Tindal NT 0853
274 addresses · 19 streets
Lingiari Electorate › Katherine LGA › Tindal · 282 km from Darwin
Living Here
Tindal is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 850 people, with a median age of 29. The typical household earns around $2,865 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 100% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Katherine statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tindal itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 childcare centre
1 post office
1 service station
1 gym
Getting around. Airport: RAAF Base Tindal, 2.8 km south-west.
Socio-economic Standing
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: 15% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 15.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 82.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.9% · Labour-force participation 85.3%
Population by age in Tindal
| 0-4 | 85 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 146 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 88 |
| 25-34 | 261 |
| 35-44 | 162 |
| 45-54 | 69 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Tindal
| House | 200 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tindal
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 84 |
| $3,000+ | 78 |
Top ancestries in Tindal
| Australian | 423 |
|---|---|
| English | 326 |
| Irish | 81 |
| Scottish | 81 |
| Ancestry NS | 76 |
| German | 58 |
Housing tenure in Tindal
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 195 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Tindal
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 43 |
| 2 | 121 |
| 3 | 27 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Tindal
| Car | 335 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 32 |
| Bicycle | 54 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Tindal
| New Zealand | 13 |
|---|---|
| England | 8 |
| India | 6 |
| South Korea | 4 |
| Malaysia | 4 |
| Ireland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Tindal
| Afrikaans | 4 |
|---|---|
| Korean | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,003 bird observations recorded near Tindal — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (284)
- Galah (180)
- Australian Bustard (179)
- Pied Butcherbird (174)
- Masked Lapwing (162)
- Red-collared Lorikeet (145)
- Fairy Martin (125)
- Great Bowerbird (120)
- Nankeen Kestrel (111)
- Whistling Kite (109)
- Willie Wagtail (94)
- Black-faced Woodswallow (93)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (89)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tindal
- Crested Pigeon (85)
- Torresian Crow (83)
- Apostlebird (82)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (81)
- Little Friarbird (77)
- Red-winged Parrot (75)
- White-faced Heron (71)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (70)
- Black Kite (68)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (65)
- Peaceful Dove (62)
- Little Corella (59)
- Straw-necked Ibis (55)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (54)
- Rajah Shelduck (53)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (51)
- Australian Hobby (47)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Tindal:
- Lansdowne (9.1 km)
- Uralla (9.7 km)
- Venn (12 km)
- Katherine East (12.4 km)
- Katherine (14.9 km)
- Katherine South (15.5 km)
- Emungalan (17.9 km)
- Cossack (20.7 km)
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Streets
- Anderson Street (9)
- Evans Place (15)
- Fisher Crescent (14)
- Funnell Place (16)
- Goble Parade (8)
- Hancock Place (18)
- Hannah Place (10)
- Hardman Street (6)
- Jones Place (13)
- Mcauley Place (12)
- Mccormack Street (9)
- Mcnamara Place (15)
- Murdoch Place (5)
- Newham Circuit (63)
- Read Place (11)
- Rowland Place (13)
- Scherger Place (19)
- Stuart Highway (7)
- Williams Place (11)
