Eaton is a suburb in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the city of Darwin.[5][1]

Eaton Northern Territory
Darwin Airport flight control tower
Eaton
Coordinates	12°24′39″S 130°52′56″E[1]
Population	213 (2016 census)[2]
Established	4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)	0820[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
LGA(s)	City of Darwin[1]
Territory electorate(s)	Spillett[4]
Federal division(s)	Solomon[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6] 32.0 °C 90 °F 23.2 °C 74 °F 1,725.1 mm 67.9 in
Suburbs around Eaton: Coconut Grove Millner Marrara Marrara Ludmilla Coconut Grove Eaton Marrara Berrimah The Narrows Winnellie Berrimah
Footnotes	Adjoining suburbs[7]

It consists of the land occupied by the Darwin International Airport and RAAF Base Darwin.[1]

Eaton is named in commemoration of Charles Eaton (1895 - 1979), a senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force whose service included appointment as the “Station Commander of RAAF Darwin” in 1940. The suburb’s boundary and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Eaton had 213 people living within its boundaries.[2]

Eaton is located within the federal division of Solomon, the territory electoral division of Spillett and the municipality of the City of Darwin.[5][1][4]

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