43,006
Lower than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Estimated resident population (ABS), 2025.
Palmerston · Sub-region (SA3)
Economy & Advantage in Palmerston
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
Rapid population growth is shaping daily life in Palmerston, with the area expanding much faster than most other similar places. The community has grown by 9.1% since the last census, a figure that sits a little above the Northern Territory average.
Population growth
Annual population estimates and change since the census.
Palmerston has seen a 9.1% increase in its population since 2021. This growth is much higher than most areas and sits 2.5 percentage points above the Northern Territory average, though the total population remains smaller than about 73% of similar areas.
9.1%
Higher than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Population growth since the 2021 Census, from ABS annual estimates.
Sources
- Regional Population (Estimated Resident Population) — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Economy & Advantage in Palmerston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70104/palmerston/topic/economy-advantage