Hughes NT 0822
36 addresses · 5 streets
Lingiari Electorate › Litchfield LGA › Hughes · 38 km from Darwin
Living Here
Hughes is a suburb of Northern Territory, home to about 73 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $277 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Weddell statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hughes 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: 57.5% 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 | 57.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 88.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Hughes
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 16 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Hughes
| House | 22 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hughes
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Hughes
| Australian | 31 |
|---|---|
| English | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| Other | 11 |
| Italian | 4 |
| German | 3 |
Housing tenure in Hughes
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Hughes
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Hughes
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Hughes
| Netherlands | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,580 bird observations recorded near Hughes — most often seen:
- Bar-shouldered Dove (322)
- Red-winged Parrot (245)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (244)
- Eastern Partridge Pigeon (236)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (224)
- Grey Butcherbird (219)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (219)
- Little Friarbird (218)
- Peaceful Dove (209)
- Silver-crowned Friarbird (204)
- Pied Butcherbird (196)
- Galah (195)
- Yellow-throated Miner (195)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hughes
- Black Kite (186)
- Pheasant Coucal (186)
- Whistling Kite (183)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (178)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (175)
- Magpie-lark (170)
- Northern Rosella (166)
- Little Corella (161)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (156)
- Torresian Crow (156)
- Dollarbird (154)
- Great Bowerbird (147)
- Bush Stone-curlew (143)
- Northern Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (141)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (124)
- White-throated Honeyeater (116)
- Striated Pardalote (112)
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 Hughes:
- Noonamah (4.9 km)
- Livingstone (6.1 km)
- Acacia Hills (6.4 km)
- Lloyd Creek (8.5 km)
- Weddell (9.2 km)
- Berry Springs (10.5 km)
- Humpty Doo (12.5 km)
- Daly (12.7 km)
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Streets
- Alverly Road (3)
- Hughes Road (14)
- Redcliffe Road (1)
- Stuart Highway (2)
- Townend Road (16)