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palmerston (act)
Australian Capital Territory · Census 2021
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Palmerston (ACT) is a leafy residential suburb of Unincorporated ACT.
Median house price
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People
Population
5,579
Median age
36 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,134
Household income / wk
$2,316
Housing
Median rent / wk
$450
Mortgage / month
$1,940
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 40%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 2%
- No religion
- 40%
- Born overseas
- 32%
- English only at home
- 68%
Local amenities
Amenity score
34/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
15
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.3 km
Nearest train
1.8 km
Nearest hospital
5.5 km
Distance to coast
111 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
0.8 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Unincorporated ACT
- Council population
- 453,859
- Council area
- 2,358 km²
- Density
- 192/km²
- Federal grants
- —
- Grants per resident
- —
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Fenner
- Federal MP
- Andrew Leigh (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 72% 2PP
- State electorate
- Yerrabi
- State MP
- —
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.