Hugh NT 0872
30 addresses · 5 streets
Lingiari Electorate › MacDonnell LGA › Hugh · 1316 km from Darwin
Living Here
Hugh is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 895 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $762 a week, with median rent near $30 a week. Most homes are houses. About 26% of households own their home and 36% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, Aboriginal, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Sandover - Plenty statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hugh itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 1.7% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 1.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10.3% · Labour-force participation 9.2%
Population by age in Hugh
| 0-4 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 36 |
| 15-19 | 41 |
| 20-24 | 102 |
| 25-34 | 233 |
| 35-44 | 221 |
| 45-54 | 146 |
| 55-64 | 64 |
| 65-74 | 30 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Hugh
| House | 90 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 12 |
Households by weekly income in Hugh
| <$650 | 33 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 28 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Hugh
| Ancestry NS | 634 |
|---|---|
| Aboriginal | 241 |
| Australian | 29 |
| English | 8 |
| Irish | 8 |
| German | 6 |
Housing tenure in Hugh
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 38 |
| Other | 40 |
Cars per household in Hugh
| 0 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 53 |
| 2 | 26 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Hugh
| Car | 56 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Hugh
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Philippines | 3 |
Languages used at home in Hugh
| Australian Indigenous | 81 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
263 bird observations recorded near Hugh — most often seen:
- Nankeen Kestrel (14)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (14)
- Whistling Kite (13)
- Zebra Finch (13)
- Bourke's Parrot (12)
- Black Kite (11)
- Budgerigar (11)
- Southern Whiteface (11)
- Crested Bellbird (10)
- Rufous Songlark (10)
- White-winged Triller (10)
- Cockatiel (9)
- Crested Pigeon (9)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hugh
- Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (9)
- Hooded Robin (8)
- Mulga Parrot (8)
- Black-faced Woodswallow (7)
- Galah (7)
- Little Crow (7)
- Red-capped Robin (7)
- Rufous Whistler (7)
- Singing Honeyeater (7)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (7)
- White-browed Treecreeper (7)
- Brown Falcon (6)
- Inland Yellow-throated Miner (6)
- Red-backed Kingfisher (6)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (6)
- Willie Wagtail (6)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (5)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Brewer Road (9)
- Hatt Road (2)
- Larapinta Drive (3)
- Namatjira Drive (1)
- Stuart Highway (15)