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Suburb profile ·Palmerston LGA · NT ·0830

Palmerston City NT 0830

Palmerston City is in Palmerston LGA, NT, postcode 0830, with population 194.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$259/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
43,193
43K via Palmerston LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,617
95 added 12mo · 20MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$259

Affordability

18%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$77K
Median rent · wk
$259

Household income

$77K household · yr-3.8% vs NT suburb median
Personal
$60K
Family
$87K
Household
$77K

Full data detail

Palmerston City NT — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Northern Territory within the Palmerston local government area, Palmerston City is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 0830). The area has roughly 194 residents and a younger, working-age population, with a median age of 28. Households earn a median income of $77K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.4% year-on-year at the LGA level. NT employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NT also had 4 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 3 underway, and 5 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are community & personal service, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Chinese.

The median weekly rent is $259 (Census 2021).

Public transport access includes 5 bus stops.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.4% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.4%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNT
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$259
Population growth · Palmerston LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)43,193
5-year growth+2.1% CAGR
YoY change+1.4%
20012025
Development · Palmerston LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)141
Houses91
Units50
YoY change+0%
Employment · Palmerston LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.7%
YoY change-0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population194
Median age28
Household size2
HH income · wk$1,478
Personal income · wk$1,161
Persons / bedroom1.1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets2
Pharmacies2
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining13
coles2
TransportGTFS
Bus stops5
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Palmerston City rests on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
ABS Data by Region · Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · 5 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Palmerston City is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and crime coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Palmerston City feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Moulden better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +2900 · adds house price coverage · rent +$36/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Gray better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +2900 · adds house price coverage · rent +$41/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Driver better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +2600 · adds house price coverage · rent +$91/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Palmerston City FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Palmerston City in?

    Palmerston City is in the Palmerston Local Government Area, NT, postcode 0830. Council-level context for Palmerston LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Palmerston City?

    The median weekly rent in Palmerston City is $259/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Palmerston City a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Palmerston City show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Palmerston City?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Palmerston City data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.