Liveability

Best Family Suburbs in Northern Territory

Suburbs ranked for families using education access, early-years services, safety, parks and sport facilities from official data.

Eaton currently leads this Northern Territory list. Suburbs ranked for families using education access, early-years services, safety, parks and sport facilities from official data. The index is relative to this list (100 = the top suburb here), not an overall suburb rating. Very small localities can rank highly when nearby services score well — check population and housing on each profile before treating a rank as a place to live.

Rank	Suburb	Index
#1	Eaton	100
#2	The Gardens	91
#3	Larrakeyah	90
#4	Berrimah	89
#5	Casuarina	88
#6	Stuart Park	86
#7	Fannie Bay	86
#8	Parap	86
#9	Woolner	85
#10	Coconut Grove	84
#11	Yirrkala	83
#12	Darwin City	80
#13	Nakara	80
#14	Wanguri	80
#15	Wagaman	79
#16	Brinkin	79
#17	Wulagi	78
#18	Nightcliff	78
#19	Ludmilla	78
#20	Tiwi	78
#21	Lyons	77
#22	Bayview	76
#23	Alawa	75
#24	Driver	74
#25	Karama	74
#26	Jingili	73
#27	Tindal	73
#28	Gray	73
#29	Gunn	73
#30	Woodroffe	73
#31	Moil	73
#32	The Narrows	72
#33	Pine Creek	72
#34	Zuccoli	72
#35	Muirhead	71
#36	Johnston	71
#37	Durack	71
#38	Anula	71
#39	Kalkarindji	70
#40	Amoonguna	69
#41	Elliott	69
#42	Jabiru	69
#43	Millner	68
#44	Malak	68
#45	Leanyer	67
#46	Katherine	66
#47	Marlow Lagoon	65
#48	Moulden	64
#49	Rapid Creek	64
#50	Alice Springs	63

Index shows relative strength within this list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader, not an overall suburb rating.

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