Palmerston City

18.6% of Palmerston City's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.

32 family households lived in Palmerston City; 46.9% were couple families and 12.5% were one-parent families.

56.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Darwin average.

Palmerston City had 194 residents at the 2021 Census.

46.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

6.7% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

Separate houses made up 0.0% of occupied private dwellings in Palmerston City.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 97.0% of occupied private dwellings.

0.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

100.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Darwin rate.

The average household in Palmerston City had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 41.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Darwin average.

Two-person households represented 24.6%, while 10.8% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

62.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Darwin average.

4.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

6.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.

One-car households formed 58.5% of the total.

33.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

12.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 87.1% reported a different address.

33.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Darwin average.

49.0% of residents used only English at home.

33.5% used a language other than English at home.

3.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

33.5% of Palmerston City's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 66.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

4.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 47.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 16.0% of ancestry responses in Palmerston City.

Australian ancestry made up 22.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.2% of responses.

11.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

Managers accounted for 9.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.6%, compared with 69.7% across Greater Darwin.

42.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 4.0% across Greater Darwin.

63.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

0.0% reported asthma, 3.1% arthritis and 2.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Darwin average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.4%.

Median household income was $1,478 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $259 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Palmerston City, compared with 4.3% across Greater Darwin.

Outright ownership was 0.0% locally and 17.9% across Greater Darwin. That is about half the Greater Darwin rate.

Renting accounted for 100.0% in Palmerston City, against 45.2% across Greater Darwin.