Herbert NT 0836

Living Here

Herbert is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 1,610 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $2,765 a week, with median rent near $460 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Humpty Doo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Herbert itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 golf club

  • Humpty Doo & Rural Area Golf Club
• 1 place to stay

  • Humpty Doo Hotel

Getting around. Airport: RAAF Base Darwin, 33.2 km north-west.

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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: 31.7% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 74.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

8,481 bird observations recorded near Herbert — most often seen:

• Bar-shouldered Dove (696)
• Red-collared Lorikeet (604)
• Little Corella (507)
• Great Bowerbird (494)
• Bush Stone-curlew (448)
• Galah (446)
• White-gaped Honeyeater (406)
• Magpie-lark (402)
• Little Friarbird (396)
• Masked Lapwing (393)
• Torresian Imperial-pigeon (270)
• White-throated Honeyeater (268)
• Straw-necked Ibis (251)

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 Herbert:

• Humpty Doo (6.4 km)
• Girraween (6.5 km)
• Black Jungle (8.2 km)
• Mcminns Lagoon (8.5 km)
• Lambells Lagoon (9.1 km)
• Lloyd Creek (9.8 km)
• Freds Pass (11.3 km)
• Bees Creek (11.4 km)

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