Palmerston
Gungahlin · Australian Capital Territory · 1.9 km²
- Population
- 5,579
- Median age
- 36
- Household income
- $2,316 / week
- Median rent
- $450 / week
Community boundary
Where this profile applies
The highlighted geometry is the official 2021 ASGS SA2 boundary used by this Census profile.
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People
Demographics
Under 1520.3%
15–3426.7%
35–6440.8%
65 and over12.3%
- Born overseas
- 31.3%
- Language other than English at home
- 31.1%
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 1.8%
- Average household size
- 2.6
Top ancestries
Share of all ancestry responses — people can report two ancestries.
Australian30.6%
English28.8%
Irish10.1%
Chinese8.3%
Scottish8.2%
Languages used at home
Share of residents using a language other than English at home, by language.
Mandarin4.8%
Cantonese1.7%
Arabic1.3%
Afrikaans0.1%
Australian Indigenous languages0.1%
Homes
Housing
- Apartments
- 0%
- Owned outright
- 28.3%
- With a mortgage
- 42%
- Rented
- 28.3%
Median mortgage repayment $1,940 / month
Economy
Work and education
- Labour-force participation
- 70.2%
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 38.3%
- Median personal income
- $1,134 / week
Political context
Federal representation overlay
The representative point for this SA2 falls within the federal division of Fenner.
This is a representative-point overlay, not an exact boundary allocation. An SA2 can cross one or more electoral divisions.
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Andrew LeighFenner, ACT