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Palmerston, Northern Territory

The languages of Palmerston

Tagalog, Filipino and Greek are the main languages after English in Palmerston, where the 2021 Census counted about 6,100 people speaking one at home. Among the leading languages, Mandarin has grown by more than half since 2016. The Northern Territory sits a little above Palmerston.

Residents
36,701
Speak another language
6,110
Languages at home
117
Change since 2016
+33.4%

Which languages lead in Palmerston?

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Tagalog

809 speakers

Used at home by one in 45 residents.

Filipino

619 speakers

The community has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Greek

370 speakers

Its speaker count has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Where does Palmerston land against Australia as a whole?

Palmerston's share trails the national share. Only one council in the Northern Territory rank higher.

Palmerston
16.6%
Australia
21.3%
Northern Territory
32.1%

Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.

See where Palmerston sits on the diversity index.

What are the most spoken languages in Palmerston?

Counts are people who speak the language at home; the chip is their change since 2016. Catch-all ABS groups aren't listed.

  1. 01
    Tagalog
    809+13.1%
  2. 02
    Filipino
    619+38.5%
  3. 03
    Greek
    370+38.1%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese
    285+40.4%
  5. 05
    Mandarin
    257+57.7%
  6. 06
    Nepali
    246+120%
  7. 07
    Thai
    235+46.9%
  8. 08
    Punjabi
    223+130%
  9. 09
    Indonesian
    198+0.5%
  10. 10
    Hindi
    155+27.0%

What does Palmerston's language mix look like?

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Palmerston, covering 4,237 speakers. Size is how many speak it at home. Colour is how that number moved since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.
  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Palmerston, covering 4,240 speakers. Size is how many speak it at home. Colour is how that number moved since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

Which language is growing fastest in Palmerston?

Fastest-growing language

Mandarin

+57.7% since 2016

Mandarin has grown by more than half since 2016, to about 260 speakers.

How do Palmerston's suburbs compare?

Zuccoli tops the list, but the spread across 17 suburbs is narrow.

Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.

What do birthplace and religion say about Palmerston?

After Australia, most residents born overseas came from the Philippines.

Country of birth

20.3% born overseas, across 97 countries.

  1. 01
    Philippines
    1,715+23.9%
  2. 02
    England
    821-3.1%
  3. 03
    India
    720+37.4%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    672-19.3%
  5. 05
    Indonesia
    245+50.3%
  6. 06
    Nepal
    229+122%
  7. 07
    Vietnam
    220+91.3%
  8. 08
    Zimbabwe
    201+68.9%
  9. 09
    Thailand
    192+9.7%
  10. 10
    South Africa
    1810%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    16,732+38.4%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    13,971-11.6%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    830+43.8%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    742+9.0%
  5. 05
    Islam
    507+19.9%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    12+300%

Where is Palmerston on the language map?

Palmerston shaded by the share of residents speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.

ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.

A note on method: 3,568 residents didn't state a language, and this page doesn't count them as speaking one. That's why 16.6% sits below the 26.4% you'd get by counting every blank, and below 18.4% measured across respondents only.

Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.

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