Some values may have been adjusted to avoid release of confidential data. This may have a significant impact on the calculated percentages.