Last official estimated population of Palmerston City (as Local Government Area) was 36 933 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 0.15% of total Australian population and 14.972% of NT population. Area of Palmerston is 52.70 km², in this year population density was 700.82 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (+2.65%/yr), Palmerston population in 2024 would be 44 367. [0]
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Population [people], population density [p./kmĀ²] and population change [%/year] [2]
[1996-2001] +11.24 %/Y
[2001-2002] +2.76 %/Y
[2002-2003] +0.62 %/Y
[2003-2004] +1.42 %/Y
[2004-2005] +2.76 %/Y
[2005-2006] +4.17 %/Y
[2006-2007] +4.20 %/Y
[2007-2008] +5.21 %/Y
[2008-2009] +3.81 %/Y
[2009-2010] +1.89 %/Y
[2010-2011] +0.71 %/Y
[2011-2012] +4.21 %/Y
[2012-2013] +6.01 %/Y
[2013-2014] +4.74 %/Y
[2014-2015] +3.60 %/Y
[2015-2016] +2.14 %/Y
[2016-2017] +2.65 %/Y
[0] Calculated with linear interpolation from officially estimated population
[1] Read more about LGA and Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) on abs.gov.au
[2] Population data from Australian Bureau of Statistics (Population and density: 2017; change: 2016-2017)
[3] Digital Boundaries: Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016.