Humpty Doo, NT
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
More advantaged than the national average
Humpty Doo is more socio-economically advantaged than about 61% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1006, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Humpty Doo a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Humpty Doo from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
61/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (61/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
20/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $400 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 20% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Humpty Doo at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 4,313
- Median age
- 39
- Median weekly household income
- $2,401
- SEIFA score
- 1006
- Local government area
- Litchfield
- Coordinates
- -12.5841, 131.1258
Map of Humpty Doo
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Housing & property in Humpty Doo
What it costs to live in Humpty Doo and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $400
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,206
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 80%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 16%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Humpty Doo demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Humpty Doo demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Humpty Doo using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 30% and 15% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 895 | 21% |
| Youth (15–24) | 483 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 1,115 | 26% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 1,307 | 30% |
| Seniors (65+) | 509 | 12% |
Share of the 4,309 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 317 | 23% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 778 | 57% |
| Rented | 214 | 16% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,302 | 96% |
| Townhouses & semis | 43 | 3% |
| Flats & apartments | 6 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 1,357 occupied private dwellings in Humpty Doo.
- Average household size
- 2.9 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,682
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,080
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 567 (15%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 232 (6%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 345 (8%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 1,363 (42%)
- Labour-force participation
- 68.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9%
- Employed full-time
- 1,512
- Employed part-time
- 562
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Humpty Doo
Is Humpty Doo a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Humpty Doo rates 47/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Humpty Doo?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Humpty Doo was $400, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,206. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Humpty Doo?
Humpty Doo is a suburb of Northern Territory, Australia, in the Litchfield local government area.
What is the population of Humpty Doo?
At the 2021 Census, Humpty Doo had a population of about 4,313.
Is Humpty Doo an advantaged area?
Humpty Doo has an ABS SEIFA score of 1006, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 61 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 61% of Australian suburbs.
How big is Humpty Doo?
Humpty Doo is one of the most populous suburbs in Northern Territory — the 5th-largest by usual resident population at the 2021 Census (about 4,313 usual residents).
Does Humpty Doo have high household incomes?
Humpty Doo has one of the highest median weekly household incomes in Northern Territory — the 9th-highest among suburbs with at least 1,000 residents at the 2021 Census ($2,401 per week).
Where Humpty Doo ranks
Humpty Doo appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
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