Aerial of Darwin and waterfront, Northern Territory © Liam Neal

Darwin Industry Sectors

Darwin supports a range of industries including agribusiness, health, education, resources, land management, space and defence, renewable energy, creative industries and manufacturing.

As home to some of the world’s largest mineral deposits, Darwin is a leader in mining, mining equipment technology and services (METS), renewable energy, and oil and gas infrastructure. The North Australian Centre for Oil and Gas is a vital training and research hub.

Agribusiness

Wangi Falls, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory ©Tourism NT/Jackson Groves

Victoria River Research Station, Kidman Springs, Northern Territory © Northern Territory Government, Department of Regional Development, Primary Industry, Fisheries and Resources

Yagbani Aboriginal Corporation, Darwin, Northern Territory © Darwin Aquaculture Centre

The Darwin Aquaculture Centre is conducting research on Blacklip Rock Oyster providing a culturally appropriate, sustainable and economic opportunity for remote Aboriginal communities.

Darwin is a thriving agricultural centre; beef cattle, horticulture and aquaculture are among its primary industries.

The city is home to one of the busiest livestock ports in the world, with 582,252 head of live cattle leaving the Northern Territory (both interstate and overseas) in 2022.

Whilst it’s commercial fishing and aquaculture sector injects about A$136 million into the economy each year, creating over 900 jobs. Supporting the industry with research and development is the Darwin Aquaculture Centre.

Health education and research

Royal Flying Doctors Service, Darwin, Northern Territory © Tourism NT/Shaana McNaught

Victoria River Research Station, Kidman Springs, Northern Territory © Northern Territory Government, Department of Regional Development, Primary Industry, Fisheries and Resources

The NCCTRC has trained more than 700 doctors, nurses, allied health and logisticians as medical disaster responders.

The Northern Territory’s vast outback and tropical areas have supported expertise in remote-area health services and tropical medicine.

Darwin, in particular, has an excellent reputation for healthcare including the specific fields of Indigenous, rural and remote delivery, tropical research and emergency response. The city is home to the National Critical Care & Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC), which forms a key element of the Australian Government’s disaster and medical response to incidents of international significance. While the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and Menzies School of Health Research undertake important work in tropical, Indigenous and remote health.