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Canteen Creek NT 0872

72 addresses · 7 streets

Lingiari Electorate › Barkly LGA › Canteen Creek · 1040 km from Darwin

Living Here

Canteen Creek is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 147 people, with a median age of 25. The typical household earns around $1,687 a week, with median rent near $60 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 85% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Scottish, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

147Population
25Median age
$1,687Median household income / wk
$60Median rent / wk
4.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Barkly statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Canteen Creek itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 1.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Canteen Creek

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Canteen Creek NT
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20201.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20210.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 32.3% · Labour-force participation 33.7%

Population by age in Canteen Creek
Population by age, Canteen Creek NT (ABS Census 2021)
0-417
5-1433
15-1910
20-248
25-3430
35-4422
45-5417
55-646
65-746
75-840
85+0
Dwelling types in Canteen Creek
Dwelling types, Canteen Creek NT (ABS Census 2021)
House26
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Canteen Creek
Households by weekly income, Canteen Creek NT (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4990
$1,500-2,9999
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Canteen Creek
Top ancestries, Canteen Creek NT (ABS Census 2021)
Aboriginal136
Scottish9
English8
Australian0
Chinese0
Croatian0
Housing tenure in Canteen Creek
Housing tenure, Canteen Creek NT (ABS Census 2021)
Owned0
Mortgage0
Rented17
Other3
Cars per household in Canteen Creek
Cars per household, Canteen Creek NT (ABS Census 2021)
014
14
20
30
4+0
Commute to work in Canteen Creek
Commute to work, Canteen Creek NT (ABS Census 2021)
Car0
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked14
Bicycle0
Home0
Top countries of birth in Canteen Creek
Top countries of birth, Canteen Creek NT (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand5
Languages used at home in Canteen Creek
Languages used at home, Canteen Creek NT (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous111

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

897 bird observations recorded near Canteen Creek — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Canteen Creek

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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