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Litchfield

Northern Territory · Northern Territory - Outback · 21,395 people · 38 suburbs · 12 postcodes

Litchfield at a glance

Map shows the Litchfield LGA boundary in blue with a marker per suburb. Hover for suburb name, click for details.

Marker colour reflects SEIFA IRSAD decile: ● 1-2 (most disadvantaged), ● 3-4, ● 5-6, ● 7-8, ● 9-10 (most advantaged).

Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021. Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors.

Federal electorate boundaries can be toggled on the map. Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021 CED boundaries.

Litchfield is a Local Government Area in Northern Territory, in the Darwin region. It covers 38 suburbs across 12 postcodes and an area of 2,903 km². Litchfield has a population of 21,395 , ranking #4 most populous in NT. The most populous suburb is Humpty Doo (4,313 residents).About 13.0% of residents were born overseas and 6.0% speak a language other than English at home.

Who lives here

How they live

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Schools in Litchfield

10 schools across Litchfield: 70.0% Government, 10.0% Catholic, 20.0% Independent. The NT average is 78.8% / 9.2% / 12.0%. Schools here have a median ICSEA of 964 (range 753 to 1025). NT median is 778; national mean is 1000.

All 10 schools in Litchfield, sorted by enrolment:

School	Sector	Type	Suburb	Students	ICSEA
Good Shepherd Lutheran College	Independent	Combined	Howard Springs	1,117	1025
Taminmin College	Government	Secondary	Humpty Doo	1,049	937
Humpty Doo Primary School	Government	Primary	Humpty Doo	362	924
Girraween Primary School	Government	Primary	Girraween	312	978
Bees Creek Primary School	Government	Primary	Freds Pass	283	976
Howard Springs Primary School	Government	Primary	Howard Springs	277	951
Sattler Christian College	Independent	Combined	Freds Pass	245	997
Berry Springs Primary School	Government	Primary	Berry Springs	213	939
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Humpty Doo	107	979
Middle Point School	Government	Primary	Middle Point	18	753

Source: ACARA School Profiles 2025. ICSEA shown where reported; some schools (notably small primaries) do not publish ICSEA.

SEIFA socio-economic indexes

SEIFA 2021 ranks Australian areas across four dimensions. Scores are population-weighted averages of suburb-level SEIFA scores within Litchfield. Higher scores indicate more advantage; the national mean is 1000.

Suburbs in Litchfield

Litchfield contains 38 suburbs and 12 postcodes. Sorted by population.

Suburb	Postcode	Population	Median income	Median age
Humpty Doo	0836	4,313	$2,401/wk	39
Howard Springs	0835	3,153	$2,560/wk	43
Holtze	0829	1,940	$1,468/wk	31
Virginia	0822	1,811	$2,678/wk	43
Girraween	0836	1,668	$2,992/wk	41
Herbert	0836	1,610	$2,765/wk	38
Berry Springs	0838	870	$2,183/wk	38
Bees Creek	0822	803	$2,258/wk	41
Acacia Hills	0822	711	$2,380/wk	40
Mcminns Lagoon	0822	687	$2,516/wk	43
Darwin River	0841	627	$1,550/wk	47
Coolalinga	0835	510	$1,426/wk	31
Knuckey Lagoon	0828	498	$2,525/wk	35
Livingstone	0822	443	$1,875/wk	40
Noonamah	0837	328	$1,517/wk	45
Tumbling Waters	0822	254	$1,800/wk	37
Lambells Lagoon	0822	239	$2,024/wk	41
Lloyd Creek	0822	225	$2,833/wk	33
Southport	0822	215	$1,699/wk	43
Fly Creek	0822	189	$2,687/wk	38
Manton	0837	87	$966/wk	37
Hughes	0822	73	$1,875/wk	48
Weddell	0822	61	$1,562/wk	43
Middle Point	0822	55	$3,125/wk	35
Freds Pass	0822	12	$1,899/wk	58
Wickham	0822	10	$75/wk	48
Gunn Point	0822	3	$724/wk	68
Black Jungle	0822
Blackmore	0822
Channel Island	0822
Daly	0822
Glyde Point	0822
Koolpinyah	0822
Micket Creek	0822		$1,374/wk	63
Murrumujuk	0822		$774/wk	46
Palmerston	0830
Shoal Bay	0830		$1,375/wk	23
Wak Wak	0822		$575/wk	75

Postcodes covered

0822, 0828, 0829, 0830, 0831, 0834, 0835, 0836, 0837, 0838, 0839, 0841

Compare Litchfield with neighbouring LGAs

Side-by-side demographic and socio-economic snapshot of Litchfield and its closest neighbouring LGAs.

LGA	Population	Median age	SEIFA IRSAD	% renting	% overseas-born
Litchfield (NT)	21,395	39.6	1001	18.6%	13.0%
Palmerston	37,044	31.3	998	45.9%	22.1%
Darwin	81,243	35.1	1037	50.5%	34.3%
Unincorporated NT	2,183	42.6	938	51.0%	18.5%
Coomalie	1,269	49.8	900	29.1%	13.6%

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Frequently asked questions about Litchfield

What is the population of Litchfield?

The 2021 Census recorded 21,395 people living in Litchfield, across 38 suburbs.

What suburbs are in Litchfield?

Litchfield contains 38 suburbs. The most populous are Humpty Doo, Howard Springs, Holtze, Virginia, Girraween.See the full list in the Suburbs section above.

What postcodes are in Litchfield?

Litchfield covers 12 postcodes: 0822, 0828, 0829, 0830, 0831, 0834, 0835, 0836, 0837, 0838, 0839, 0841.

How many schools are in Litchfield?

Litchfield has 10 schools, including 7 government, 1 Catholic, and 2 independent schools (ACARA 2025).

What is the SEIFA score for Litchfield?

Litchfield has a population-weighted SEIFA IRSAD score of 1001, where the national average is 1000. Higher scores indicate more relative advantage.

Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 (IRSD, IRSAD, IER, IEO), ACARA School Profiles 2025, ABS ASGS 2021 LGA boundaries. How this data is sourced.